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19th Century Geniuses vs 20th Century Geniuses

The industrial age versus the information age — comparing two centuries of genius.

19th Century Geniuses

282 Geniuses Avg IQ: 0 Max IQ: 0 Top: United States
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgenville
Ada Lovelace
London
Albert Einstein
Ulm
Alexander Fleming
Darvel
Alexander Graham Bell
Edinburgh
Alexandre Dumas
Villers-Cotterêts
Alfred de Musset
Paris
Alfred J. Lotka
Lviv
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Somersby
Alfred M. Mayer
Baltimore
Alfred Nobel
Stockholm
Alfred Russel Wallace
Llanbadoc
Alfred Wegener
Berlin
Andrew Carnegie
Dunfermline
Anne Brontë
Thornton
Anton Chekhov
Taganrog
Antoni Gaudí
Reus or Riudoms
Arnold Sommerfeld
Königsberg
Arthur Compton
Wooster
Arthur Conan Doyle
Auguste Rodin
Paris
Benjamin Bradley (inventor)
Benjamin Disraeli
Bloomsbury
Bernhard Riemann
Breselenz
Bertrand Russell
Trellech
C. V. Raman
Tiruchirapalli
Camille Saint-Saëns
Paris
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
Carl Filtsch
Mühlbach
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Potsdam
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20th Century Geniuses

255 Geniuses Avg IQ: 0 Max IQ: 0 Top: United States
14th Dalai Lama
Taktser
Aage Niels Bohr
Copenhagen
Abdus Salam
Jhang
Acharya S
Massachusetts
Adora Svitak
Springfield
Adragon Eastwood De Mello
Ainan Celeste Cawley
Singapore
Akiane Kramarik
Mount Morris
Akrit Jaswal
Nurpur
Akshay Venkatesh
New Delhi
Alan Guth
New Brunswick
Alan Turing
Maida Vale
Alan Watts
Chislehurst
Albert Camus
Mondovi
Alice Munro
Wingham
Amartya Sen
Shantiniketan
Andrew Wiles
Cambridge
Anish Kumar Giri
Saint Petersburg
Anna Wintour
Hampstead
Arfa Karim
Faisalabad
Ariel Lanyi
Jerusalem
Ashton Eaton
Portland
Aung San Suu Kyi
Rangoon
Ayn Rand
Barack Obama
Honolulu
Barbara McClintock
Hartford
Bill Gates
Seattle
Bill James
Holton
Bob Dylan
Duluth
Bobby Fischer
Chicago

Analysis: 19th Century vs 20th Century

Metric19th Century20th Century
Total Geniuses282255
Average IQ00
Highest IQ00
Lowest IQ00
IQ Data Available0 of 2820 of 255
Top CountryUnited StatesUnited States

20th Century geniuses have a comparable average IQ by 0 points. The 19th century group is larger with more recorded geniuses in our database.

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Who has a higher average IQ — 19th Century or 20th Century geniuses?

20th Century geniuses have a higher average IQ (0) compared to 0 for the other group.

How many 19th century geniuses are there compared to 20th century geniuses?

Our database includes 282 19th century geniuses and 255 20th century geniuses.

What is the highest IQ among 19th century geniuses?

The highest recorded IQ among 19th century geniuses in our database is 0.