Greatest Medicine Geniuses — Ranked by IQ
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Medicine Geniuses
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Total Medicine Geniuses
12
Highest IQ
180
Average IQ
166
#1 Genius
Avicenna
Top 15 Medicine Geniuses by IQ
Ranked by estimated IQ score, based on historical records and psychometric research.
| # | Name | IQ | Born | Known For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avicenna | 180 | 0980 | The Book of Healing The Canon of Medicine |
| 2 | Hippocrates | 175 | 0460 | Being referred to as the "Father of Medicine" |
| 3 | Louis Pasteur | 175 | 1822 | Created the first vaccines for rabies Cholera vaccine Anthrax vaccines Pasteurization |
| 4 | Galen | 170 | 0129 | Began his practice as a physician to gladiators and established a link between diet and health. Gale |
| 5 | Wilder Penfield | 170 | 1891 | Prompting memory recall during surgery via temporal lobe stimulationTreatment of epilepsy by surgery |
| 6 | Edward Jenner | 165 | 1749 | Smallpox vaccine and Vaccination |
| 7 | John Hunter (surgeon) | 160 | 1728 | Scientific method in medicineMany discoveries in surgery and medicine |
| 8 | Rembrandt | 150 | 1606 | The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632) Belshazzar's Feast (1635) The Night Watch ( |
| 9 | Akrit Jaswal | 146 | 1993 | Performing a surgery on his neighbour at the age of seven. |
| 10 | Elizabeth Blackwell | None | 1821 | The first woman to qualify as a physician in America; founder of America’s first medical school for |
| 11 | Irène Joliot-Curie | None | 1897 | Co-discovered how to convert stable chemical elements into ‘designer’ radioactive elements; these ha |
| 12 | Maurice Hilleman | None | 1919 | Developing several important vaccines |
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