100 Highly Gifted Men have Highly Gifted Male Relatives

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(classified by occupation and achievement)

	Galton	Terman	Brimhall	Weiss
	%	%	%	%	n (Weiss)
Probands	100	84+	100	97+	1972: 1329 1994:   357
Fathers	26	41	29	40	346
Brothers	47	-	49	49	220
Sons	60	64*	-	55	77
Grandfathers	14	-	9	9	681
Uncles	16	-	13	14	615
Nephews	23	-	-	22	76
Grandchildren	14	-	-	-	-
Greatgrandfathers	0	-	-	4	1290
Uncles of the parents	5	-	-	5	1996
Cousins	16	-	9#	18	570
Greatgrandchildren	7	-	-	-	-
Cousins of parents	-	-	-	11	2250
"+": classified by occupation; 100 %, if classified by test "*": classified only by IQ; classification by occupation gives about 55%; n = 820. "#": some cousins were still to young and did not have full opportunity to become distinguished "-": no data Sources: Galton, Francis: Hereditary Genius. London 1869. 100 famous men (n = 43) of science (mathematics and natural sciences) have famous male relatives. Oden, M. H.: The fullfillment of promise: 40-year follow-up of the Terman gifted group. Genetical Psychology Monographs 77 (1968) 3-93. The mean IQ (transformed to 100;15) of the sample of probands was 146 (n = 724); the cut-off score IQ 137. Brimhall, Dean, R.: Family resemblances among American men of science. The American Naturalist 56 (1922) 504-547; 57 (1923) 74-88, 137-152, and 326-344. In 1915 questionnaires were filled in by 956 distinguished American men of science and their relatives. Weiss, Volkmar: Mathematical giftedness and family relationship. European Journal for High Ability 5 (1974) 58-67. Highly gifted males (mean IQ 135 +/- 9) and their relatives in professions, typically associated with an IQ above 123.

Hochbegabtenuntersuchungen aus aller Welt

Die Besten erkennen und nennen - Die IQ der Genies aller Zeiten - IQ of outstanding historical persons

Additional data and publications:

IQ of Nazi leaders, cited from: Gilbert, G. M.: Nuremberg Diary. New York: Signet Book 1947, p. 34; Wechsler-Bellevue IQ: Hjalmar Schacht IQ 143, Arthur Seyss-Inquart IQ 141, Hermann Göring IQ 138, Karl Dönitz IQ 138, Franz von Papen IQ 134, Erich Räder IQ 134, Dr. Hans Frank IQ 130, Hans Fritsche IQ 130, Baldur von Schirach IQ 130, Joachim von Ribbentropp IQ 129, Wilhelm Keitel IQ 129, Albert Speer IQ 128, Alfred Jodl IQ 127, Alfred Rosenberg IQ 127, Constantin von Neurath IQ 125, Walter Funk IQ 124, Wilhelm Frick IQ 124, Rudolf Hess IQ 120, Fritz Sauckel IQ 118, Ernst Kaltenbrunner IQ 113, Julius Streicher IQ 106 - "confirming the fact that the most successful men in any sphere of human activity - whether it is politics, industry, militarism or crime - are apt to be above average intelligence."

Weiss, Volkmar: Major genes of general intelligence. Personality and individual Differences 13 (1992) 1115-1134

Weiss, Volkmar: The advent of a molecular genetics of general intelligence. Intelligence 20 (1995) 115-124 (Editorial)

Towers, Grady M.: The Empty Promise

Triple Nine Society

Other High-IQ Societies

General intelligence by Chris Brand

Uncommonly Difficult IQ Tests

A collection of articles on Intelligence and IQ

Prof. Dean K. Simonton, Links to Genius; Giftedness and Talent; Intelligence; Savants; Geniuses, Creators, and Leaders

Lynn, Richard and Tatu Vanhanen: IQ and the Wealth of Nations.

p. 44: „The number of geniuses produced by a population depends on the population’s mean IQ. For a population with a mean IQ of 100, an IQ of 158 is present in approximately one individual out of 30,000. In a population with a mean IQ of 115, there would be approximately one individual per 1,000 people with an IQ over 158, a thirty-fold increase, Thus, differences in the mean IQs of national populations will have large multiplier effects on the numbers of geniuses produced. These effects are likely to contribute both directly and indirectly to economic development.”

p. 73-80, Table 6.5: National IQ based on arithmetic means:

Afghanistan IQ 83, Albania IQ 90, Algeria IQ 84, Angola IQ 69, Antigua and Barbuda IQ 75, Argentina IQ 96, Armenia IQ 93, Australia IQ 98, Austria IQ 102, Azerbaijan IQ 87, Bahamas IQ 78, Bahrain IQ 83, Bangladesh IQ 81, Barbados IQ 78, Belarus IQ 96, Belgium IQ 100, Belize IQ 83, Benin IQ 69, Bhutan IQ 78, Bolivia IQ 85, Botswana IQ 72, Brazil IQ 87, Brunei IQ 92, Bulgaria IQ 93, Burkina Faso IQ 67, Burma IQ 86, Burundi IQ 70, Cambodia IQ 89, Cameroon IQ 70, Canada IQ 97, Cape Verde IQ 78, Central African Republic IQ 68, Chad IQ 72, Chile IQ 93, China IQ 100, Colombia IQ 89, Comoros IQ 79, Congo (Brazzaville) IQ 73, Congo (Zaire) IQ 65, Costa Rica IQ 91, Croatia IQ 90, Cuba IQ 85, Cyprus IQ 92, Czech Republic IQ 97, Denmark IQ 98, Djibouti IQ 68, Dominica IQ 75, Dominican Republic IQ 84, Ecuador IQ 80, Egypt IQ 83, El Salvador IQ 84, Equatorial Guinea IQ 59, Eritrea IQ 68, Estonia IQ 97, Ethiopia IQ 63, Fiji IQ 84, Finland IQ 97, France IQ 98, Gabon IQ 66, Gambia IQ 65, Georgia IQ 93, Germany IQ 102, Ghana IQ 71, Greece IQ 92, Grenada IQ 75, Guatemala IQ 79, Guinea IQ 66, Guinea-Bissau IQ 66, Guayana IQ 84, Haiti IQ 72, Honduras IQ 84, Hongkong IQ 107, Hungary IQ 99, Iceland IQ 98, India IQ 81, Indonesia IQ 89, Iran IQ 84, Iraq IQ 87, Ireland IQ 93, Israel IQ 94 (?), Italy IQ 102, Ivory Coast IQ 71, Jamaica 72, Japan IQ 105, Jordan IQ 87, Kazakhstan IQ 93, Kenya IQ 72, Kiribati IQ 84, Korea (North) IQ 104, Korea (South) IQ 106, Kuwait IQ 83, Kyrgyzstan IQ 87, Laos IQ 89, Latvia IQ 97, Lebanon IQ 86, Lesotho IQ 72, Liberia IQ 65, Libya IQ 84, Lithuania IQ 97, Luxembourg IQ 101, Macedonia IQ 93, Madagascar IQ 79, Malawi IQ 71, Malaysia iQ 92, Maldives IQ 81, Mali IQ 69, Malta IQ 95, Marshall Islands IQ 84, Mauritania IQ 74, Mauritius IQ 81, Mexico IQ 87, Micronesia IQ 84, Moldova IQ 95, Mongolia IQ 98, Morocco IQ 85, Mozambique IQ 72, Namibia IQ 72, Nepal IQ 78, Netherlands IQ 102, New Zealand IQ 100, Nicaragua IQ 84, Niger IQ 67, Nigeria IQ 67, Norway iQ 98, Oman IQ 83, Pakistan IQ 81, Panama IQ 85, Papua New Guinea IQ 84, Paraguay IQ 85, Peru IQ 90, Philippines IQ 86, Poland IQ 99, Portugal IQ 95, Puerto Rico IQ 84, Qatar IQ 78, Romania IQ 94, Russia IQ 96, Rwanda IQ 70, Samoa (Western) IQ 87, Sao Tome/Principe IQ 59, Saudi Arabia IQ 83, Senegal IQ 65, Serbia IQ 93, Seychelles IQ 81, Sierra Leone IQ 64, Singapore IQ 103, Slovakia IQ 96, Slovenia IQ 95, Solomon Islands IQ 84, Somalia IQ 84, South Africa IQ 72, Spain IQ 97, Sri Lanka IQ 81, St. Kitts and Nevis IQ 75, St. Lucia IQ 75, St. Vincent/Grenadines IQ 75, Sudan IQ 72, Suriname IQ 89, Swaziland iQ 72, Sweden IQ 101, Switzerland IQ 101, Syria IQ 87, Taiwan IQ 104, Tajikistan iQ 87, Tanzania IQ 72, Togo IQ 69, Tonga IQ 87, Trinidad and Tobago IQ 80, Tunisia IQ 84, Turkey IQ 90, Turkmenistan IQ 87, Uganda IQ 73, Ukraine IQ 96, United Arab Emirates IQ 83, United Kingdom IQ 100, United States of America IQ 98, Uruguay IQ 96, Uzbekistan IQ 87, Vanuatu IQ 84, Venezuela IQ 89, Vietnam IQ 96, Yemen IQ 83, Zambia IQ 77, Zimbabwe IQ 66 --

Cited from www.amazon.com: "Reviewer: A reader from USA: The sample sizes are low; test subjects involves different economic backgrounds for different countries. ... Some of the results are crazy, for example Israel is supposed to have a mean IQ of 94 (6 points less than the UK!!)"

(?) for the mean IQ of Jews see Die Juden