10. James Woods
James Woods is a TV, stage and a movie actor. He has a brilliant IQ
level of 180. He went to UCLA for high school and got a scholarship at
MIT. For his great performance in ‘Promise’ and ‘My Name is Bill W’ he
won two Emmy awards. He also played a role in a TV series ‘Shark’.
9. Sir Andrew Wiles
Sir Andrew Wiles is a British mathematician and a Professor at Oxford
University. He is the son of Maurice Frank Wiles who is also the
professor at the same University. Wiles earned his
graduation degree in mathematics in 1974. He is very popular for proving Last theorem which is the most difficult problem in math.
8. Kenneth Farrell
Kenneth Farrell is a doctor by profession and has great achievement
in the field of medicine. He is a member of IQ organizations
including the Genre IQ Society, Epimethius Society and the order of
Imhotep. He created some verbal and IQ tests such as 12345 and QUINTIQ.
7. Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov is a youngest Russian undisputed world champion in
Chess when he was just 22 years old. He shows his brilliant skills in
the Chess game which already need a sharp mind. He also ran for
President in Russia. In 1997 he lost his first match to a computer under
a standard time control.
6. Dr. Evangelos Katsioulis
Dr. Evangelos Katsioulis is a Greek national who earned three degrees
including philosophy, medical research technology and psycho
pharmacology. He is known for his high intelligence test score with a
great IQ score of 258. He also like painting, swimming and lots of
travelling.
5. Kim Ung Yong
Kim Ung Yong is a South Korean Civil Engineering and listed in the
Guinness Book of World Record for the highest IQ. He was different from
other children as he starts speaking when he was only six months old.
When he was three he read many
language including
German, Korean, Japanese and English. NASA invited him to study in the
US when he was eight years old. After the studies he published many
theories related to hydraulics.
4. Terence Tao
Terence Tao is an Australian mathematician and known for the
Green-Tao theorem and Tao’s inequality. He also worked in harmonic
analysis, partial differential equation, ergodic Ramsey theory, number
theory and matrix theory. He is very talented as he solved arithmetic
problems at two years old and won the gold medal in the International
math Olympiad when he was thirteen years old. He was one of
the recipients of the 2006 Fields Medal.
3. Christopher Hirata
Christopher Hirata won a gold medal in an international physics
Olympiad at the age of 13. When he was 22 years old, he completed his
PhD degree from the University of Princeton. Now he is working for NASA
projects on how to colonize and conquer mars.
2. Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was an American electrical and mechanical engineer. He
is best known for his contribution to the design of the modern AC
current system. And also for his high voltage, high frequency power
experiment and radio communication. In honor of Nikola Tesla the
International system of
unit dedicated the term “tesla” to the SI unit of magnetic field strength.
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking is an English Physicist, cosmologist and
Director of research at the University of Cambridge. He completed his
studies from California Institute of Technology and Perimeter Institute
for Theoretical Physics. He is known for his Hawking Radiation and
Penrose Hawking theorem and awarded by Albert Einstein award in 1978. In
spite of bearing with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Stephen
Hawking has always been a source of inspiration for billions of people.
(Source:
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