Who was smarter?
Side-by-side IQ estimates for famous pairs, from Einstein vs Newton to Musk vs Jobs. Each comparison shows both estimates, how each person thought, and why the numbers are estimates rather than test scores.
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Most searched comparisons
Every comparison people look for, from philosophers and composers to founders and leaders.
- Friedrich Nietzsche vs Socrates
- Albert Einstein vs Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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- Napoleon Bonaparte vs Ada Lovelace
- Leo Tolstoy vs Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Winston Churchill vs Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Abraham Lincoln vs Nelson Mandela
- Nikola Tesla vs Thomas Edison
- Benjamin Franklin vs Steve Jobs
- Plato vs Leonardo da Vinci
- Napoleon Bonaparte vs Alexander the Great
- Mahatma Gandhi vs Rosa Parks
- Mahatma Gandhi vs Joan of Arc
- Winston Churchill vs Nelson Mandela
- Napoleon Bonaparte vs Marie Curie
- Nikola Tesla vs Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein vs Isaac Newton
- Bill Gates vs Mark Zuckerberg
- Cleopatra vs Marie Curie
- Napoleon Bonaparte vs Cleopatra
- Bill Gates vs Elon Musk
- Isaac Newton vs Napoleon Bonaparte
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart vs Johann Sebastian Bach
- Fyodor Dostoevsky vs Franz Kafka
- Stephen Hawking vs Albert Einstein
- Queen Victoria vs Queen Elizabeth I
- Richard Feynman vs Albert Einstein
- Leonardo da Vinci vs Aristotle
Browse by person
The 20 highest estimates among historical figures. Open a profile to see the evidence and its comparisons.
William James SidisChild Prodigy & Writer250- Marilyn vos SavantColumnist & Author228
- Terence TaoMathematician220
- Kim Ung-yongCivil Engineer & Child Prodigy210
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePoet, Novelist & Scientist190+- Bobby FischerChess Grandmaster187
Francis GaltonPolymath & Statistician180+- Hugo GrotiusJurist & Scholar175
- Thomas WolseyCardinal & Lord Chancellor175
- Christopher LanganSelf-taught Theorist174
Alan TuringMathematician & Computer Scientist170+
Carl Friedrich GaussMathematician & Physicist170+
Emmy NoetherMathematician170+
Gottfried LeibnizMathematician & Philosopher170+- John von NeumannMathematician & Computer Pioneer170+
Kurt GödelLogician & Mathematician170+
Leonhard EulerMathematician170+
Pierre-Simon LaplaceMathematician & Astronomer170+
Srinivasa RamanujanMathematician170+
VoltaireWriter & Philosopher170+
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