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  2. List of autodidacts - Wikipedia

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    Gerda Alexander, Heinrich Jacoby, and a number of other 20th-century European innovators worked out methods of self-development that stressed intelligent sensitivity and awareness. [70] Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI safety researcher and decision-theorist. Eric Hoffer, recipient of the National Medal of Freedom by President Reagan. William Kamkwamba ...

  3. The 40 smartest people of all time - AOL

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    Thims evaluated both IQ and accomplishments to rank the smartest people in history. Of course, this list is highly subjective and at times seemingly random. Still, we found it thoughtful enough to ...

  4. List of Mensans - Wikipedia

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    John McAfee – computer programmer, founder of McAfee, Inc., one of the first people to design anti-virus software [56] Janet McDonald – lawyer and author of African American young adult novels [57] Alan McFarland – former MLA for North Down, United Kingdom [58] Jonathan McReynolds – Grammy award-winning gospel artist, actor [59]

  5. The 40 smartest people of all time - AOL

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    An American electrochemical engineer compiled a list of people with exceptionally high IQ scores then ranked them based on other factors to make his list. The 40 smartest people of all time Skip ...

  6. William James Sidis - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. American child prodigy (1898–1944) William James Sidis Sidis at his Harvard graduation (1914) Born (1898-04-01) April 1, 1898 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Died July 17, 1944 (1944-07-17) (aged 46) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Other names John W. Shattuck Frank Folupa Parker Greene Jacob ...

  7. The 15 smartest US presidents of all time - AOL

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    John Kennedy is believed to have been one of the smartest men to live in the White House -- but at least two men were smarter, according to experts. The 15 smartest US presidents of all time Skip ...

  8. Christopher Langan - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Michael Langan (born March 25, 1952) is an American horse rancher and former bar bouncer, known for scoring highly on an IQ test that gained him entry to a high IQ society, and for being formerly listed in the Guinness Book of Records high IQ section under the pseudonym of Eric Hart, alongside Marilyn vos Savant and Keith Raniere.

  9. Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century - Wikipedia

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    Of the 100 chosen, Albert Einstein was chosen as the Person of the Century, on the grounds that he was the preeminent scientist in a century dominated by science. The editors of Time believed the 20th century "will be remembered foremost for its science and technology", and Einstein "serves as a symbol of all the scientists—such as Fermi, Heisenberg, Bohr, Richard Feynman, ...who built upon ...