Estimated IQ of Famous People 2

IQ Facts and Figures

  • After the last Presidential election, a study was done that indicated states with lower average IQs voted for George Bush and those with higher IQs for John Kerry.
  • 0.1% of the world's population has an IQ of 145 or above, the level required to be deemed profoundly gifted.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    IQ Score 220
    Rene Descartes
    Rene Descartes
    IQ Score 185
    Charles Dickens
    Charles Dickens
    IQ Score 180
    Anthonis Dyck
    Anthonis Dyck
    IQ Score 155

    Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein
    IQ Score 160

    Dwight Eisenhower
    Dwight Eisenhower
    IQ Score 122

    George Eliot
    George Eliot
    IQ Score 160
    Philip Emeagwali
    Philip Emeagwali
    IQ Score 190
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    IQ Score 155
    FDR
    FDR
    IQ Score 147
    Bobby Fischer
    Bobby Fischer
    IQ Score 187
    Gerald Ford
    Gerald Ford
    IQ Score 121
    Jodie Foster
    Jodie Foster
    IQ Score 132
    Ben Franklin
    Ben Franklin
    IQ Score 160
    Sigmund Freud
    Sigmund Freud
    IQ Score 156
    Bill Gates
    Bill Gates
    IQ Score 160
    Galileo
    Galileo
    IQ Score 185
    Sir Francis Galton
    Sir Francis Galton
    IQ Score 200
    Ulysses S. Grant
    Ulysses S. Grant
    IQ Score 130

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    The IQ Bell Curve
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    The distribution of IQ scores is as follows:
  • 50% of IQ scores fall between 90 and 110
  • 70% of IQ scores fall between 85 and 115
  • 95% of IQ scores fall between 70 and 130
  • 99.5% of IQ scores fall between 60 and 140
  • A score of 132 equals the top 2%
  • A score of 134 equals the top 1%
  • A score of 68 equals the bottom 2%
  • A score of 66 equals the bottom 1%
  • Historical IQ's are from a 1926 study by psychologist Dr. Catherine Morris Cox. For more information on how the historical IQ's have been calculated please refer to the Wikipedia article on Catherine Cox Miles.