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September 18
Geniuses Born on September 18
6 Geniuses virgo
🧠Average IQ of geniuses born on this day: 166
📚Most common field: Chess (1 geniuses)
🌍Most represented country: France (2)
📅Eras: Early Modern (3), Modern (2), 19th Century (1)

Geniuses Born on September 18

6 geniuses born on September 18 — including Adrien Marie Legendre, Gilbert Burnet, and more. Explore their biographies, IQ scores, and achievements.

Adrien Marie LegendreIQ 175
1752–1833 · France
Legendre transformation, Legendre polynomials, Legendre transform, Elliptic functions
A French mathematician who made numerous contributions to mathematics.
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Gilbert BurnetIQ 165
1643–1715 · Scotland
A Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury who was one of the few close friends in whom King William III confided.
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Samuel JohnsonIQ 165
1709–1784 · England
A Dictionary of the English Language <br> A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
An English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexic
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Léon FoucaultIQ 160
1819–1868 · France
Foucault pendulum <br> Foucault's currents <br> Foucault knife-edge test <br> Fizeau–Foucault apparatus <br> Gyroscope <
A French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation
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Nodirbek Abdusattorov
b. 2004 · UZ
Chess Prodigy
Uzbek chess player
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Steven Pinker
b. 1954 · Canada
The Language Instinct (1994) <br> How the Mind Works (1997) <br> The Blank Slate (2002) <br> The Better Angels of Our Na
A Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which geniuses were born on September 18?

Adrien Marie Legendre, Gilbert Burnet, Samuel Johnson, Léon Foucault, Nodirbek Abdusattorov... — 6 geniuses in total share this birthday.

What is the zodiac sign for September 18?

virgo is the zodiac sign for people born on September 18.

What is the average IQ of geniuses born on September 18?

Among the 4 geniuses with known IQ scores born on this date, the average estimated IQ is 166.

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