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Highest IQ Geniuses vs Most Influential Geniuses

Does the highest IQ always mean the greatest impact? Comparing raw intelligence with historical influence.

Highest IQ (180+) Geniuses

203 Geniuses Avg IQ: 185 Max IQ: 250 Top: England
Ainan Celeste Cawley IQ 250
Singapore
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William James Sidis IQ 250
Manhattan
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Chris Hirata IQ 225
Ypsilanti
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Terence Chi-Shen Tao IQ 220
Adelaide
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Kim Ung-yong IQ 210
seoul
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Aristotle IQ 200
Stagira
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Edith Stern IQ 200
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe IQ 200
Free Imperial City of Frankfurt
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Leonardo Da Vinci IQ 200
Anchiano
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Leopold and Loeb IQ 200
Chicago
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Michael Grost IQ 200
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Michael Kearney IQ 200
Honolulu
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Nadia Camukova IQ 200
Dagestan
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Sho Yano IQ 200
Portland
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Vitalik Buterin IQ 200
Kolomna
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Evangelos Katsioulis IQ 198
Ioannina
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Walter O'Brien (Obrien) IQ 197
County Wexford
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Empedocles IQ 195
Akragas
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Gilbert N. Lewis IQ 195
Weymouth
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Henry Adams IQ 195
Boston
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Hermann von Helmholtz IQ 195
Potsdam
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Ludwig Boltzmann IQ 195
Vienna
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Nikola Tesla IQ 195
Smiljan
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Pierre-Simon Laplace IQ 195
Beaumont-en-Auge
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Ramón Campayo IQ 194
Starnberg
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Mislav Predavec IQ 192
Zagreb
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Richard G. Rosner IQ 192
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Archimedes IQ 190
Syracuse
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Athanasius Kircher IQ 190
Geisa
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Baron d'Holbach IQ 190
Edesheim near Landau
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Most Awarded Geniuses

31 Geniuses Avg IQ: 169 Max IQ: 200 Top: England
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe IQ 200
Free Imperial City of Frankfurt
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Nikola Tesla IQ 195
Smiljan
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John von Neumann IQ 190
Budapest
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Arthur Conan Doyle IQ 180
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Alfred Russel Wallace IQ 175
Llanbadoc
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Christopher Hitchens IQ 170
Portsmouth
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Herman Hollerith IQ 170
Buffalo
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Kurt Gödel IQ 170
Brünn
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Antoni Gaudí IQ 165
Reus or Riudoms
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Steve Jobs IQ 160
San Francisco
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Jean-Paul Sartre IQ 155
Paris
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Muhammad Ali IQ 150
Louisville
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George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle IQ 140
Merton
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Martin Luther King Jr. IQ 140
Atlanta
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Aage Niels Bohr
Copenhagen
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Alice Munro
Wingham
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Alma Deutscher
Basingstoke
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Claudio Arrau
Chillán
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Daniil Dubov
Moscow
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Dariusz Świercz
Tarnowskie Góry
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Esther Lederberg
Bronx
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Glenn Gould
Toronto
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Grigori Perelman
Leningrad
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John Cockcroft
Todmorden
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Maya Plisetskaya
Moscow
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Octavio Paz
Mexico City
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Priyanshi Somani
Surat
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Ronald Fisher
London
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Steven Pinker
Montreal
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Winston Churchill
Blenheim
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Analysis: Highest IQ (180+) vs Most Awarded

MetricHighest IQ (180+)Most Awarded
Total Geniuses20331
Average IQ185169
Highest IQ250200
Lowest IQ180140
IQ Data Available203 of 20314 of 31
Top CountryEnglandEngland

Highest IQ (180+) geniuses have a higher average IQ by 16 points. The highest iq (180+) group is larger with more recorded geniuses in our database.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who has a higher average IQ — Highest IQ (180+) or Most Awarded geniuses?

Highest IQ (180+) geniuses have a higher average IQ (185) compared to 169 for the other group.

How many highest iq (180+) geniuses are there compared to most awarded geniuses?

Our database includes 203 highest iq (180+) geniuses and 31 most awarded geniuses.

What is the highest IQ among highest iq (180+) geniuses?

The highest recorded IQ among highest iq (180+) geniuses in our database is 250.

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