10 People With The Highest IQ In The World

hendrik.kwok (45)in #education • 7 years ago

Although there is no definite way to measure a person's intelligence level, but IQ testing is believed to be the most appropriate way to approach it. So far IQ test results are often used as a benchmark to measure the analytical, logic and intellectual ability of a person.

With a slightly complicated IQ test, some people are able to deliver high IQ test results.
Some people are born with a high level of intelligence. With their intelligence, they successfully complete the IQ test with brilliant value. Well, anyone who has the highest IQ in the world?

10 People With The Highest IQ In The World

1. William James Sidis

William James Sidis was born in the United States on April 1, 1898. It is estimated he has an IQ of between 250 and 300. To date, this figure is the highest IQ figure in history. William is believed to be an irrefutable mathematician. At the age of 11 years, he has entered Harvard and managed to master 40 foreign languages at a very young age.

2. Terence Tao

Reportedly, in the age of 2 years Terence Tao has shown an interest in arithmetic. And when he was twenty years old, he got his PhD from Princeton. Got a PhD, of course Tao acknowledged the world. Well, do you know how many IQ Terence Tao? 230! Terence Tao is currently a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

3. Christopher Hirata

At the age of 13, Christopher Hirata won a gold medal in the International Physics Olympiad in 1996. A year later, he entered the California Institute of Technology. At the age of 22 years, just like Terence Tao, Hirata also earned a PhD from Princeton. With his IQ 225, he currently serves as an Astrophysics professor at the California Institute of Technology.

4. Kim Ung-Yong

Different from ordinary baby, when 6 months old Kim Ung-Yong has started to learn to talk. And on her 3rd birthday, she has been able to read English, Korean, Japanese, and German. After going through the test, he got the IQ 210 test. He worked at NASA for 10 years, then returned to South Korea to serve as a teacher.

5. B.J. Habibie

Well, this is ya who make proud. Former president of the Republic of Indonesia, B.J. Habibie successfully hung out in the ranks of people with the highest IQ in the world with the number 200! Not just success in Indonesia, Habibie's name is recognized world. Even he has great services in the world of International aviation.

6. Christopher Michael Langan

Christopher Michael Langan is staying digadang as one of the smartest people in the United States. He was expelled from Montana University for being smarter than his lecturer. Having an IQ of 195, Langan developed the CTMU (Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe) or also known as Theory of Everything.

7. Garry Kasparov

The figure of a legendary chess grandmaster, Garry Kasparov is also one of the people who have the highest IQ in the world. He has an IQ of 190. During his gameplay, from 1986 to 2005, Kasparov was ranked 1 for 225 months out of a total of 228 months. Jaka aja win chess once directly proud. This is how he is?

8. Philip Emeagwali

Compared to the person with the highest IQ in the rest of the world, Philip Emeagwali is perhaps less well known. Though he has an IQ of 190. He is a mathematician, engineer and expert on the earth. He had applied for a PhD at Michigan University, but was rejected because of race problems. Until finally he also demanded the university.

9. Marilyn Von Savant

In 1980, Marilyn Von Savant listed her name in the Guinness Book of Records as the holder of the highest IQ. Women born in 1946 is now still a columnist in the column 'Ask Marilyn' which successfully attracted many devotees.

10.Leonardo da Vinci

The name Leonardo da Vinci is mentioned in many great works in the world. Various scientific fields are familiar with his name. Various speculations continue to emerge considering his great work but can be produced at that time. Believed to have an IQ between 180-190, he is known as a sculpture, painting, geology, cartography, mathematics, and engineering.