http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thurston
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erd%C5%91s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Marshall
zkz: Maybe you are boring.
(note: The wikipedia articles linked to don't generally tell you why the subject isn't dull. In some cases the stories may need to be heard from people who knew the scientist in question, as there doesn't seem to be any written record to link to.)