IQ is nothing but the score derived after several standardization test designed to access human intelligence. In general this is the ability of a person to think and reason intellectually. Surprisingly we have found that some people around the world, score more than the average rate. So, lets peep at some of the genius around the world with highest IQ history.
1. William James Sidis (IQ Level – 250-300)
This man has an extraordinary mathematical ability. At the age of 6 he went to a grammar school and was graduated after completing 7 months. He attended another school at the age of 11 and learned about 40 languages in total.
2. Terence Tao (IQ Level- 225-230)
He is an arithmetic genius who reached his bachelor as well as master’s degree at the age of 16 and gained a doctorate degree at the age of 20. He stays the youngest winner to receive all three awards of Olympiads.
3. Christopher Hirata (IQ Level- 225)
He is another example of child prodigy by completing his college level at the age of 12. He started working on a project with NASA at the age of 16 and started gaining PhD degree at the age of 18.
4. Kim Ung-Yong (IQ Level- 210)
Kim Ung-Yong was able to write short stories and poem by the time he was 6 months old and also attended physics classes when he was 3 years old. At the age of 16 he left NASA and enrolled for a PhD degree in civil engineering.
5. Christopher Michael Langan (IQ Level- 195)
He is also regarded as the smartest man in America. He started speaking fluently at 6 months of age and he started reading at the age of three. He dropped out of the Montana University stating that he could teach his professors more than they could teach him.
6. Garry Kasparov (IQ Level- 190)
This Russian man is considered to be the greatest chess player of all time and he ranked world no. 1 for 225 times. He could calculate 3 million moves per second and he became an undisputed chess champion at the age of 22. He holds various chess Oscars and he is a writer and political activist too.
7. Leonardo Da Vinci (IQ Level- 180 – 190)
He is an Italian painter with a IQ level between 180 to 190. He was an polymath who worked in the fields of mathematics, engineering, anatomy, geology, botany, architecture, sculpting, painting, music, and literature.
8. Judit Polgar (IQ Level- 170)
She was given extensive chess training by her father since childhood. She defeated nine most establish chess players of the world which includes, Garry Kasparov, Boris Spassky, and Anatoly.
9. Albert Einstein (IQ Level- 160 – 190)
How can Albert Einstein miss the list? Need not to mention, he has a tremendous effect in the world of science. He was so intelligent that after his death, scientist decided to preserve his brain to dissect it for the clue of unexceptional intelligence.
10. Stephen Hawking (IQ Level- 160)
After a disease paralyzing him, he used his extra ordinary IQ which left no room of doubt to his intelligence. Because of his remarkable contributions to science, Hawking has been awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 which is regarded as the highest that can be confer to an American civilian.
