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HIGH IQs

In 1926, psychologist Dr Catherine Morris Cox published a study of some eminent men and women of the past to estimate what their IQs might have been. The resultant IQs were based largely on the degree of brightness and intelligence each subject showed before attaining the age of 17. Taken from a revised and completed version of this study, here are the projected IQs of some of the best scorers.

People	Professions	IQ
John Stuart Mill	Philosopher/Economist/Political theorist	200+
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	Poet/Writer	200+
Emanuel Swedenborg	Religious writer	200+
Blaise Pascal	Mathematician/Physicist/Religious thinker	200
Ludwig Wittgenstein	Philosopher	190
Bobby Fischer	Chess player	190
René Descartes	Philosopher/Mathematician	180
Charles Darwin	Naturalist	165
George Eliot	Writer	160
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Composer	160