November 27
Geniuses Born on November 27
4 Geniuses sagittarius
🧠Average IQ of geniuses born on this day: 168
🌍Most represented country: England (1)
📅Eras: 19th Century (2), Early Modern (1), Modern (1)

Geniuses Born on November 27

4 geniuses born on November 27 — including Charles Scott Sherrington, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, and more. Explore their biographies, IQ scores, and achievements.

Charles Scott SherringtonIQ 180
1857–1952 · England
An English neurophysiologist, histologist, bacteriologist, and a pathologist, Nobel laureate and president of the Royal Society in the early 1920s.
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Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de MaintenonIQ 155
1635–1719 · France
Second wife of Louis XIV.
A French noblewoman who secretly married King Louis XIV.
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal
1852–1934 · Spain
Fathering modern neuroscience • Discovery of the neuron • Neuron doctrine • Growth cone • Dendritic spine • Interstitial
A Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist who was the first person of Spanish origin to win the Noble Prize in 1906.
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Yaakov Ziv
1931–2023 · Israel
LZ77, LZ78
The father of modern files compression. Developed the LZ family of lossless data compression algorithms.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which geniuses were born on November 27?

Charles Scott Sherrington, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Yaakov Ziv — 4 geniuses in total share this birthday.

What is the zodiac sign for November 27?

sagittarius is the zodiac sign for people born on November 27.

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