List of Mensans

The 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]
• 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

• Derek Keith Barbosa – Rapper (under pseudonym Chino XL)^[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]
• Cyril Burt – Educational psychologist, developer of factor analysis in psychological testing^[15]
• Eileen Rose Busby – Antiques expert^[16]

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^[17]
• Jack Cohen – Reproductive biologist and popular science writer^[18]
• 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^[19]
• Geena Davis – Academy Award-winning actress^[5]
• C.J. de Mooi – Competitive chess player, quiz show champion, and Egghead^[20]
• Nelson DeMille – Author of Night Fall.^[6]
• Lucas di Grassi – Brazilian racing driver^[21]
• Viacheslav Dinerchtein – Concert violist^[22]
• Rick DePiro – Jazz organist, jazz pianist, music producer, music executive, singer-songwriter^[23]
• Emma Dumont – American actress, model and dancer^[24]

F

• Leon Feingold – Athlete, pitcher for Cleveland Indians and Israel Baseball League^[25]
• Brian J. Ford – Biologist^[26][27]
• Buckminster Fuller – Designer, architect, poet, author, inventor, second President of Mensa^[12]

G

• Antonella Gambotto-Burke – Australian author and journalist^[28]
• Rolf Gindorf – German sexologist and gay activist^[29]
• Tilman Goins – American politician, Tennessee House of Representatives^[30][31]
• Nolan Gould – American actor, Modern Family^[32]

H

• Jeremy Hanley – Former Chairman of the Conservative Party in England^[33]
• Kara Hayward – Actress, starred in the 2012 movie Moonrise Kingdom^[34]
• Glenne Headly – Emmy nominated actress^[35]
• Alfred George Hinds – British criminal and prison escape artist who later used his legal knowledge to obtain a full pardon^[15]

I

• Charles Ingram – Novelist and controversial quiz show participant^[36]
• Lucy Irvine – Author of Castaway^[15]

J

• Kym Jackson – Australian actress^[37]
• Myles Jeffrey – Actor in Early Edition^[6]

K

• Maurice Kanbar – Creator of SKYY vodka and inventor^[35]
• Evangelos Katsioulis – Medical doctor specialising in psychiatry, reported to have an IQ of 1 in a billion^[38][39]
• Erik Kuselias – ESPN radio and television personality^[40]

L

• Bernie LaBarge - Musician^[41]
• Mell Lazarus – Cartoonist, creator of comic strips Miss Peach and Momma^[42]
• Richard Lederer – Author of books on word play^[43]
• Scott "Raven" Levy – Professional wrestler^[44][45]
• Ranan Lurie – Editorial cartoonist and journalist^[6]

M

• Andrzej Majewski – Writer, aphorist, photographer^[46]
• John McAfee – Computer programmer, founder of McAfee, Inc., one of the first people to design anti-virus software^[47]
• Janet McDonald – Lawyer and author of African American young adult novels^[48]
• Alan McFarland – Former MLA for North Down, United Kingdom^[49]
• Henry Milligan – Boxer and scholar, 1983 US National Amateur Heavyweight champion^[5]
• Regan Mizrahi – Child actor, won 2011 Young Artist Award for the voice of Boots in Dora the Explorer^[50]
• Ellen Morphonios – Florida judge^[5]
• Roger Moreira – Brazilian musician, member of Ultraje a Rigor^[51]
• Michael Muhney – Actor in Veronica Mars and The Young and the Restless^[52][53]
• Ellen Muth – Actress in Dolores Claiborne and Dead Like Me^[54]

N

• Barry Nolan – Says You! panelist^[5]
• Per Nilsson – Swedish guitar virtuoso, composer, producer and co-founder of Scar Symmetry^[55]

O

• Brendan O'Carroll – Irish comedian^[56]
• Joyce Carol Oates – Author of The Gravedigger's Daughter^[57]
• Adam Osborne – Computer designer, software publisher, creator of the Osborne 1^[15]

P

• Park Kyung – South Korean Rapper^[58]
• Gareth Penn – Author and private investigator^[59]
• Markus Persson – Creator and developer of Minecraft^[60]
• Donald Petersen – Former CEO of the Ford Motor Company^[5]
• Julie Peterson – Playboy Playmate of the Month, February 1987^[61]
• Uroš Petrović – Serbian author, President of Serbian Mensa^[62]
• Nicky Piper – Boxer^[63]
• Madsen Pirie – Philosopher and economist^[64]

R

• Dorota Rabczewska – Polish pop singer^[65]
• Alan Rachins – Actor on L.A. Law and Dharma & Greg^[5][6]
• Ashley Rickards – Actress on Awkward and American Horror Story^[66]

S

• Jimmy Savile – English DJ, television/radio personality and serial sex offender^[67][68]
• Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. – Retired US Army General, planner of Operation Desert Storm^[69]
• Margot Seitelman – The first executive director of American Mensa^[70]
• Victor Serebriakoff – Author and former international president of Mensa^[71]
• Laura Shields – English model and actress^[18]
• Clive Sinclair – Inventor of the Sinclair Executive pocket calculator, founder of Sinclair Research, member of British Mensa, and Chairman from 1980 to 1997^[72]
• Alexander Shulgin – Medicinal chemist, biochemist, and rediscoverer of MDMA (ecstasy)^[73]
• Scott Sonnon – Public speaker and celebrity fitness coach^[74][75]
• Katariina Souri – Finnish writer, singer and Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 1988^[76]
• E. Lee Spence – Shipwreck expert, pioneer underwater archaeologist and discoverer of the H.L. Hunley submarine^[77]
• Owen Spencer-Thomas – Television broadcaster and presenter, charity fundraiser and Anglican minister^[78]

V

• Carol Vorderman – British television presenter^[79]
• James von Brunn – White supremacist and Holocaust denier who perpetrated the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting^[80]
• 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^[81]
• Lancelot Ware – Barrister, biochemist, and co-founder of Mensa^[82]

Z

• Roger Zelazny – American writer^[83]

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