List of Mensans
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This list of Mensans contains notable members of Mensa International, the high IQ society, both current and past.
A[edit]
- Scott Adams – cartoonist, creator of Dilbert, former member[1][2]
- Dimash Adilet – businessman, model
- Simon Ambrose – winner of Britain's Apprentice television show[3]
- Isaac Asimov – prolific author, former Vice-president of Mensa International[4]
- Jean Auel – author of The Clan of the Cave Bear[5][6]
- Yank Azman – actor, antiques expert[7]
B[edit]
- Paul Bechly – American chemical engineer [8]
- Jacques Bergier – chemical engineer, member of the French resistance, spy, journalist and writer[9]
- Roland Berrill – lawyer, businessman and co-founder of Mensa[10]
- Ben Best – former President of the Cryonics Institute[11]
- Theodore Bikel – actor, musician[12]
- Richard Bolles – self-help author[5]
- T. Casey Brennan – American cartoonist[13][14]
- Laurie Brokenshire – Royal Naval officer, magician and world-class puzzle solver[15]
- Cyril Burt – educational psychologist, developer of factor analysis in psychological testing[16]
- Eileen Rose Busby – antiques expert[17]
C[edit]
- Mike Carona – former Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County, California[6]
- Asia Carrera – former pornographic actress and blogger[6]
- Leslie Charteris – writer and author of The Saint novels, featuring Simon Templar[18]
- Chino XL – rapper (born Derek Keith Barbosa)[19]
- Jack Cohen – reproductive biologist and popular science writer[20]
- Martin Cooper – considered the inventor of the mobile phone[6]
- Adrian Cronauer – real-life inspiration for the movie Good Morning, Vietnam[5]
- Alexander Crutchfield – American businessman and financier, founder of Oasis Partners[6]
- Bobby Czyz – boxer, former two-time World Boxing Association Cruiserweight Champion[5]
D[edit]
- Aaron Dai – pianist, composer, architect[21]
- Geena Davis – Academy Award-winning actress[5]
- C.J. de Mooi – competitive chess player, quiz show champion, and Egghead[22]
- Nelson DeMille – author of Night Fall[6]
- Lucas di Grassi – Brazilian racing driver[23]
- Viacheslav Dinerchtein – concert violist[24]
- Doda – Polish pop singer (born Dorota Rabczewska)[25]
- Emma Dumont – American actress, model and dancer[26]
E[edit]
F[edit]
- Leon Feingold – athlete, pitcher for Cleveland Indians and Israel Baseball League[27]
- Brian J. Ford – biologist[28][29]
- Ernestine Fu – venture capitalist[30]
- Buckminster Fuller – designer, architect, poet, author, inventor, second President of Mensa[12]
G[edit]
- Antonella Gambotto-Burke – Australian author and journalist[31]
- Rolf Gindorf – German sexologist and gay activist[32]
- Tilman Goins – American politician, Tennessee House of Representatives[33][34]
- Nolan Gould – American actor, Modern Family[35]
H[edit]
- Jeremy Hanley – former Chairman of the Conservative Party in England[36]
- Kara Hayward – actress, starred in the 2012 movie Moonrise Kingdom[37]
- Glenne Headly – Emmy-nominated actress[38]
- Tom Herman – Texas Longhorns Football head coach[39]
- Alfred George Hinds – British criminal and prison escape artist who later used his legal knowledge to obtain a full pardon[16]
I[edit]
- Charles Ingram – novelist and quiz show cheat[40]
- Lucy Irvine – author of Castaway[16]
- Tetsuya Iwanaga – Japanese model, actor and pharmacist
J[edit]
- Kym Jackson – Australian actress[41]
- Myles Jeffrey – actor in Early Edition[6]
K[edit]
- Maurice Kanbar – creator of SKYY vodka and inventor[38]
- Peter Karmanos, Jr. – businessman, minority owner of the Carolina Hurricanes
- William H. Keith Jr. – science fiction author, sci-fi games designer and illustrator[42]
- Kotori Koiwai – Japanese voice actress, lyricist, composer[43]
- Erik Kuselias – ESPN radio and television personality[44]
L[edit]
- Bernie LaBarge – musician[45]
- Mell Lazarus – cartoonist, creator of comic strips Miss Peach and Momma[46]
- Richard Lederer – author of books on word play[47]
- Ranan Lurie – editorial cartoonist and journalist[6]
M[edit]
- Andrzej Majewski – writer, aphorist, and photographer[48]
- John McAfee – computer programmer, founder of McAfee, Inc., one of the first people to design anti-virus software[49]
- Janet McDonald – lawyer and author of African American young adult novels[50]
- Alan McFarland – former MLA for North Down, United Kingdom[51]
- Henry Milligan – boxer and scholar, 1983 US National Amateur Heavyweight champion[5]
- Gert Mittring – mental calculator[52]
- Regan Mizrahi – child actor, won 2011 Young Artist Award for the voice of Boots in Dora the Explorer[53]
- Roger Moreira – Brazilian musician, member of Ultraje a Rigor[54]
- Ellen Morphonios – Florida judge[5]
- Michael Muhney – actor in Veronica Mars and The Young and the Restless[55][56]
- Ellen Muth – actress in Dolores Claiborne and Dead Like Me[57]
N[edit]
- Per Nilsson – Swedish guitar virtuoso, composer, producer and co-founder of band Scar Symmetry[58]
- Barry Nolan – Says You! panelist[5]
O[edit]
- Joyce Carol Oates – author of The Gravedigger's Daughter[59]
- Brendan O'Carroll – Irish comedian[60]
- Adam Osborne – computer designer, software publisher, creator of the Osborne 1[16]
P[edit]
- Park Kyung – South Korean rapper[61]
- Gareth Penn – author and private investigator[62]
- Markus Persson – Creator and developer of Minecraft[63]
- Annise Parker – 61st Mayor of Houston, Texas (2010-2016)
- Donald Petersen – former CEO of the Ford Motor Company[5]
- Julie Peterson – Playboy Playmate of the Month, February 1987[64]
- Uroš Petrović – Serbian author, President of Serbian Mensa[65]
- Nicky Piper – boxer[66]
- Madsen Pirie – philosopher and economist[67]
Q[edit]
R[edit]
- Alan Rachins – actor on L.A. Law and Dharma & Greg[5][6]
- Ashley Rickards – actress[68]
- Raven – professional wrestler (born Scott Levy)[69][70]
S[edit]
- Jimmy Savile – English DJ, television/radio personality and serial sex offender[71][72]
- Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. – retired US Army General, planner of Operation Desert Storm[73]
- Margot Seitelman – first executive director of American Mensa[74]
- Victor Serebriakoff – author and former international president of Mensa[75]
- Alexander Shulgin – medicinal chemist, biochemist, and rediscoverer of MDMA (ecstasy)[76]
- Clive Sinclair – inventor of the Sinclair Executive pocket calculator, founder of Sinclair Research, member of British Mensa, and Chairman from 1980 to 1997[77]
- Scott Sonnon – public speaker and celebrity fitness coach[78][79]
- Conan Stevens – actor, author and wrestler
- Katariina Souri – Finnish writer, singer and Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 1988[80]
- E. Lee Spence – shipwreck expert, pioneer underwater archaeologist and discoverer of the H.L. Hunley submarine[81]
- Owen Spencer-Thomas – television broadcaster and presenter, charity fundraiser and Anglican minister[82]
- Peter A. Sturgeon – founder of American Mensa, medical writer, brother of Theodore Sturgeon
T[edit]
U[edit]
V[edit]
- James von Brunn – white supremacist and Holocaust denier who perpetrated the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting[83]
- Carol Vorderman – British television presenter[84]
- Marilyn vos Savant – last person listed in the Guinness Book of World Records under "Highest IQ" (category has been withdrawn)[6]
W[edit]
- David Warburton – MP, composer and entrepreneur[85]
- Lancelot Ware – barrister, biochemist, and co-founder of Mensa[86]
X[edit]
Y[edit]
Z[edit]
- Roger Zelazny – American writer[87]
References[edit]
- ↑ Adams, Scott (2008-09-29). "Famous People Lists". Dilbert Blog. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ↑ Alexander, Bernie. "Mensa: Are You Smart Enough?". AskMen.com. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ↑ "Hired! Clever candidate scoops Apprentice prize ..." British Mensa. Archived from the original on September 16, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2009. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Asimov, Isaac (1994). I, Asimov: A Memoir. Doubleday. p. 380. ISBN 0-553-56997-X. Search this book on
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 "Prominent Mensans". Mensa International. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 "They're Accomplished, They're Famous, and They're MENSANS". Mensa Bulletin. American Mensa (476): 23. July 2004. ISSN 0025-9543.
- ↑ "Regular Contributors". MC2 Journal of Mensa Canada. Mensa Canada (237): 27. July 1990. ISSN 0820-4217.
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Viacheslav Dinerchtein at Ovation Press". Ovation Press Project. Archived from the original on June 4, 2008. Retrieved 2012-01-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Polscy Mensanie" (in Polish). Mensa Polska. Retrieved 29 April 2012.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Emma Dumont". American Mensa Directory. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ "Greater New York Mensa Directory". Greater New York Mensa. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
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- ↑ "Musical Chairs", p.4, Mensa Magazine March 1998
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- ↑ "Antonella Gambotto-Burke CV". Broken Ankle Books website. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
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- ↑ "Kara Hayward Bio". Moonrise Kingdom Website - Cast and Crew. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
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- ↑ "Bernie LaBarge". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historicat Foundation. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
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- ↑ Lederer, Richard (March 2002). "We All Speak Movie Lines". The Internet Companion to the Mensa Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Unknown parameter
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Quem são os sócios ?". Mensa Brasil (in portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011. Unknown parameter
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