| Rank | Name | IQ | Born | Known For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1st | Theodor Schwann 🇩🇪 | 182 | 1810 | Cell theory, Schwann cells, Pepsin |
| 2 2nd | Søren Kierkegaard 🇩🇰 | 180 | 1813 | |
| 3 3rd | Julius von Mayer 🇩🇪 | 180 | 1814 | The first law of thermodynamics and Mayer's reagent |
| 4 | James Anthony Froude | 180 | 1818 | History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada |
| 5 | James Prescott Joule | 180 | 1818 | First law of thermodynamicsDisproving caloric theory |
| 6 | Karl Marx 🇩🇪 | 180 | 1818 | The fact that his teachings lead to revolutions in Russia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, and Cambodia. |
| 7 | Margaret Fuller 🇺🇸 | 175 | 1810 | Woman in the Nineteenth Century |
| 8 | Robert Bunsen 🇩🇪 | 175 | 1811 | Discovery of cacodyl radical Discoveries of caesium and rubidium Discovery of use of the Bunsen burn… |
| 9 | Richard Wagner 🇩🇪 | 175 | 1813 | The Ring of the Nibelung |
| 10 | George Boole | 175 | 1815 | Laying the foundations for the information age |
| 11 | Alfred de Musset 🇫🇷 | 170 | 1810 | |
| 12 | Frédéric Chopin 🇵🇱 | 165 | 1810 | Publishing two polonaises by the age of seven |
| 13 | Évariste Galois 🇫🇷 | 165 | 1811 | Work on the theory of equations and Abelian integrals |
| 14 | Charles Dickens | 165 | 1812 | The Pickwick Papers <br> Oliver Twist <br> Nicholas Nickleby <br> A Christmas Carol <br> David Coppe… |
| 15 | Giuseppe Verdi 🇮🇹 | 165 | 1813 | 1. Aida 2. Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco 3. La Donna è Mobile from Rigoletto 4. La… |
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Theodor Schwann is ranked #1 among geniuses born in the 1810s with an estimated IQ of 182, known for Cell theory, Schwann cells, Pepsin.
Our database includes 32 notable geniuses born between 1810–1819, spanning fields from science and mathematics to philosophy, literature, and the arts.
The average estimated IQ of documented geniuses born in the 1810s is 168, with the highest recorded being 182.
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