The brain is the
most mysterious part of the human body. It is the most essential parts of
our
system, but what is really with the brain that make other people seem to
be so
smart? some call them abnormalities but others take it as a
gift.
There are a lot
of intelligent people all around the world. We are only left amazed and
interested to find out who the smartest people in the world are and what
they
have accomplished. Let us take a look at the people with the highest IQ
ever
recorded – The 10 most intelligent people of the world listed
below.
10. Stephen
Hawking
He is considered to be a man of Science, theoretically
physicist, a cosmologist has never failed to astonish everybody with his
inspiring IQ level of 160. He was born in Oxford, England. He has proved
himself
as the most intelligent person many times. He is at present
experiencing
paralyses. His noteworthy IQ level has made him go higher than
his paralysis.
Moreover, his Science and Cosmology contribution is unmatched
as he has
effectively used quantum mechanics and the famous theory of
relativity in making
an introduction of cosmology to people all around the
world.
9. Andrew
Wiles
Sir Andre John Wiles is one of the most intelligent
people. He is a British mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor
at
Oxford University, specializing in number theory. He is most notable for
proving
Fermat’s Last Theorem. He got the IQ level of 170. He is one the
most successful
person in the world.
8. Paul Gardner
Allen
Paul Gardner Allen is an American business magnate,
investor and philanthropist, best known as the co-founder, with Bill Gates,
of
Microsoft Corporation. As of March 2013, he was estimated to be the
53rd-richest
person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $15 billion.
He got an IQ level
of 170. He is considered to be the most influential
person in his field and
known to be a good decision maker.
7. Judit
Polgar
Born in Hungary in 1976, Judit Polgár is a chess
grandmaster. She is by far the strongest female chess player in history. In
1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4
months, the youngest person to do so until then. Polgar is not only a chess
master but a certified brainiac with a recorded IQ of 170. She lived a
childhood
filled with extensive chess training from her father. The fact
that she defeated
nine former and current world champions including Garry
Kasparov, Boris Spassky,
and Anatoly Karpov.
6. Garry
Kasparov
Garry Kasparov has totally amazed the world with his
extra outstanding IQ level of more than 190. He is a Russian chess
Grandmaster,
former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist,
considered by many
to be the greatest chess player of all time. From 1986
until his retirement in
2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of
228 months. At the age of
22, Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed
World Chess Champion in 1985 by
defeating then-champion Anatoly
Karpov.
5. Rick
Rosner
Gifted with an amazing IQ 192, Richard Rosner is an
American television producer best known for creating the television show
CHiPs.
Rosner later developed a portable satellite television in partnership
with
DirecTV.
4. Kim
Ung-Yong
With a verified IQ of 210, Korean civil engineer Ung
Yong is considered the master in child prodigy. At the age of 6 months he
was
able to speak and understand Korean and other languages. At the age of
14, he
was already able to resolve calculus complex problems as exposed live
on
Japanese television. He also got world record of Guinness book of World
Record.
>> 10 Most Genius Child Prodigies of the World.
3. Christopher
Hirata
Christopher Hirata carries IQ level of around 225 which
is phenomenal. He was genius from his childhood. At the age of 16, he was
working with NASA in its mission of conquering Mars. At the age of 22, he
obtained his Ph.D at the Princeton University. Hirata is an authorized child
genius and currently he is teaching astrophysics in the CIT California
Institute
of Technology.
2. Marilyn vos
Savant
Marilyn Vos Savant is said to have an outstanding IQ
of 228. She is an American magazine columnist, author, lecturer, and
playwright
who rose to fame through her former listing in the Guinness Book
of World
Records under “Highest IQ.” Since 1986 she has written “Ask
Marilyn,” a Parade
magazine Sunday column where she solves puzzles and
answers questions on various
subjects.
1. Terence
Tao
Terence Tao is an Australian mathematician working in
harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, additive combinatorics,
ergodic Ramsey theory, random matrix theory, and analytic number theory. Tao
carries an outstanding Intelligence quotient level of 230. He has truly
astonished people with his childhood days. He has received inspiring awards
like
the 2003 clay research award, the Bôcher Memorial Prize in 2002 and
Salem Prize
in 2000 are just few of them. He is also the youngest professor
of UCLA.