Greatest Literature Geniuses — Ranked by IQ
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Highest IQ
190
Average IQ
171
#1 Genius
Giordano
Top 15 Literature Geniuses by IQ
Ranked by estimated IQ score, based on historical records and psychometric research.
| # | Name | IQ | Born | Known For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giordano Bruno | 190 | 1548 | His cosmological theories, which conceptually extended the then-novel Copernican model |
| 2 | Voltaire | 190 | 1694 | The novel Candide |
| 3 | Leon Battista Alberti | 180 | 1404 | Tempio Malatestiano, Palazzo Rucellai, and Santa Maria Novella. |
| 4 | James Thomson (poet, born 1700) | 175 | 1700 | Writing the lyrics for the song "Rule, Britannia!". |
| 5 | Laozi | 170 | 0006 | Supposed author of Tao Te Ching, the book that founded of Taoism ("Daoism") |
| 6 | Julius Caesar | 170 | 0100 | Roman general, statesman, Latin prose author; noted for his critical role in the events that led to |
| 7 | Robert Southey | 170 | 1774 | English romantic poet |
| 8 | Ludvig Holberg | 165 | 1684 | Norwegian writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright. |
| 9 | John Henry Newman | 165 | 1801 | Anglican priest, poet, and theologian. |
| 10 | Cardinal Richelieu | 160 | 1585 | Being the lead villain in Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Three Musketeers. |
| 11 | Vittorio Alfieri | 160 | 1749 | Cleopatra |
| 12 | Thomas Jefferson | 154 | 1743 | 3rd President of the United States, The principal author of the Declaration of Independence |
| 13 | John Harington (writer) | None | 1560 | Inventing the flush toilet |
| 14 | Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock | None | 1724 | Opening German literature up to exploration outside of French models |
| 15 | Winston Churchill | None | 1874 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from |
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