Longest-Lived Geniuses in History — Records

The genius minds who lived the longest, ranked.

1. Charles H. Townes

   lived 100 years · 1915–2015 · IQ 165
   100
2. Mimar Sinan

   lived 100 years · 1488–1588 · IQ 180
   100
3. Bertrand Russell

   lived 98 years · 1872–1970 · IQ 180
   98
4. Martha Graham

   lived 97 years · 1894–1991 · IQ 148
   97
5. Charles Scott Sherrington

   lived 95 years · 1857–1952 · IQ 180
   95
6. Frederick Sanger

   lived 95 years · 1918–2013 · IQ 175
   95
7. Louis de Broglie

   lived 95 years · 1892–1987 · IQ 180
   95
8. George Bernard Shaw

   lived 94 years · 1856–1950 · IQ 180
   94
9. Milton Friedman

   lived 94 years · 1912–2006 · IQ 155
   94
10. John Dewey

    lived 93 years · 1859–1952 · IQ 170
    93
11. Linus Pauling

    lived 93 years · 1901–1994 · IQ 190
    93
12. Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan

    lived 92 years · 0721–0813 · IQ 175
    92
13. Karl Popper

    lived 92 years · 1902–1994 · IQ 165
    92
14. Mary Somerville

    lived 92 years · 1780–1872 · IQ 180
    92
15. Pablo Picasso

    lived 92 years · 1881–1973 · IQ 175
    92
16. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

    lived 91 years · 1632–1723 · IQ 175
    91
17. Christopher Wren

    lived 91 years · 1632–1723 · IQ 165
    91
18. Frederick Rossini

    lived 91 years · 1899–1990 · IQ 180
    91
19. John Adams

    lived 91 years · 1735–1826 · IQ 175
    91
20. Thomas Hobbes

    lived 91 years · 1588–1679 · IQ 185
    91
21. Alexander von Humboldt

    lived 90 years · 1769–1859 · IQ 180
    90
22. Alfred Russel Wallace

    lived 90 years · 1823–1913 · IQ 175
    90
23. Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

    lived 90 years · 1778–1868 · IQ 180
    90
24. Lise Meitner

    lived 90 years · 1878–1968 · IQ 165
    90
25. Francis Galton

    lived 89 years · 1822–1911 · IQ 145
    89
26. Igor Stravinsky

    lived 89 years · 1882–1971 · IQ 165
    89
27. John Henry Newman

    lived 89 years · 1801–1890 · IQ 165
    89
28. Marvin Minsky

    lived 89 years · 1927–2016 · IQ 160
    89
29. Max Planck

    lived 89 years · 1858–1947 · IQ 190
    89
30. Michelangelo

    lived 89 years · 1475–1564 · IQ 177
    89
31. Robert Frost

    lived 89 years · 1874–1963 · IQ 145
    89
32. Robert M. Pirsig

    lived 89 years · 1928–2017 · IQ 170
    89
33. Charlie Spencer Chaplin

    lived 88 years · 1889–1977 · IQ 140
    88
34. Francis Crick

    lived 88 years · 1916–2004 · IQ 173
    88
35. Giulio Alberoni

    lived 88 years · 1664–1752 · IQ 145
    88
36. John Wesley

    lived 88 years · 1703–1791 · IQ 160
    88
37. Robert Bunsen

    lived 88 years · 1811–1899 · IQ 175
    88
38. Titian

    lived 88 years · 1488–1576 · IQ 145
    88
39. Giuseppe Verdi

    lived 88 years · 1813–1901 · IQ 165
    88
40. François Guizot

    lived 87 years · 1787–1874 · IQ 165
    87
41. Ivan Pavlov

    lived 87 years · 1849–1936 · IQ 180
    87
42. John Forbes Nash Jr.

    lived 87 years · 1928–2015 · IQ 180
    87
43. Jorge Luis Borges

    lived 87 years · 1899–1986 · IQ 180
    87
44. Martin Heidegger

    lived 87 years · 1889–1976 · IQ 165
    87
45. Nikola Tesla

    lived 87 years · 1856–1943 · IQ 195
    87
46. Carl Jung

    lived 86 years · 1875–1961 · IQ 165
    86
47. Edmond Halley

    lived 86 years · 1656–1742 · IQ 175
    86
48. Frederick Matthias Alexander

    lived 86 years · 1869–1955 · IQ 150
    86
49. Gustav Fechner

    lived 86 years · 1801–1887 · IQ 165
    86
50. Ilya Prigogine

    lived 86 years · 1917–2003 · IQ 170
    86

Cómo elaboramos este ranking

Filtered to individuals with both birth and death year recorded; ranked by lifespan.