10 People With World's Highest IQ

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20 November 2024

In 2024, YoungHoon Kim set the Official World Record for "The World's Highest IQ Person Now" with an IQ of 276, certified by a body accredited by the Council of the Notariats of the EU and inducted into its Hall of Fame


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Terence Tao, an Australian-American mathematician with an IQ of 230, is renowned for his contributions to harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and additive combinatorics


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Marilyn Vos Savant, an American author and columnist with an IQ of 228, is renowned for her Guinness World Record for high IQ


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Christopher Hirata, with an IQ of 225, is a Japanese-American astrophysicist and the youngest American to win gold at the International Physics Olympiad at age 13


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Sho Yano, with an IQ of 200, graduated from the University of Chicago at 12, becoming its youngest bachelor's degree recipient


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Evangelos Katsioulis, with an IQ of 198, is a Greek psychiatrist and member of high IQ societies, recognized for his exceptional intelligence


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Christopher Harding, with an IQ of 197, is an Australian high-IQ individual and founder of the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE)


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Christopher Langan, with an IQ of 195, is known for having one of the highest recorded IQ scores in the world


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Rick Rosner, with an IQ of 192, is known for his high intelligence and diverse careers, including working as a bouncer, stripper, and TV writer for shows like "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."


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Garry Kasparov, with an IQ of 190, is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion, regarded as one of the greatest players in history


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