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Greatest Mathematics Geniuses — Ranked by IQ

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Mathematics Geniuses
Mathematics is the language of the universe. These minds mastered it more completely than anyone before or since.
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Total Mathematics Geniuses
25
Highest IQ
220
Average IQ
184
#1 Genius
Terence

Top 15 Mathematics Geniuses by IQ

Ranked by estimated IQ score, based on historical records and psychometric research.

#NameIQBornKnown For
1 Terence Chi-Shen Tao 220 1975 When he was two years old, he was able to perform simple arithmetic. By the time he was nine, he was
2 Michael Grost 200 1954 Starting university at the tender age of 10, the maths prodigy is now a computer scientist, accordin
3 Hermann von Helmholtz 195 1821 His mathematics of the eye, theories of vision, ideas on the visual perception of space, color visio
4 Mislav Predavec 192 1967 His remarcable IQ test scores and considered therefore as one of the smartest people alive.
5 Isaac Newton 190 1643 Newtonian mechanics
Universal gravitation
Calculus
Newton's laws of motion
Optic
6 Joseph-Louis Lagrange 190 1736 Analytical mechanics, celestial mechanics, mathematical analysis, number theory, theory of equations
7 John Tukey 180 1915 Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot
8 Averroes - Ibn Rushd 175 1126 Andalusian polymath, Aristotle commentator, and middle ages genius; his work on atheism was influent
9 Edmond Halley 175 1656 For the prediction of Halley’s comet, solving the riddle of accurate navigation for all sea-going ve
10 William Kingdon Clifford 175 1845 Clifford algebra
11 Hypatia 170 0350 The greatest mathematician of her time, Hypatia’s murder signaled the coming of the dark ages.
12 Willem Klein 145 1912 Doing mathematical calculations in his head
13 Euclid None 0325 Euclidean geometryEuclid's ElementsEuclidean algorithmList of topics named after Euclid
14 Abu Kamil None 0850 The Book of Algebra
15 John Wallis None 1616 The development of infinitesimal calculus.

More Mathematics Geniuses

Isaac Barrow
1630
Fundamental theorem of calculusOptics
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
1661
Infinitesimal calculus Differential geometry of curves L'Hôpital's rule
David Hilbert
1862
Hilbert's basis theorem
Hilbert's axioms
Hilbert's problems
Hilbert's program
Ei
Jerry Newport
1948
Being a public speaker with Asperger syndrome
Andrew Wiles
1953
Proving Fermat's Last Theorem
Grigori Perelman
1966
Riemannian geometry
Geometric topology
Proof of the soul conjecture
Proof of the Poin
Jason Padgett
1970
Being a mathematical savant & Artist
Ruth Lawrence
1971
Lawrence–Krammer representation
Akshay Venkatesh
1981
Mathematical Work, Former Child Prodigy
Jim Carollo
None
Becoming a math genius after a car crash

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