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Ancient Geniuses vs Modern Geniuses

How do the great minds of antiquity compare with 20th century geniuses?

Ancient & Medieval Geniuses

159 Geniuses Avg IQ: 0 Max IQ: 0 Top: Italy
Abu al Ala Al Ma'arri
Ma'arrat al-Nu'man
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Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli
Gorgan
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Abu Kamil
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Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan
Tous
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Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
Beruni
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Aeschylus
Eleusis
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Aesop
Thrace at a site on the Black Sea coast (later Mesembria)
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Al-Battani
Harran
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Al-Kindi
Kufa
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Albertus Magnus
Lauingen
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Albrecht Dürer
Nuremberg
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Alexander the Great
Pella
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Anaxagoras
Clazomenae
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Anaximander
Miletus
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Anaximenes of Miletus
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Andrea del Verrocchio
Florence
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Anna Komnene
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Archimedes
Syracuse
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Aristarchus of Samos
Samos
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Aristotle
Stagira
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Augustine of Hippo
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Averroes - Ibn Rushd
Córdoba
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Avicenna
Afshona
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Bede
Jarrow
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Boethius
Rome
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Brahmagupta
Bhinmal in Rajasthan
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Callimachus
Cyrene
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Charlemagne
Frankish Kingdom
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Christopher Columbus
Genoa
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Cicero
Arpinum
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Modern (20th-21st Century) Geniuses

280 Geniuses Avg IQ: 0 Max IQ: 0 Top: United States
14th Dalai Lama
Taktser
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Aage Niels Bohr
Copenhagen
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Abdus Salam
Jhang
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Abhimanyu Mishra
New Jersey
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Acharya S
Massachusetts
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Adora Svitak
Springfield
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Adragon Eastwood De Mello
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Ainan Celeste Cawley
Singapore
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Akiane Kramarik
Mount Morris
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Akrit Jaswal
Nurpur
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Akshay Venkatesh
New Delhi
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Alan Guth
New Brunswick
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Alan Turing
Maida Vale
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Alan Watts
Chislehurst
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Albert Camus
Mondovi
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Alice Munro
Wingham
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Alireza Firouzja
Babol
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Alma Deutscher
Basingstoke
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Amartya Sen
Shantiniketan
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Andrew Wiles
Cambridge
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Anish Kumar Giri
Saint Petersburg
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Anna Wintour
Hampstead
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Arfa Karim
Faisalabad
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Ariel Lanyi
Jerusalem
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Arjun Erigaisi
Telangana
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Aryan Chopra
New Delhi
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Ashton Eaton
Portland
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Rangoon
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Awonder Liang
Madison
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Ayn Rand
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Analysis: Ancient & Medieval vs Modern (20th-21st Century)

MetricAncient & MedievalModern (20th-21st Century)
Total Geniuses159280
Average IQ00
Highest IQ00
Lowest IQ00
IQ Data Available0 of 1590 of 280
Top CountryItalyUnited States

Modern (20th-21st Century) geniuses have a comparable average IQ by 0 points. The modern (20th-21st century) group is larger with more recorded geniuses in our database.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who has a higher average IQ — Ancient & Medieval or Modern (20th-21st Century) geniuses?

Modern (20th-21st Century) geniuses have a higher average IQ (0) compared to 0 for the other group.

How many ancient & medieval geniuses are there compared to modern (20th-21st century) geniuses?

Our database includes 159 ancient & medieval geniuses and 280 modern (20th-21st century) geniuses.

What is the highest IQ among ancient & medieval geniuses?

The highest recorded IQ among ancient & medieval geniuses in our database is 0.

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