Who is your favorite mathematician and why? I'll start:

> Did drugs

> Could do crazy mental calculations at a very young age

> Solved problems almost every hour of the day

> Lived an unconventional lifestyle and had a very distinct and unique personality

> Obsessively thought about math

> Research mainly focused on problem solving over theoretical math

> Huge collaboration web

> Made a name for himself early on for an elegant elementary proof of the prime number theorem at age 19(?)

> Died at a graph theory conference

curious what others will say...