April 21
Geniuses Born on April 21
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🧠Average IQ of geniuses born on this day: 166
📚Most common field: Physics (1 geniuses)
🌍Most represented country: United States (1)
📅Eras: 19th Century (4), Early Modern (1)

Geniuses Born on April 21

5 geniuses born on April 21 — including Percy Williams Bridgman, Max Weber, and more. Explore their biographies, IQ scores, and achievements.

Percy Williams BridgmanIQ 185
1882–1961 · United States
High-pressure physics • Operationalism • Operational definition
An American physicist who received the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures.
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Max WeberIQ 170
1864–1920 · Germany
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905)
A German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist, who is regarded among the most important theorists on the development of modern West
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Charlotte BrontëIQ 165
1816–1855 · England
Jane Eyre • Villette
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John LawIQ 165
1671–1729 · Scotland
Scottish economist; believed that money was only a means of exchange that did not constitute wealth in itself and that n
Scottish economist who distinguished money, a means of exchange, from national wealth dependent on trade
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Hippolyte TaineIQ 145
1828–1893
Being a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism
A French critic and historian who was one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism.
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Which geniuses were born on April 21?

Percy Williams Bridgman, Max Weber, Charlotte Brontë, John Law, Hippolyte Taine — 5 geniuses in total share this birthday.

What is the zodiac sign for April 21?

taurus is the zodiac sign for people born on April 21.

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