Famous Geniuses Born in November
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Brilliant Minds Born in November
From ancient philosophers to modern scientists — ranked by estimated IQ
November, month of introspection and the approach of winter, has produced an extraordinary concentration of brilliant minds who looked inward and outward simultaneously.
Top Geniuses Born in November
These are the 30 highest-IQ geniuses born in November, ranked by estimated intelligence quotient.
Ainan Celeste Cawley
Being a child prodigy with estimated IQ of 250.
Chris Hirata
Being the youngest U.S. citizen to receive an International Physics Olympiad gold medal. Starting working for NASA at th
Leopold and Loeb
Being murderer obsessed with committing the “perfect crime.” Their murder of a 14 years old was the inspiration for Alfr
Voltaire
The novel Candide
Otto von Guericke
vacuum, atmospheric pressure, Electrostatics
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
D'Alembert criterion
D'Alembert force
D'Alembert's form of the principle of virtual work
D'Alembert force
D'Alembert's form of the principle of virtual work
Augustine of Hippo
Confessions
On Christian Doctrine
On the Trinity
The City of God
On Christian Doctrine
On the Trinity
The City of God
John Toland
Christianity not Mysterious (1696)
Julius von Mayer
The first law of thermodynamics and Mayer's reagent
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes from Underground
Crime and Punishment
The Idiot
Demons
The Brothers Karamazov
Crime and Punishment
The Idiot
Demons
The Brothers Karamazov
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Discovery of argon
Charles Scott Sherrington
Marie Curie
Radioactivity Polonium Radium
Lope de Vega
Fuenteovejuna
The Dog in the Manger
Punishment Without Revenge
The Dog in the Manger
Punishment Without Revenge
Baruch Spinoza
Ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, Hebrew grammar
Edmond Halley
For the prediction of Halley’s comet, solving the riddle of accurate navigation for all sea-going vessels and for spurri
Xavier Bichat
The concept of tissue
George Boole
Laying the foundations for the information age
Henry Thomas Buckle
History of Civilisation in England
Andrew Carnegie
Founding and leading the Carnegie Steel Company, the Carnegie Library, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Corpor
Martin Luther
Being the key figurine in Reformation.
John Ray
Being one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
Serving as Prime Minister of Great Britain
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Machine Man
Thomas Chatterton
Committed suicide age 17
Christian Doppler
Discovering the Doppler effect
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Edwin Hubble
Hubble sequence
Hubble's law
Hubble's law
Norbert Wiener
Cybernetics
Pierre Bayle
Various Thoughts on the Occasion of the Comet
Browse November by Date
Click any date below to see every genius born on that specific day, with full profiles and history.
Nov 1
Antonio Canova
+3 geniuses
Nov 2
George Boole
+1 genius
Nov 3
William Cullen Bryant
+3 geniuses
Nov 4
Shakuntala Devi
+1 genius
Nov 5
György Cziffra
+1 genius
Nov 6
Suleiman the Magnificent
+1 genius
Nov 7
Marie Curie
+5 geniuses
Nov 8
Edmond Halley
+4 geniuses
Nov 9
Carl Sagan
+2 geniuses
Nov 10
Martin Luther
+4 geniuses
Nov 11
Fyodor Dostoevsky
+2 geniuses
Nov 12
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
+4 geniuses
Nov 13
Augustine of Hippo
+3 geniuses
Nov 14
Xavier Bichat
+5 geniuses
Nov 15
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
+3 geniuses
Nov 16
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
+3 geniuses
Nov 18
Pierre Bayle
+3 geniuses
Nov 19
Leopold and Loeb
+3 geniuses
Nov 20
Thomas Chatterton
+3 geniuses
Nov 21
Voltaire
+3 geniuses
Nov 22
George Eliot
+2 geniuses
Nov 23
Ainan Celeste Cawley
+3 geniuses
Nov 24
Baruch Spinoza
+3 geniuses
Nov 25
Julius von Mayer
+3 geniuses
Nov 26
Norbert Wiener
+3 geniuses
Nov 27
Charles Scott Sherrington
+4 geniuses
Nov 28
William Blake
+2 geniuses
Nov 29
John Ray
+4 geniuses
Nov 30
Chris Hirata
+9 geniuses
Day-by-Day Breakdown
Nov 1 — Antonio Canova, Alfred Wegener, Nick D'Aloisio (3)
Nov 2 — George Boole (1)
Nov 3 — William Cullen Bryant, Vincenzo Bellini, Anna Wintour (3)
Nov 4 — Shakuntala Devi (1)
Nov 5 — György Cziffra (1)
Nov 6 — Suleiman the Magnificent (1)
Nov 7 — Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Albert Camus... (5)
Nov 8 — Edmond Halley, Gottlob Frege, Natalie Zemon Davis... (4)
Nov 9 — Carl Sagan, Ivan Turgenev (2)
Nov 10 — Martin Luther, William Hogarth, Oliver Goldsmith... (4)
Nov 11 — Fyodor Dostoevsky, Kim Peek (2)
Nov 12 — John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Richard Baxter, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz... (4)
Nov 13 — Augustine of Hippo, Alfred M. Mayer, Saul Kripke (3)
Nov 14 — Xavier Bichat, George Grote, Robert Fulton... (5)
Nov 15 — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, William Herschel, Daniel Barenboim (3)
Nov 16 — Jean le Rond d'Alembert, John Bright, Priyanshi Somani (3)
Nov 18 — Pierre Bayle, Carl Maria von Weber, George Wald (3)
Nov 19 — Leopold and Loeb, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Gitanjali Rao (3)
Nov 20 — Thomas Chatterton, Edwin Hubble, Maya Plisetskaya (3)
Nov 21 — Voltaire, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Akshay Venkatesh (3)
Nov 22 — George Eliot, Shawn Fanning (2)
Nov 23 — Ainan Celeste Cawley, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Henry Moseley (3)
Nov 24 — Baruch Spinoza, Henry Thomas Buckle, Daniel Afedzi Akyeampong (3)
Nov 25 — Julius von Mayer, Lope de Vega, Andrew Carnegie (3)
Nov 26 — Norbert Wiener, William Cowper, Samuel Reshevsky (3)
Nov 27 — Charles Scott Sherrington, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Santiago Ramón y Cajal... (4)
Nov 28 — William Blake, Victor Cousin (2)
Nov 29 — John Ray, Christian Doppler, Clive Staples Lewis... (4)
Nov 30 — Chris Hirata, Otto von Guericke, John Toland... (9)
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