What IQ Did These Famous People Have?
Do you think that anyone exceptionally successful in his/her subject had an above average IQ? We prepared a list of IQ scores of famous personalities from various subjects and eras. Look at their IQ, you may be surprised.
| Name |
Occupation |
Nationality |
IQ |
| Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
USA |
160 |
| Brad Pitt |
Hollywood actor |
USA |
126 |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Politician |
United States |
148 |
| Andy Warhol |
Artist |
USA |
86 |
| Jodie Foster |
Actress |
USA |
132 |
| Madonna |
Singer |
USA |
140 |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Actor / Politician |
Austria |
135 |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Writer, scientist, politician |
USA |
160 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu |
Prime minister |
Israel |
180 |
| Bill Gates |
Microsoft founder |
USA |
160 |
| Bill (William) Jefferson Clinton |
President |
USA |
137 |
| Blaise Pascal |
Mathematician, religious philosopher |
France |
195 |
| Garry Kasparov |
Chess player |
Russia |
190 |
| George W. Bush |
President |
USA |
125 |
| George Washington |
President |
USA |
118 |
| Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton |
Politician |
USA |
140 |
| Isaac Newton |
Scientist |
England |
190 |
| John F. Kennedy |
Former president |
USA |
117 |
| Nicole Kidman |
Actress |
USA |
132 |
| Jodie Foster |
Actress |
USA |
132 |
| Sharon Stone |
Actress, producer |
USA |
154 |
| Shakira |
Singer |
Columbia |
140 |
| Stephen Hawking |
Physicist, mathematician |
Great Britain |
160 |
| Quentin Tarantino |
Scriptwriter, director and actor |
USA |
160 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Composer |
Austria |
165 |
| Adolf Hitler |
Nazi leader |
Germany |
141 |
| Albrecht von Haller |
Scientist |
Switzerland |
190 |
| Alexander Pope |
Writer |
Great Britain |
180 |
| Andrew Wiles |
Mathematician |
Great Britain |
170 |
| Bobby Fischer |
Chess player |
USA |
187 |
| Buonarrotti Michelangelo |
Artist |
Italy |
180 |
| Clive Sinclair |
Inventor |
Great Britain |
159 |
| Emanuel Swedenborg |
Scientist |
Sweden |
205 |
| Francis Galton |
Scientist |
Great Britain |
200 |
| Galileo Galilei |
Physician |
Italy |
185 |
| Hans Ch. Andersen |
Writer |
Denmark |
145 |
| Hugo Grotiu |
Philosopher |
Netherlands |
200 |
| Charles Darwin |
Scientist |
Great Britain |
165 |
| Charles Dickens |
Writer |
Great Britain |
180 |
| James Watt |
Scientist |
Great Britain |
165 |
| James Woods |
Actor |
USA |
180 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach |
Composer |
Germany |
165 |
| Johann Strauss |
Composer |
Austria |
170 |
| J.Wolfgang von Goethe |
Writer |
Germany |
210 |
| Johannes Kepler |
Physicist |
Germany |
175 |
| John Stuart Mill |
Economist |
France |
200 |
| Kim Ung Yong |
Mathematician |
Korea |
210 |
| Leonardo da Vinci |
Scientist |
Italy |
220 |
| Napoleon Bonaparte |
Emperor |
France |
145 |
| Neil Armstrong |
Astronaut |
USA |
139 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Composer |
Germany |
190 |
| Max Planck |
Scientist |
Germany |
160 |
| Miguel de Cervantes |
Writer |
Spain |
155 |
| Muhammad Ali |
Boxer |
USA |
72 |
| Nicolas Copernicus |
Astronomer |
Poland |
160 |
| Philip Emeagwali |
Mathematician |
Nigeria |
190 |
| Plato |
Philosopher |
Greece |
170 |
| Rembrandt |
Artist |
Netherlands |
155 |
| René Descartes |
Mathematician |
France |
185 |
| Richard Nixon |
Us president |
USA |
143 |
| Richard Wagner |
Composer |
Germany |
170 |
| Robert Byrne |
Chess player |
USA |
170 |
| Stephen Hawking |
Physicist |
Great Britain |
160 |
| Voltaire |
Writer |
France |
190 |
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