10 people who have an IQ above Albert Einstein

JAKARTA – Albert Einstein is known as a scientist with above average intelligence. His amazing theories and discoveries are widely known throughout the world. In fact, many people have an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) above Einstein.

Einstein is said to have an IQ of 160. This figure is only an estimate, because it is unlikely that Einstein ever took an IQ test.

Humans generally have an IQ with an average score of 100. Therefore, people who have an IQ above 140 are called geniuses. These geniuses have been recorded in history with their various contributions to the world.

Immediately, here is a list of 10 people with an IQ above Albert Einstein, reported by Reader’s Digest, Friday (19/04/2024):

1. Naga De Mello (IQ 400)

In 1988, when Adragon De Mello graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, with a degree in computational mathematics at the age of 11, he was the youngest college graduate in the US. Although he reportedly has a projected IQ of 400, De Mello has not appeared much in the public eye in the past 20 years. In 2001, when he was 24 years old he was known as a “high tech worker”.

2. Leonardo da Vinci (IQ 180-220)

IQ tests didn’t exist at that time Leonardo da Vinci , but it is now estimated that his score would be between 180 and 220. This makes sense given his skills ranging from art and science to music and architecture. Da Vinci also inspired many inventions such as flying machines, telescopes, and submarines.

3. Isaac Newton (IQ 190-200)

Sir Isaac Newton is another example of a scientist who was far ahead of his time. Although he is best known for his principle of universal gravitation, this 17th-century thinker was also a mathematician, astronomer, and writer. It is estimated that his IQ score was between 190 and 200. The interesting fact is that Isaac Newton was one of the geniuses who made history in quarantine.

4. Nikola Tesla (IQ 160-310)

Nikola Tesla , the Serbian-American inventor—and archrival of Thomas Edison—reportedly had an estimated IQ between 160 and 310. Although he was responsible for dreaming up a wide variety of new technologies, Tesla is best known for inventing the first alternating current motor and developing AC generation and transmission technology . In the final years of his life, Tesla’s mental health deteriorated, and he died alone in the New York hotel room where he was staying.

5. William Shakespare (IQ 210)

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor. Throughout his life, he completed 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two narrative poems, and various other poems. He is estimated to have an IQ of 210.

6. Cleopatra (IQ 160)

Cleopatra known to the world for her beauty, intelligence and cunning. He spoke up to 12 languages ​​and was educated in mathematics, philosophy, oratory, and astronomy. He also ruled Egypt for almost 30 years. It is estimated that Cleopatra’s IQ score was 180.

7. Benjamin Netanyahu (IQ 180)

Benjamin Netanyahu served as Israel’s prime minister from 1996 to 1999, and a decade later, was re-elected to the same position. He has remained in power since 2009, making him Israel’s longest-serving prime minister since independence. Netanyahu reportedly has an IQ of 180.

8. Nicolaus Copernicus (IQ 160)

Polish astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus may have had an estimated IQ score ranging from 160 to 200, but his ideas weren’t always the most popular. For example, the Catholic Church banned his book De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium for more than two centuries. In it, he put forward a heliocentric model of the universe, which placed the sun—and not the Earth—at the center of the solar system.

9. Johan Goethe (IQ 210-225)

American electrochemical engineer Libb Thims, when attempting to find the person with the highest IQ in history, did so using a methodology that predicted a person’s IQ based on how much he or she achieved each 10 years of his or her life.

This is useful when trying to rank people who predate the IQ test. Based on his own approach, Thims estimates that German Renaissance man Johann Goethe was the person with the highest IQ of all time, with scores ranging from 210 to 225. Although he was known as a philosopher, Goethe was also an accomplished scientist and poet.

10. Jacob Barnett (IQ 170)

Jacob Barnett was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism at the age of two, and doctors predicted he would never attend formal school. However, this American prodigy completed grades 6 to 12 in less than a year, then went to college at the age of 10. He was already a physicist when he was 13 years old. He is now 21 years old and pursuing a PhD.

MG/Maulana Kusumadewa Iskandar

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