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Billy Graham has been wise enough to figure-out and live-out and help others live-out what really matters in this life and the next. --- Not the typical interpretation of 'intellectual,' but, sure fits the 'wisdom' category.
I just had to look up the definition of intellectual.
An intellectual is a person who engages in critical study, thought, and reflection about the reality of society, and proposes solutions for the normative problems of that society, and, by such discourse in the public sphere, he or she gains authority within the public opinion
It will honestly be about 50 years before we can answer this question. It's really quite difficult to say who is influential right now. There are exceptions of course. Einstein was adored then and now. But not everyone is always so loved. Marx, for example, was basically ignored until after his death.
So, for now, I don't know. Noam Chomsky was my first thought, but that's completely debatable.
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