Famous Geniuses Born in July
72
Brilliant Minds Born in July
From ancient philosophers to modern scientists — ranked by estimated IQ
July, height of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, is named for Julius Caesar himself. A fitting month for the birth of conquerors, revolutionaries, and visionaries.
Top Geniuses Born in July
These are the 30 highest-IQ geniuses born in July, ranked by estimated intelligence quotient.
Terence Chi-Shen Tao
When he was two years old, he was able to perform simple arithmetic. By the time he was nine, he was studying college-le
Nikola Tesla
Inventing the Tesla coil, alternating current machinery, and a transatlantic communications system. Is regarded as one o
Vilfredo Pareto
The Pareto Principle
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
Principle of least action, precursor of transmutation
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Discourse on Metaphysics,Théodicée, integral calculus
Alexander the Great
Creating one of the largest empires by the age of 30.
George Green
Green measure
Green's function
Green's identities
Green's law
Green's matrix
Green's theorem
Green's function
Green's identities
Green's law
Green's matrix
Green's theorem
Macquorn Rankine
Rankine scale Laws of thermodynamics Rankine–Hugoniot relation
Hendrik Lorentz
Zeeman effect
George Bernard Shaw
Man and Superman (1902) Pygmalion (1912) The Doctor's Dilemma (1906) Saint Joan (1923) Caesar and Cleopatra (1898)
Frederick Rossini
Thermodynamics and the Free Energy of Chemical Substances
John H. Sununu
Being White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.
Petrarch
Triumphs
Il Canzoniere
Il Canzoniere
Marcel Duchamp
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912)
Fountain (1917)
The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even (1915
Fountain (1917)
The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even (1915
Julius Caesar
Roman general, statesman, Latin prose author; noted for his critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Ro
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Discovery of tree-like electrical discharge patterns now called Lichtenberg figures.
John Quincy Adams
Son of John Adams (2nd president); his grandson was Henry Adams, the leading social Newton
Ludwig Feuerbach
The Essence of Christianity
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea
Judit Polgár
Being the strongest female chess player of all time.
Gregor Mendel
Creating the science of genetics
Henry Ford
Founding and leading the Ford Motor Company
Carl Jung
Analytical psychology
Psychological types
Collective unconscious
Complex
Archetypes
Anima and a
Psychological types
Collective unconscious
Complex
Archetypes
Anima and a
Karl Popper
Charles H. Townes
Lasers
Theodore Maiman
Inventing the laser
Cardinal Mazarin
French statesman.
Joseph Marie Jacquard
Programmable loom
George Sand
Claude Bernard
Physiology
Browse July by Date
Click any date below to see every genius born on that specific day, with full profiles and history.
Jul 1
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
+3 geniuses
Jul 2
John H. Sununu
+4 geniuses
Jul 3
Franz Kafka
+2 geniuses
Jul 4
Nathaniel Hawthorne
+2 geniuses
Jul 5
Macquorn Rankine
+2 geniuses
Jul 6
Sheila Sri Prakash
+1 genius
Jul 7
Joseph Marie Jacquard
+3 geniuses
Jul 8
Pyotr Kapitsa
+1 genius
Jul 9
Akiane Kramarik
+1 genius
Jul 10
Nikola Tesla
+3 geniuses
Jul 11
John Quincy Adams
+2 geniuses
Jul 12
Julius Caesar
+4 geniuses
Jul 13
Nihal Sarin
+1 genius
Jul 14
George Green
+2 geniuses
Jul 15
Vilfredo Pareto
+3 geniuses
Jul 16
Joshua Reynolds
+1 genius
Jul 17
Terence Chi-Shen Tao
+3 geniuses
Jul 18
Hendrik Lorentz
+3 geniuses
Jul 20
Petrarch
+4 geniuses
Jul 21
Alexander the Great
+2 geniuses
Jul 22
Selman Waksman
+1 genius
Jul 23
Judit Polgár
+1 genius
Jul 24
Simón Bolívar
+5 geniuses
Jul 25
Rosalind Franklin
+1 genius
Jul 26
George Bernard Shaw
+5 geniuses
Jul 27
E. A. Wallis Budge
+1 genius
Jul 28
Marcel Duchamp
+5 geniuses
Jul 30
Henry Ford
+4 geniuses
Jul 31
Milton Friedman
+2 geniuses
Day-by-Day Breakdown
Jul 1 — Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, George Sand (3)
Jul 2 — John H. Sununu, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Thomas Cranmer... (4)
Jul 3 — Franz Kafka, Tom Stoppard (2)
Jul 4 — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Giuseppe Garibaldi (2)
Jul 5 — Macquorn Rankine, David Farragut (2)
Jul 6 — Sheila Sri Prakash (1)
Jul 7 — Joseph Marie Jacquard, Nettie Stevens, Gian Carlo Menotti (3)
Jul 8 — Pyotr Kapitsa (1)
Jul 9 — Akiane Kramarik (1)
Jul 10 — Nikola Tesla, John Calvin, Alice Munro (3)
Jul 11 — John Quincy Adams, Theodore Maiman (2)
Jul 12 — Julius Caesar, Claude Bernard, Henry David Thoreau... (4)
Jul 13 — Nihal Sarin (1)
Jul 14 — George Green , Cardinal Mazarin (2)
Jul 15 — Vilfredo Pareto, Rembrandt, Carl Woese (3)
Jul 16 — Joshua Reynolds (1)
Jul 17 — Terence Chi-Shen Tao, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Georges Lemaître (3)
Jul 18 — Hendrik Lorentz, Frederick Rossini, William Makepeace Thackeray (3)
Jul 20 — Petrarch, Gregor Mendel, Auguste de Marmont... (4)
Jul 21 — Alexander the Great, Ernest Hemingway (2)
Jul 22 — Selman Waksman (1)
Jul 23 — Judit Polgár (1)
Jul 24 — Simón Bolívar, Alexandre Dumas, Frances Oldham Kelsey... (5)
Jul 25 — Rosalind Franklin (1)
Jul 26 — George Bernard Shaw, Carl Jung, Stanley Kubrick... (5)
Jul 27 — E. A. Wallis Budge (1)
Jul 28 — Marcel Duchamp, Ludwig Feuerbach, Karl Popper... (5)
Jul 30 — Henry Ford, Thorstein Veblen, Fabiano Caruana... (4)
Jul 31 — Milton Friedman, Stephanie Kwolek (2)
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