Highest IQ Philosophers in History — Records

Aristotle, Plato, Kant, Nietzsche, Descartes — the highest-IQ philosophers ever.

1. William James Sidis

   1898–1944 · United States
   250
2. Chris Hirata

   1982–present · United States
   225
3. Aristotle

   0384–present · Greece
   200
4. Edith Stern

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

   1749–1832 · Germany
   200
6. Leonardo Da Vinci

   1452–1519 · Italy
   200
7. Leopold and Loeb

   1905–1971 · United States
   200
8. Vitalik Buterin

   1994–present · Russia
   200
9. Evangelos Katsioulis

   1976–present · Greece
   198
10. Empedocles

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

    1875–1946 · United States
    195
12. Hermann von Helmholtz

    1821–1894 · Germany
    195
13. Ludwig Boltzmann

    1844–1906 · Austria
    195
14. Nikola Tesla

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

    1749–1827 · France
    195
16. Ramón Campayo

    1964–present · Spain
    194
17. Athanasius Kircher

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

    1723–1789 · Germany
    190
19. Carl Friedrich Gauss

    1777–1855 · Germany
    190
20. Christiaan Huygens

    1629–1695 · Netherlands
    190
21. Enrico Fermi

    1901–1954 · Italy
    190
22. Erwin Schrödinger

    1887–1961 · Austria
    190
23. Francis Bacon

    1561–1626 · England
    190
24. Voltaire

    1694–1778 · France
    190
25. Friedrich Nietzsche

    1844–1900 · Germany
    190
26. Garry Kasparov

    1963–present · AZ
    190
27. Giordano Bruno

    1548–1600 · Italy
    190
28. Isaac Newton

    1643–1727 · England
    190
29. John von Neumann

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

    1736–1813 · Italy
    190
31. Henri Poincaré

    1854–1912 · France
    190
32. Leonhard Euler

    1707–1783 · Switzerland
    190
33. Linus Pauling

    1901–1994 · United States
    190
34. Max Planck

    1858–1947 · Germany
    190
35. Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

    1796–1832 · France
    190
36. Paul Dirac

    1902–1984 · England
    190
37. Pierre Gassendi

    1592–1655 · France
    190
38. Vilfredo Pareto

    1848–1923 · Italy
    190
39. Wilhelm Ostwald

    1853–1932 · LV
    190
40. William Shakespeare

    1564–1616 · United Kingdom
    190
41. Marilyn vos Savant

    1946–present · United States
    186
42. Alan Turing

    1912–1954 · England
    185
43. Alfred J. Lotka

    1880–1949 · United States
    185
44. Arthur Schopenhauer

    1788–1860 · Germany
    185
45. Auguste Comte

    1798–1857 · France
    185
46. Blaise Pascal

    1623–1662 · France
    185
47. Ctesibius

    0285–0222 · EG
    185
48. Democritus

    0460–present · Greece
    185
49. Epicurus

    0341–0270 · Greece
    185
50. Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

    1775–1854 · Germany
    185

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