Famous Geniuses Born in December
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Brilliant Minds Born in December
From ancient philosophers to modern scientists — ranked by estimated IQ
December, the final month, carries the darkest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Yet it gave us some of history's most brilliant lights.
Top Geniuses Born in December
These are the 30 highest-IQ geniuses born in December, ranked by estimated intelligence quotient.
Ramón Campayo
Speed-Memory program, World Memory Records
Baron d'Holbach
John von Neumann
Abelian von Neumann algebra Affiliated operator Amenable group Arithmetic logic unit Artificial viscosity Axiom of regul
Humphry Davy
Electrolysis, aluminium, sodium, potassium, calcium, strontium, magnesium, barium, boron, Davy lamp
Theodor Schwann
Cell theory, Schwann cells, Pepsin
Johannes Kepler
Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mary Somerville
Self-taught mathematician and polymath; bestselling popularizer of science; acclaimed for her translation and revision o
James Prescott Joule
First law of thermodynamicsDisproving caloric theory
Joseph John Thomson
Discovery of the electron
Werner Heisenberg
The creation of quantum mechanics
Abu al Ala Al Ma'arri
The Tinder Spark, Unnecessary Necessity, and The Epistle of Forgiveness.
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Italian-born German king who became the head of the Holy Roman Empire during its greatest territorial extent; purportedl
Pierre de Fermat
Fermat's Last Theorem
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Gay-Lussac's law
Jean-François Champollion
Decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs
Louis Pasteur
Created the first vaccines for rabies
Cholera vaccine
Anthrax vaccines
Pasteurization
Cholera vaccine
Anthrax vaccines
Pasteurization
Arnold Sommerfeld
Being nominated for the Nobel Prize 84 times but never wining it.
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Landau–Ramanujan constant, Mock theta functions, Ramanujan conjecture, Ramanujan prime, Ramanujan–Soldner constant, Rama
R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz
Esotericism, alternative Egyptology
Jean Racine
Andromaque, Phèdre, Athalie
Charles Babbage
Originating the concept of a digital programmable computer.
Alfred de Musset
Howard Robard Hughes
Hughes Aircraft Company
Tycho Brahe
Tychonic system and Rudolphine Tables
Herman Boerhaave
Founder of clinical teaching
Ludvig Holberg
Norwegian writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright.
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums (The History of Art in Antiquity; 1764)
Warren Hastings
British statesman and general governor of India.
Heinrich Heine
Reisebilder
Germany. A Winter's Tale
Atta Troll
Romanzero
Germany. A Winter's Tale
Atta Troll
Romanzero
Browse December by Date
Click any date below to see every genius born on that specific day, with full profiles and history.
Dec 1
Anna Komnene
+3 geniuses
Dec 3
Ludvig Holberg
+3 geniuses
Dec 4
Thomas Carlyle
+2 geniuses
Dec 5
Werner Heisenberg
+3 geniuses
Dec 6
Pierre de Fermat
+4 geniuses
Dec 7
Theodor Schwann
+2 geniuses
Dec 8
Baron d'Holbach
+3 geniuses
Dec 9
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
+4 geniuses
Dec 10
Ludwig van Beethoven
+6 geniuses
Dec 11
Alfred de Musset
+5 geniuses
Dec 13
Heinrich Heine
+1 genius
Dec 14
Tycho Brahe
+1 genius
Dec 15
L. L. Zamenhof
+2 geniuses
Dec 16
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
+3 geniuses
Dec 17
Humphry Davy
+3 geniuses
Dec 18
Joseph John Thomson
+2 geniuses
Dec 20
Ramón Campayo
+1 genius
Dec 21
Benjamin Disraeli
+1 genius
Dec 22
Srinivasa Ramanujan
+2 geniuses
Dec 23
Abu al Ala Al Ma'arri
+4 geniuses
Dec 24
James Prescott Joule
+4 geniuses
Dec 25
John Michell
+1 genius
Dec 26
Mary Somerville
+4 geniuses
Dec 27
Johannes Kepler
+2 geniuses
Dec 28
John von Neumann
+3 geniuses
Dec 30
R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz
+2 geniuses
Dec 31
Herman Boerhaave
+4 geniuses
Day-by-Day Breakdown
Dec 1 — Anna Komnene, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Federico Faggin (3)
Dec 3 — Ludvig Holberg, John Wallis, Nino Rota (3)
Dec 4 — Thomas Carlyle, Willem Klein (2)
Dec 5 — Werner Heisenberg, Arnold Sommerfeld, Walt Disney (3)
Dec 6 — Pierre de Fermat, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Warren Hastings... (4)
Dec 7 — Theodor Schwann, Noam Chomsky (2)
Dec 8 — Baron d'Holbach, Horace, Javokhir Sindarov (3)
Dec 9 — Johann Joachim Winckelmann, John Milton, Manuel António Gomes... (4)
Dec 10 — Ludwig van Beethoven, Ada Lovelace, William Lloyd Garrison... (6)
Dec 11 — Alfred de Musset, Hector Berlioz, Robert Koch... (5)
Dec 13 — Heinrich Heine (1)
Dec 14 — Tycho Brahe (1)
Dec 15 — L. L. Zamenhof, Maurice Wilkins (2)
Dec 16 — Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Jane Austen, Wassily Kandinsky (3)
Dec 17 — Humphry Davy, Émilie du Châtelet, Joseph Henry (3)
Dec 18 — Joseph John Thomson, Esther Lederberg (2)
Dec 20 — Ramón Campayo (1)
Dec 21 — Benjamin Disraeli (1)
Dec 22 — Srinivasa Ramanujan, Jean Racine (2)
Dec 23 — Abu al Ala Al Ma'arri, Jean-François Champollion, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve... (4)
Dec 24 — James Prescott Joule, Howard Robard Hughes, William Warburton... (4)
Dec 25 — John Michell (1)
Dec 26 — Mary Somerville, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles Babbage... (4)
Dec 27 — Johannes Kepler, Louis Pasteur (2)
Dec 28 — John von Neumann, Woodrow Wilson, Stan Lee (3)
Dec 30 — R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, Tu Youyou (2)
Dec 31 — Herman Boerhaave, Andreas Vesalius, James Bernoulli... (4)
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