15 Smartest Geniuses in History

Today we'll be taking a look at the smartest people the world has ever known. These are the top 15 smartest geniuses in history!

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[TheMarrethiel]

Just imagine all the genius people in the world who live in poor countries and never learn about science and literacy. How many people alive now could have solved so many of our problems if given an equal chance.

[thewholeworldisbeautiful]

Having a high IQ does not mean you have common sense you would know you don't need five gym memberships in one city to stay in shape

[gustavh]

The first half of the year have been tough and mostly influenced and manipulated by the fear of missing out "FOMO" pushing most investors to dumping of assets, with many achievements not met yet. The race to financial freedom, sustainability and flexibility begins right now.

[JohnHoffman]

The Intelligent Quotient (I.Q.) as measured by standardized testing, has only been around for just over 100 years. Obviously, the intelligence exists without it being tested, but I think it should be mentioned these are estimates not performed by testing, but rather observations.

[eviehammond]

Seriously?? Your gonna body shame a guy who clearly is a genius even though he maybe larger than the average person of his age & build ?? Shame on you for being so disrespectful to this man.

[dtf.eternal]

what about Boris Johnson?!?! he has the legit hairdo of a genius

[tfd]

Where's Albert Einstein on this list?

[russells.]

These people are, and were amazing, just imagine the geniuses of the world, who rather remained incognito.

[kevinsmith]

I can’t believe you didn’t include Nicola Tesla, he forgot more than most of them ever knew!

[darcyjorgensen]

Agoraphobia is not a fear of other people. It is a fear of being outside, especially in public places.

[kathysemrau]

Such an amazing subject, thank you for sharing.

[picaronews]

The IQ test was invented in 1904. Galton never took this test, and there is no way to determine what IQ people had before the test was invented. Same with Hypatia who is largely known through legends and very little is known of her life. I could go on but this is the most ridiculous Top 5 you have ever made.

[waynekasmar]

It could be argued that Swedenborg had an even greater scientific and technological inventive mind than Leonardo's, but the achievements in that part of his life wasn't mentioned at all in the video.

[nfgnqjt]

You forgot Einstein, Tesla, Hawkings, William James Sidis, Galileo

[sisenor]

I was surprised that I wasn’t mentioned. Maybe top 20.

[pennyfleming]

Procrastination is now considered by many to be a behaviour trait of the intelligent

[bradpitt]

While I very much believe de Vinci was the smartest person to ever live, Tesla and Einstein deserve spots on this list. Honestly it is criminal they aren't mentioned.

[michaelangelos]

That is some great vintage footage of Hypatia.

[RealityTrailers]

The true secret to genius is in creativity, not technical mechanics ~ Al Seckel

[ski]

the remarkable true genius James Sidas, at a very young age of 11 entered Harvard is claimed to be the smartest ever by some but many unfortunate circumstances such as the academic society disassociated him and he grew disenchanted with it and withdrew from this path and became reclusive and so on sadly he never got to shine brightly for people in general but inside he must have been sanguine that he had become almost godlike in his inner self.