Highest IQ Painters in History — Records

Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Picasso, Van Gogh — the highest-IQ painters.

1. Marnen Laibow-Koser

   1970–present · United States
   268
2. Ainan Celeste Cawley

   1999–present · SG
   250
3. William James Sidis

   1898–1944 · United States
   250
4. Chris Hirata

   1982–present · United States
   225
5. Terence Chi-Shen Tao

   1975–present · Australia
   220
6. Kim Ung-yong

   1962–present · KR
   210
7. Aristotle

   0384–present · Greece
   200
8. Edith Stern

   1952–present · United States
   200
9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   1749–1832 · Germany
   200
10. Leonardo Da Vinci

    1452–1519 · Italy
    200
11. Michael Grost

    1954–present · United States
    200
12. Nadia Camukova

    1976–present · Russia
    200
13. Leopold and Loeb

    1905–1971 · United States
    200
14. Vitalik Buterin

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

    1975–present · Ireland
    197
16. Empedocles

    0490–present · Greece
    195
17. Gilbert N. Lewis

    1875–1946 · United States
    195
18. Henry Adams

    1838–1918 · United States
    195
19. Hermann von Helmholtz

    1821–1894 · Germany
    195
20. Ludwig Boltzmann

    1844–1906 · Austria
    195
21. Nikola Tesla

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

    1749–1827 · France
    195
23. Ramón Campayo

    1964–present · Spain
    194
24. Mislav Predavec

    1967–present · HR
    192
25. Richard G. Rosner

    1960–present · United States
    192
26. Archimedes

    0287–present · Greece
    190
27. Athanasius Kircher

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

    1723–1789 · Germany
    190
29. Carl Friedrich Gauss

    1777–1855 · Germany
    190
30. Christiaan Huygens

    1629–1695 · Netherlands
    190
31. Enrico Fermi

    1901–1954 · Italy
    190
32. Erwin Schrödinger

    1887–1961 · Austria
    190
33. Francis Bacon

    1561–1626 · England
    190
34. Voltaire

    1694–1778 · France
    190
35. Friedrich Nietzsche

    1844–1900 · Germany
    190
36. Garry Kasparov

    1963–present · AZ
    190
37. Giordano Bruno

    1548–1600 · Italy
    190
38. Isaac Newton

    1643–1727 · England
    190
39. John von Neumann

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

    1736–1813 · Italy
    190

How we ranked this list

Filtered on painting/art-related work.