Highest IQ Writers in History — Records

Goethe, Shakespeare, Voltaire — the highest-IQ writers across history.

1. Ainan Celeste Cawley

   1999–present · SG
   250
2. Terence Chi-Shen Tao

   1975–present · Australia
   220
3. Aristotle

   0384–present · Greece
   200
4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   1749–1832 · Germany
   200
5. Leonardo Da Vinci

   1452–1519 · Italy
   200
6. Michael Grost

   1954–present · United States
   200
7. Leopold and Loeb

   1905–1971 · United States
   200
8. Vitalik Buterin

   1994–present · Russia
   200
9. Walter O'Brien (Obrien)

   1975–present · Ireland
   197
10. Empedocles

    0490–present · Greece
    195
11. Henry Adams

    1838–1918 · United States
    195
12. Nikola Tesla

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

    1749–1827 · France
    195
14. Ramón Campayo

    1964–present · Spain
    194
15. Richard G. Rosner

    1960–present · United States
    192
16. Archimedes

    0287–present · Greece
    190
17. Athanasius Kircher

    1602–1680 · Germany
    190
18. Baron d'Holbach

    1723–1789 · 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. Francis Bacon

    1561–1626 · England
    190
24. Voltaire

    1694–1778 · France
    190
25. Friedrich Nietzsche

    1844–1900 · Germany
    190
26. Garry Kasparov

    1963–present · AZ
    190
27. Giordano Bruno

    1548–1600 · Italy
    190
28. Isaac Newton

    1643–1727 · England
    190
29. John von Neumann

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

    1736–1813 · Italy
    190
31. Henri Poincaré

    1854–1912 · France
    190
32. Linus Pauling

    1901–1994 · United States
    190
33. Max Planck

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

    1796–1832 · France
    190
35. Paul Dirac

    1902–1984 · England
    190
36. Philip Emeagwali

    1954–present · NG
    190
37. Pierre Gassendi

    1592–1655 · France
    190
38. Vilfredo Pareto

    1848–1923 · Italy
    190
39. Wilhelm Ostwald

    1853–1932 · LV
    190
40. William Shakespeare

    1564–1616 · United Kingdom
    190

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