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There are tons, they just don't tend to generate controversy, so they aren't talked about as much, or in the same way. But a simple example would be Einstein. Or in the field of CS, Turing was well liked by his collaborators as well, despite having some idiosyncrasies.

Einstein actually isn't a particularly good example. His treatment of both his wives is fairly controversial, and a lot has been written about his alleged refusal to co-credit Mileva Marić on any of the work they collaborated on.

Don Knuth comes to mind.

Check out Richard Feynman, for example.

John Bardeen

Steve Wozniak