The popular image of a scientist is a genial, absent minded fellow. However being bright doesn't mean you are a nice guy.
Richard Dawkins is famously known for his arrogance and superior air.
Marconi's best man for his second wedding was Mussolini!
Thomas Edison was so consumed by the competition between his DC and Tesla's AC, that he publicly electrocuted an elephant, to show the dangerous nature of AC.
But by far the worst scientific arsehole was Geiger, he of the famous Geiger counter. He reported and informed on his Jewish colleagues and sent some to their deaths.
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