Smarter than Einstein: eight people with IQs higher than a famous scientist
'19.05.2021'
Olga Derkach
Albert Einstein never took an IQ test, but his IQ is estimated to be 160. Are there people smarter than Einstein and who are they? Reader's Digest.
1. Jacob Barnett: IQ 170
Jacob Barnett was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism at the age of two, and doctors predicted that he would never learn to tie his shoes.
Needless to say, he mastered everything. The American child prodigy graduated from sixth to twelfth grades in less than a year, and then entered college at the age of ten.
By the age of 13, he was a recognized physicist.
He is now working on his doctorate at age 19.
2. Judit Polgar: IQ 170
The Hungarian chess player is considered the best female chess player of all time.
When she was 1991 years and 15 months old in 4, she was the youngest player ever to receive international grandmaster status.
Her IQ is 170.
3. Rick Rosner: IQ 192 to 198
Rick Rosner has passed over 30 IQ tests, which showed that his IQ was between 192 and 198.
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Before becoming a TV host, he worked as a bouncer, stripper and model.
He is known to have sued ABC Network for the wrong question after losing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at $ 16, but lost the case.
4. Evangelos Katsiulis: IQ 198.
According to the World Genius Directory, Evangelos Katsiulis, M.D., M.S., Ph.D., scored 198 points and has the highest tested IQ in the world.
The Greek psychiatrist also holds degrees in philosophy and medical research.
5. Sho Yano: IQ 200
American physician Sho Yano entered college at the age of nine, and by the age of 21 he received his M.D. and Ph.D.
He has a black belt in taekwondo and started composing music when he was four years old, but he focused on pediatric neurology.
6. Nathan Leopold: IQ 200
The infamous Nathan Leopold had an IQ of 200 and spoke nine languages by the age of 18, but he did not use his intelligence for good.
When he was 19, he and his accomplice were arrested for murder in 1924 after attempting to commit the "perfect crime."
Leopold spent 33 years in prison before being released on parole.
7. Marilyn vos Savant: IQ 228
When Marilyn von Savant was ten years old, a Stanford-Binet test for adults showed her IQ was 228, which later put her in the Guinness Book of Records until the company removed the category in 1990 because the numbers are considered inaccurate.
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Since 1986, she has been answering philosophical and mathematical questions from readers of Parade magazine in her Ask Marilyn column.
8. Aynan Cowley: IQ 263
This Irish childish genius is predicted to have an IQ of 263.
At the age of eight, he was already in his third year of chemistry at the Singapore Polytechnic Institute, and by the age of nine he had memorized the first 518 decimal places of pi.
Now 18 and with a penchant for entertainment, he wrote and composed music for a short film called Reflection at the age of 12.
