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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
F
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Charles Ingram – novelist and quiz show cheat[40]
- Lucy Irvine – author of Castaway[16]
- Tetsuya Iwanaga – Japanese model, actor and pharmacist
J
- Kym Jackson – Australian actress[41]
- Myles Jeffrey – actor in Early Edition[6]
K
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Per Nilsson – Swedish guitar virtuoso, composer, producer and co-founder of band Scar Symmetry[58]
- Barry Nolan – Says You! panelist[5]
O
- 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
- 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
R
- 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
- 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
U
V
- 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
- David Warburton – MP, composer and entrepreneur[85]
- Lancelot Ware – barrister, biochemist, and co-founder of Mensa[86]
X
Y
Z
- Roger Zelazny – American writer[87]
References
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