Highest IQ Mathematicians in History — Records

Gauss, Euler, Newton, Tao — the highest-IQ mathematicians from antiquity to today.

1. William James Sidis

   1898–1944 · United States
   250
2. Terence Chi-Shen Tao

   1975–present · Australia
   220
3. Kim Ung-yong

   1962–present · KR
   210
4. Aristotle

   0384–present · Greece
   200
5. Edith Stern

   1952–present · United States
   200
6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   1749–1832 · Germany
   200
7. Leonardo Da Vinci

   1452–1519 · Italy
   200
8. Michael Grost

   1954–present · United States
   200
9. Vitalik Buterin

   1994–present · Russia
   200
10. Empedocles

    0490–present · Greece
    195
11. Gilbert N. Lewis

    1875–1946 · United States
    195
12. Hermann von Helmholtz

    1821–1894 · Germany
    195
13. Ludwig Boltzmann

    1844–1906 · Austria
    195
14. Nikola Tesla

    1856–1943 · HR
    195
15. Pierre-Simon Laplace

    1749–1827 · France
    195
16. Mislav Predavec

    1967–present · HR
    192
17. Archimedes

    0287–present · Greece
    190
18. Athanasius Kircher

    1602–1680 · Germany
    190
19. Carl Friedrich Gauss

    1777–1855 · Germany
    190
20. Christiaan Huygens

    1629–1695 · Netherlands
    190
21. Enrico Fermi

    1901–1954 · Italy
    190
22. Erwin Schrödinger

    1887–1961 · Austria
    190
23. Voltaire

    1694–1778 · France
    190
24. Friedrich Nietzsche

    1844–1900 · Germany
    190
25. Giordano Bruno

    1548–1600 · Italy
    190
26. Isaac Newton

    1643–1727 · England
    190
27. John von Neumann

    1903–1957 · Hungary
    190
28. Joseph-Louis Lagrange

    1736–1813 · Italy
    190
29. Henri Poincaré

    1854–1912 · France
    190
30. Leonhard Euler

    1707–1783 · Switzerland
    190
31. Linus Pauling

    1901–1994 · United States
    190
32. Max Planck

    1858–1947 · Germany
    190
33. Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

    1796–1832 · France
    190
34. Paul Dirac

    1902–1984 · England
    190
35. Philip Emeagwali

    1954–present · NG
    190
36. Pierre Gassendi

    1592–1655 · France
    190
37. Vilfredo Pareto

    1848–1923 · Italy
    190
38. Wilhelm Ostwald

    1853–1932 · LV
    190
39. Marilyn vos Savant

    1946–present · United States
    186
40. Adragon Eastwood De Mello

    1976–present · United States
    185
41. Alan Turing

    1912–1954 · England
    185
42. Alfred J. Lotka

    1880–1949 · United States
    185
43. Arthur Schopenhauer

    1788–1860 · Germany
    185
44. Auguste Comte

    1798–1857 · France
    185
45. Blaise Pascal

    1623–1662 · France
    185
46. Ctesibius

    0285–0222 · EG
    185
47. Democritus

    0460–present · Greece
    185
48. Epicurus

    0341–0270 · Greece
    185
49. Heraclitus

    0535–0475 · Greece
    185
50. Hero of Alexandria

    0010–0070 · Greece
    185

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