List of Mensans

The list of Mensans contains notable people who are, or who have been, members of Mensa International, the high IQ society.

A

 Scott Adams – Cartoonist, creator of Dilbert. Former member.
 Simon Ambrose – Winner Britain's Apprentice television show.
 Isaac Asimov – Prolific author. Former Vice-president of Mensa International.
 Jean Auel – Author of The Clan of the Cave Bear.
 Yank Azman – Actor, Antiques Expert

B

 Derek Keith Barbosa – Rapper (under pseudonym Chino XL).
 Ben Best – President of the Cryonics Institute
 Theodore Bikel – actor, musician.
 Richard Bolles – Self-help author.
 Cyril Burt – Educational psychologist, developed factor analysis in psychological testing.
 Eileen Rose Busby – Antiques expert.
 Jacques Bergier – Chemical engineer, member of the French resistance, spy, journalist and writer

C

 Mike Carona – Former Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County, California.
 Asia Carrera – Former pornographic actress and blogger.
 Leslie Charteris – Writer and author of The Saint novels, featuring Simon Templar.
 Jack Cohen – Reproductive biologist and popular science writer.
 Martin Cooper – Considered the inventor of the mobile phone.
 Adrian Cronauer – Real-life inspiration for the movie Good Morning, Vietnam.
 Alexander Crutchfield – American businessman and financier, founder of Oasis Partners.
 Bobby Czyz – Boxer, former two-time World Boxing Association Cruiserweight Champion.

D

 Geena Davis – Academy Award-winning actress.
 Nelson DeMille – Author of Night Fall.
 C.J. de Mooi – Competitive chess player, quiz show champion, and Egghead
 Viacheslav Dinerchtein – Concert violist.

E

F

 Leon Feingold – Athlete. Pitcher for Cleveland Indians and Israel Baseball League. Active in Greater New York Mensa.
 Brian J. Ford – Biologist.
 Buckminster Fuller – Visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. Second President of Mensa.

G

 Antonella Gambotto-Burke – Australian author and journalist.
 Rolf Gindorf – German sexologist and gay activist
 Nolan Gould – American actor, Modern Family
 Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver.
 Marcus Grönholm – Two-time World Rally Champion

H

 Jeremy Hanley – Former Chairman of the Conservative Party.
 Kara Hayward – actress, starred in Wes Anderson's 2012 movie Moonrise Kingdom 
 Glenne Headly – Emmy nominated actress.
 Alfred George Hinds – British criminal and prison escape artist who later used his legal knowledge to obtain a full pardon.

I

 Charles Ingram – Novelist and controversial quiz show participant.
 Lucy Irvine – Author of Castaway.

J

 Myles Jeffrey – Actor in Early Edition.

K

 Maurice Kanbar – creator of SKYY vodka and inventor.
 Erik Kuselias – ESPN radio and television personality.

L

 Mell Lazarus – Cartoonist, creator of comic strips Miss Peach and Momma.
 Richard Lederer – Author of books on word play.
 Scott "Raven" Levy – Professional wrestler.
 Ranan Lurie – Editorial cartoonist and journalist.

M

 John McAfee – Computer programmer, founder of McAfee, Inc. One of the first people to design anti-virus software.
 Janet McDonald – Lawyer and author of African American young adult novels.
 Alan McFarland – former MLA for North Down, United Kingdom.
 Henry Milligan – A boxer and scholar; he was the 1983 National Amateur Heavyweight champion.
 Adrian Moorhouse – Olympic Gold Medal swimmer
 Ellen Morphonios – Florida judge.
 Roger Moreira – Brazilian musician, member of Ultraje a Rigor.
 Michael Muhney – Actor in Veronica Mars and The Young and The Restless.
 Ellen Muth – Actress in Dolores Claiborne and Dead Like Me.

N

 Barry Nolan – Says You! panelist.

O

 Joyce Carol Oates – Author of The Gravedigger's Daughter.
 Adam Osborne – Computer designer, software publisher, created first commercially available portable computer, the Osborne 1.
 Brendan O'Carroll – Irish comedian.

P

 Gareth Penn – Author and private investigator.
 Markus Persson – Creator and developer of Minecraft.
 Donald Petersen – Former CEO of the Ford Motor Company.
 Julie Peterson – Playboy Playmate of the Month, February 1987.
 Uroš Petrović – Serbian author, President of Serbian Mensa.
 Nicky Piper – Boxer.
 Madsen Pirie – Philosopher and economist.

Q

R

 Dorota Rabczewska – Polish pop singer.
 Alan Rachins – Actor on L.A. Law and Dharma & Greg.
 Ashley Rickards – Actress on Awkward and American Horror Story.

S

 Brett Salisbury – Author, Male Model, College Football Quarterback and Prodigious Savant.
 Aviv Shakked – highly intelligent child from California with rooftop IQ. Proud father of Larry the dog.
 Sir Jimmy Savile – English DJ, actor and television/radio personality.
 Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. – Retired US Army General, planner of Operation Desert Storm.
 Margot Seitelman – The first executive director of American Mensa.
 Victor Serebriakoff – Author and former international president of Mensa.
 Laura Shields – English model and actress.
 Sir Clive Sinclair – Inventor of the Sinclair Executive pocket calculator, founder of Sinclair Research is a member of British Mensa, and was chairman for 17 years from 1980 to 1997.
 Scott Sonnon – Public speaker and celebrity fitness coach
 Katariina Souri – Finnish writer, singer and Playboy's Playmate of the Month for December 1988.
 E. Lee Spence – Shipwreck expert, pioneer underwater archaeologist and discoverer of the H.L. Hunley (submarine).
 Owen Spencer-Thomas – Television broadcaster and presenter, charity fundraiser and Anglican minister.

T

John D. Thompson, poet, Titanic: A Centenarian Voyage in Verse

U

V

 Carol Vorderman – British television presenter.
 Marilyn vos Savant – Last person listed in the Guinness Book of World Records under "Highest IQ" (category has been withdrawn)
 James von Brunn – White supremacist and Holocaust denier who perpetrated the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting

W

 Lancelot Ware – Barrister, biochemist, and co-founder of Mensa.

X

Y

Z
 Roger Zelazny – American writer

References

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