Spoiler. . .
Cyrus Longworth in 1970PT was the qunintessential nerd, but his alter ego, John Yaeger, was evil, murderous and quite cool by comparison.
I couldn't stand Sabrina, although she seemed equally nerdy in 1970PT, more so than the present day version.
David seemed nerdy, but I bet if he'd gone to high school, his schoolmates would have thought him supercool for attempting to murder his own father, plus many would have wanted to come to Collinwood hoping to see a ghost--or Carolyn or Vicki naked in the shower.
Jeremiah seemed kinda nerdy in 1795, or at least not very interesting.
Love, Robin