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

## B
* Derek Keith Barbosa &ndash; Rapper (under pseudonym Chino XL).
* Ben Best &ndash; President of the Cryonics Institute
* Theodore Bikel &ndash; actor, musician.
* Richard Bolles &ndash; Self-help author.
* Eileen Rose Busby &ndash; Antiques expert.
* Jacques Bergier &ndash; Chemical engineer, member of the French resistance, spy, journalist and writer 

## C
* Mike Carona &ndash; Former Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County, California.
* Jack Cohen &ndash; Reproductive biologist and popular science writer.
* Martin Cooper &ndash; Considered the inventor of the mobile phone.
* Viacheslav Dinerchtein &ndash; Concert violist.

## E
## F
* Leon Feingold &ndash; Athlete. Pitcher for Cleveland Indians and Israel Baseball League. Active in Greater New York Mensa.
* Brian J. Ford &ndash; Biologist.
* Buckminster Fuller &ndash; Visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. Second President of Mensa.
* Rolf Gindorf &ndash; German sexologist and gay activist
* Nolan Gould &ndash; American actor, *Modern Family*
* Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver.
* Marcus Grönholm &ndash; Two-time World Rally Champion

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

## L
* Mell Lazarus &ndash; Cartoonist, creator of comic strips *Miss Peach* and *Momma*.
* Richard Lederer &ndash; Author of books on word play.
* Scott "Raven" Levy &ndash; Professional wrestler.
* Ranan Lurie &ndash; Editorial cartoonist and journalist.
* Janet McDonald &ndash; Lawyer and author of African American young adult novels.
* Alan McFarland &ndash; former MLA for North Down, United Kingdom.
* Henry Milligan &ndash; A boxer and scholar; he was the 1983 National Amateur Heavyweight champion.
* Michael Muhney &ndash; Actor in *Veronica Mars* and *The Young and The Restless*.
* Ellen Muth &ndash; Actress in *Dolores Claiborne* and *Dead Like Me*.

## N
* Barry Nolan &ndash; *Says You!* panelist.
* Adam Osborne – Computer designer, software publisher, created first commercially available portable computer, the Osborne 1.

## P
* Gareth Penn &ndash; Author and private investigator.
* Markus Persson &ndash; Creator and developer of Minecraft.
* Donald Petersen &ndash; Former CEO of the Ford Motor Company.
* Uroš Petrović &ndash; Serbian author, President of Serbian Mensa.
* Nicky Piper &ndash; Boxer.
* Madsen Pirie &ndash; Philosopher and economist.

## Q
## R
* Dorota Rabczewska &ndash; Polish pop singer.
* Alan Rachins &ndash; Actor on *L.A. Law* and *Dharma & Greg*.

## S
* Brett Salisbury &ndash; Author, Male Model, College Football Quarterback and Prodigious Savant.
* Aviv Shakked &ndash; highly intelligent child from California with high IQ.
* Sir Jimmy Savile &ndash; English DJ, actor and television/radio personality.
* Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. &ndash; Retired US Army General, planner of Operation Desert Storm.
* Margot Seitelman &ndash; The first executive director of American Mensa.
* Victor Serebriakoff &ndash; Author and former international president of Mensa.
* Laura Shields &ndash; English model and actress.
* Scott Sonnon &ndash; Public speaker and celebrity fitness coach
* Katariina Souri &ndash; Finnish writer, singer and Playboy's Playmate of the Month for December 1988.
* E. Lee Spence &ndash; Shipwreck expert, pioneer underwater archaeologist and discoverer of the H.L. Hunley (submarine).
* Owen Spencer-Thomas &ndash; Television broadcaster and presenter, charity fundraiser and Anglican minister.

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

## U
## V
* Carol Vorderman &ndash; British television presenter.
* Marilyn vos Savant &ndash; Last person listed in the *Guinness Book of World Records* under "Highest IQ" (category has been withdrawn)

## W
* Lancelot Ware &ndash; Barrister, biochemist, and co-founder of Mensa.

## X
## Y
## Z
* Roger Zelazny – American writer

## References