hii, this is a very interesting question you have asked
if i had a magazine like forbes, it wont be for the famous people or the richest, it would be surely for people who should be in it, the knowledgeable, the intelligent, the hard working and people who bought revolution in the world.

i will give a list of people who i think should be in the top 3 list.

1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

was an Indian mathematician who lived during the British Rule in India. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems considered to be unsolvable. Ramanujan initially developed his own mathematical research in isolation; it was quickly recognized by Indian mathematicians. Seeking mathematicians who could better understand his work, in 1913 he began a postal partnership with the English mathematician G. H. Hardy at the University of Cambridge, England.

1. All the people working in Jet Propulsion Laboratory’ of california

Jet Propulsio Technology california institute of technology who made a dream to become true by building the Voyager 1 who is the farthest travelled probe made by man. voyager 1 has travelled even far away from pluto and has seen , recorded and sent all the information about outer space which we cannot even think.

3.Jeff Bezos

jeff bezos not because he is the richest man on the planet but because he bought a revolution in the society by bringing online shopping through the internet, he may not be the first person to introduce online shopping but today his website is the most trending and useful online shopping site.