May 23
Geniuses Born on May 23
4 Geniuses gemini
🧠Average IQ of geniuses born on this day: 178
🌍Most represented country: United States (2)
📅Eras: Early Modern (2), Modern (1), 19th Century (1)

Geniuses Born on May 23

4 geniuses born on May 23 — including Carl Linnaeus, John Bardeen, and more. Explore their biographies, IQ scores, and achievements.

Carl LinnaeusIQ 180
1707–1778 · Sweden
Binomial nomenclature Scientific classification Taxonomy
A Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalized binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as t
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John BardeenIQ 180
1908–1991 · United States
Transistor BCS theory Superconductivity
An American engineer and physicist. He is the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice.
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Margaret FullerIQ 175
1810–1850 · United States
Woman in the Nineteenth Century
An American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement.
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Franz Mesmer
1734–1815 · Germany
Animal magnetism
A doctor who theorised the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all animated and inanimate objects
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Which geniuses were born on May 23?

Carl Linnaeus, John Bardeen, Margaret Fuller, Franz Mesmer — 4 geniuses in total share this birthday.

What is the zodiac sign for May 23?

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