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\n ESTIMATED IQ’S OF FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HISTORY 1450-1850
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\nThe following list appears in the Book of Lists,
\nWalleninsky, Wallace and Wallace, 1977, William Morrow &
\nCo., and is originally from a study which appears in:
\n“Genetic Study of Genius” Vol. 2, by Catherine Morse Cox,
\ncopyright 1926 Stanford Press. The IQ’s are estimated based
\nupon various analytical elements, including performance
\nbefore the age of 17. Presumably, these are on the Stanford-
\nBinet scale.
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\n1. John Stuart Mill (Philosopher, economist) 190
\n2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German poet) 185
\n3. Thomas Chatterton 170
\n4. Voltaire (Author, philosopher) 170
\n5. George Sand (the only woman on the list; author) 150
\n6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer) 150
\n7. Lord Byron (English poet) 150
\n8. Thomas Jefferson (President, statesman, author) 145
\n9. Benjamin Franklin (Writer, statesman, inventor) 145
\n10. Charles Dickens (English writer) 145
\n11. Galileo (Astronomer) 145
\n12. Napoleon Bonaparte (Military strategist, conqueror)140
\n13. Richard Wagner (Composer) 135
\n14. Charles Darwin (Scientist: theory of Evolution) 135
\n15. Ludwig von Beethoven (Composer) 135
\n16. Leonardo da Vinci (Artist, inventor) 135
\n17. Honore de Balzac (Writer) 130
\n18. Sir Isaac Newton (Mathematician, scientist) 130
\n19. Baruch Spinoza (Philosopher) 130
\n (Note that those below this level would likely be
\n below the 98th percentile required for MENSA)
\n20. George Washington (Statesman, militarist,President)125
\n21. Abraham Lincoln (President, lawyer) 125
\n22. Robert Blake (British admiral, writer) 125
\n23. Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer) 125
\n24. Josef Haydn (Composer) 120
\n25. Hernando Cortes (conqueror of Mexico) 115
\n26. Emmanual Swedenborg (Swedish religious writer) 115
\n27. Martin Luther (Religious reformer) 115
\n28. Rembrandt van Rindt (Dutch Painter) 110
\n29. Copernicus (Astronomer) 105
\n30. Cervantes (Writer: Don Quixote) 105
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