A famous Hollywood actor, a 12 years old kid from the United States and a chess player from Hungary are some of the most people in the world.
A IQ between 120 and 129 indicates a very high intelligence level. In this article we are going to talk about some very smart people, even if some of them are anonymous and working regular jobs, jobs that doesn’t require them to be as smart as they are.
Judith Polgar is 35 years old and she has a IQ of 170. She is the best chess player in the world and she became a grand master when she was only 15 years old.
Jacob Barnet is a 12 years old kid from the United States with a IQ of 170. He has not spoken a word until he was 3 years old, but when he started to talk he said the alphabet correctly and backwards in a second. Also when he was 3 years old, he responded correctly to a question about the gravitational force of Mars compared to it’s satellites and he amazed all people present at the planetarium.
James Woods is 64 years old and he is a famous Hollywood actor. Although he was a very good student and has a IQ of 180 he chose this profession, a profession that doesn’t put a lot of pressure on his intelligence.
Philip Emeagwali ( 56 yeas old, IQ 190 ), is a Nigerian writer, American Christopher Michael Langan ( 59 years old, IQ 195 ) worked as a construction worker, animal caretaker and fireman and he is now a writer, Christopher Hirata ( 29 years old, IQ 225 ) is a astrophysicist and a college professor and he has been working for NASA ever since he was 16 years old.
William James Sidis, a United States psychiatrist , was the smartest man in the world. He was admitted to Harvard when he was 11 years old and by the time he graduated he was fluent in 40 languages. He was arrested in 1918 for attending a riot and after he was released he only worked regular jobs until he died in 1944.