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Highest IQ French Geniuses in History — Records

Voltaire, Pascal, Descartes, Curie — France's most documented intellects ranked by IQ.

  1. 1749–1827 · France
    195
  2. 1694–1778 · France
    190
  3. 1854–1912 · France
    190
  4. 1796–1832 · France
    190
  5. 1592–1655 · France
    190
  6. 1798–1857 · France
    185
  7. 1623–1662 · France
    185
  8. 1741–1816 · France
    185
  9. 1717–1783 · France
    185
  10. 1698–1759 · France
    185
  11. 1775–1836 · France
    180
  12. 1743–1794 · France
    180
  13. 1788–1827 · France
    180
  14. 0742–0814 · France
    180
  15. 1713–1784 · France
    180
  16. 1647–1713 · France
    180
  17. 1772–1844 · France
    180
  18. 1651–1715 · France
    180
  19. 1749–1791 · France
    180
  20. 1627–1704 · France
    180
  21. 1736–1793 · France
    180
  22. 1497–1558 · France
    180
  23. 1768–1830 · France
    180
  24. 1892–1987 · France
    180
  25. 1743–1794 · France
    180
  26. 1533–1592 · France
    180
  27. 1769–1821 · France
    180
  28. 1881–1955 · France
    180
  29. 1802–1885 · France
    180
  30. 1596–1650 · France
    178
  31. 1752–1833 · France
    175
  32. 1612–1694 · France
    175
  33. 1707–1788 · France
    175
  34. 1766–1817 · France
    175
  35. 1887–1968 · France
    175
  36. 1553–1617 · France
    175
  37. 1790–1832 · France
    175
  38. 1778–1850 · France
    175
  39. 1822–1895 · France
    175
  40. 1771–1802 · France
    175
  41. 1638–1715 · France
    175
  42. 1607–present · France
    175
  43. 1887–1961 · France
    175
  44. 1727–1781 · France
    170
  45. 1736–1806 · France
    170
  46. 1757–1820 · France
    170
  47. 1858–1917 · France
    170
  48. 1823–1892 · France
    170
  49. 1483–1553 · France
    170
  50. 1613–1680 · France
    170

How we ranked this list

Filtered to individuals with country = France in the biographical dataset.

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