List of Mensans

The list of Mensans contains notable people who are, or who have been, members of Mensa International, the high IQ society.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Gronholm - Two-time World Rally Champion
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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.
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Charles Ingram - Novelist and controversial quiz show participant.
Lucy Irvine - Author of Castaway.
J
Myles Jeffrey - Actor in Early Edition.
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Maurice Kanbar - creator of SKYY vodka and inventor.
Erik Kuselias - ESPN radio and television personality.
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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.
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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.
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Barry Nolan - Says You! panelist.
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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.
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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.
Uros Petrovic - Serbian author, President of Serbian Mensa.
Nicky Piper - Boxer.
Madsen Pirie - Philosopher and economist.
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Dorota Rabczewska - Polish pop singer.
Alan Rachins - Actor on L.A. Law and Dharma & Greg.
Ashley Rickards - Actress on Awkward and American Horror Story.
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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.
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John D. Thompson, poet, Titanic: A Centenarian Voyage in Verse
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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
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Lancelot Ware - Barrister, biochemist, and co-founder of Mensa.