301 Geniuses Rank Ordered by IQ (2024)

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Based on Catharine Morris Cox. (1926)The early mental traits of three hundred geniuses.
Genetic Studies of Genius (Vol. II). Stanford University Press.
Ten Highest IQs (secondarily sorted by name)
Name
Dates
Years Lived
Nationality
Eminence
Obtained Est. IQ* Corrected Est. IQ*
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832 83 German writer 200 210
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von 1646-1716 70 German philosopher 190 205
Grotius, Hugo 1583-1645 62 Dutch statesman 190 200
Wolsey, Thomas 1475-1530 55 English statesman 165 200
Pascal, Blaise 1623-1662 39 French scientist 180 195
Sarpi, Pietro 1552-1623 71 Italian writer 175 195
Arnauld, Antoine 1612-1694 82 French philosopher 160 190
Berkeley, George 1685-1753 68 Irish philosopher 175 190
Haller, Albrecht 1708-1777 69 Swiss scientist 180 190
Laplace, Pierre Simón 1749-1827 78 French philosopher 170 190
Ten Longest Lived (secondarily sorted by name)
Name
Dates
Years Lived
Nationality
Eminence
Obtained Est. IQ* Corrected Est. IQ*
Adams, John 1735-1826 91 American statesman 145 155
Hobbes, Thomas 1588-1679 91 English philosopher 135 165
Brougham, Henry 1778-1868 90 English statesman 170 180
Humboldt, Alexander von 1769-1859 90 German scientist 170 185
Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564 89 Italian artist 160 180
Newman, John Henry 1801-1890 89 English relig. leader 155 165
Alberoni, Guilio 1664-1752 88 Italian statesman 110 145
Wesley, John 1703-1791 88 English relig. leader 140 160
Guizot, François 1787-1874 87 French writer 155 165
Beza, Théodore de 1519-1605 86 Swedish relig. leader 140 165
Ten Shortest Lived (secondarily sorted by name)
Name
Dates
Years Lived
Nationality
Eminence
Obtained Est. IQ* Corrected Est. IQ*
Chatterton, Thomas 1752-1770 18 English writer 170 180
Bichat, Marie François 1771-1802 31 French scientist 150 175
Danton, Georges J. 1759-1794 35 French statesman 145 155
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791 35 Austrian musician 155 165
Byron, George Gordon 1788-1824 36 English writer 170 180
Robespierre, M. Isidore de 1758-1794 36 French statesman 145 170
Burns, Robert 1759-1796 37 Scotch writer 130 150
Raphael Sanzio 1483-1520 37 Italian artist 150 170
Brönte, Charlotte 1816-1855 39 English writer 155 165
Leopardi, Glacomo 1798-1837 39 Italian writer 175 185
* IQ scores are based on ratings of individual case histories of the behavior and performance of 301 eminent young men and women, between 17 and 26 years of age, born 1450 to 1850, prepared from 1,500 biographical sources, reported as estimated intelligence quotients based on The Stanford Revision of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale,and corrected for regression to the mean. (See Genius: An Overview)
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