Top 30 Smartest Celebrities Ever

[@WatchMojo]

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[@leoperidot482]

Bill Cosby, EdD. David Duchovny, MA. James Franco, MFA. Art Garfunkel, MA. Ashley Judd, MBA. Leonard Nimoy, MA. Barrack Obama, JD. Michelle Obama, JD. Christy Turlington, MA Peter Weller PhD. Robert Vaughn, PhD. Sigourney Weaver, MFA.

[@whitleysdollhouse877]

All of them

[@underland1983]

I am more of a genius than the people on this list. I know things about movies, music and history that will amaze a normal person. Who of you in the chat did know that sultan Mehmet was the first in the world to use canons to conquer Konstantinopel. Or that King Louis XV build a whorehouse on the grounds on Versailles. Or that Tanita Tikaram is the only one in the world that made a hit song with a oboe, Twist In My Sobriety. I have also had the same mentor as Quentin Tarantino, Dov S Simens. And know as much as him about movies. We real geniuses have our own language to. That only people with the same skills will understand. School, iq or language skills does not make anyone a genius. Masterpieces, more like master piece of shit's

[@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA]

Love It WatchMojo Bro.

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

Reading 3 chapters in advanced mathematics much less writing 5 bestselling books is way, way above my respect level for genius. And on top of that Danica is gorgeous.

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

One note - honorary doctorates don't really count. They're honorary. They're given to people for a variety of reasons. Some may be "for work worthy of a doctorate but didn't finish the program," but most are simply "a person was invited to give a speech, usually at commencement."

[@JimStinson]

Geena Davis has a REAL degree @watchmojo forgot about: She graduated from Boston University in 1978 from the School of Fine Arts.

[@genevievebeauchamp9018]

How is Hedy Lamarr not #1? !? She never received any formal education and invented things that were ground breaking.

[@jeffdmisty]

^

[@gsparkman]

Hedy didn’t just have an IQ to brag about, or university degrees, she had real accomplishments. She literally changed the world. Should be #1. My IQ was measured at 144, but I have done nothing of true value to our species; neither have most of these celebs. Hedy is the only contender for the top spot on this list.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Were they just taking celebrities in order of IQ? It's hard to measure how important some thing was - especially - if it is of an esoteric nature that most people don't understand. The thing with Hedy Lamarr - as another poster noted - was that she did not invent Frequency Hopping - she just worked with another Scientist on a specific type - which they patented. So - what she did was certainly an achievement - but - attributing all we have today to her - is an exaggeration. As some brilliant Scientists have said: _"All I did - was done standing on the shoulders of those who went before me."_ .

[@thebeatnumber]

She actually didn't invent most of what she is claimed to have invented. That was just smart publicity by the Hollywood studio she was contracted to. Obviously it worked because 80 years later, people are still buying the BS. The "smartness" attributed to 90% of the people on this list is BS.

[@Monica-bw1ey]

I think it's because she's dead, and a lot of these KZbinrs think nothing happened before they lived.

[@LordMondegrene]

Hedy Lamarr's the most impressive. With no formal study, she invented FM radio, to guide torpedoes, but was so far ahead of her time, the technology had to catch up with her. Then it became Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and of course, FM radio. And she was one of the most beautiful women in the world. And a great actress. Who saw where Nazi Germany was heading, and escaped. None of the others come close to LaMarr for brilliance. She was a polymath, like Heron of Alexandria, inventing whole new technologies.

[@BorysMadrawski]

No, she wasn't THAT brilliant. From the Polish wiki on George Antheil (Hedy was co-inventing with): "It is believed that Antheil could have obtained information useful in building the device from his brother, who could have obtained it from Polish intelligence officers evacuated from the Baltic states in the summer of 1940. Before the outbreak of the war, Polish laboratories conducted research on the use of variable frequencies in radio communications on behalf of Dwójka (including by the Warsaw Radiotechnical Factory AVA), led by Eng. Leonard Danilewicz[3]."

[@Kannot2023]

She didn't invent FM radio, she made a patent for switching frequency during operation

[@LordMondegrene]

@@Kannot2023 ... which is the BASIS FOR FM, "FREQUENCY MODULATION". It's right there in the name. Get a clue.

[@redare7]

@@LordMondegrene Frequency hopping is different from frequency modulation. FH is more of an anti-jamming technique, FM is for putting information on a carrier. The anti-jamming was needed to prevent the torpedoes from being guided away from the target.

[@LordMondegrene]

@@redare7 ... and the difference between HOPPING and MODULATING is... speed? Yah, HUGE difference there, just like the fact that changing frequencies has MORE THAN ONE USE. Kinda just like I said. Wow. It's almost like you read my comment, and understood it. Almost. But not quite. So instead you quibbled about the SPEED of the frequency changes, and the multiple uses for the SAME BASIC TECH. Don't ever change.

[@kuckoo9036]

"...and [Natalie Portman] is fluent in Hebrew." That's like saying "...and Selma Hayek is fluent in Spanish."

[@ruthyvonne5240]

Haha, she is also fluent in English. 🤓🤣

[@ELmayberry]

😂😂😂

[@dontfearthereaper2887]

not the same, Selma Hayek lived and studied in Mexico as an adult, Natalie Portman was a little child like when she moved to USA, many children who immigrate at such young age end up either forgetting their native language, or grow up speaking it poorly, and poorly does not qualify as fluent. Or maybe you just don't know what fluent means.

[@9y2bgy]

@@dontfearthereaper2887 True. But she has certain advantages as a Jewish immigrant whose immediate and extended families all spoke Hebrew fluently. But there's no doubt that she is one of the smartest people around, and if she put her mind to learning multiple languages she would have succeeded.

[@savethezombies]

Yea, didn't she grow up in Great Neck?

[@endorphinex]

Mr. Bean is a genius. He put all his material on his channel to watch for free, got monetized, thus making millions feom recycling his material! 1

[@thomosburn8740]

Yes but he's a oatmeal-brained dip-stick when it comes to EVs, he swallowed all the oil industry anti-EV propaganda and repeated a chunk of it in print.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

He was 'smart' enough to buy a limited edition Aston Martin Zagato and when his driving licence was suspended a year later he sold it back to the dealer at 60 or so percent of the price new. Unfortunately for him at that point the Zagato had increased in value to 3 times the original sticker price. That was a real clever move of his, wasn't it?

[@Rickywwx]

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 *Classic* Mr. Bean. Would make for a great Mr. Bean episode.

[@jowarren1111]

​@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 so he's not prefect! You just sound sour dude. Meh

[@danaeckelbarger8136]

Without Hedy Lamarr, none of us would probably even be here right now.

[@jeffdmisty]

yup

[@DaveDunning-st1hh]

We'd be here, but we wouldn't have the same frequency sharing and buffering system. Our computers would arguably be slower. Your point was there, I only sharpened the edge. Wink

[@markdrum2392]

She did some groundbreaking work while being one of the glamorous stars in Hollywood. She created many products that were used by the Allied forces in WW2..

[@jackbpace]

Lamarr (and Antheil - she didn't do it by herself) contributed to the development frequency hopping technology, but she did not "invent" frequency hopping technology. Frequency hopping was not only known but was in use decades before Ms. Lamarr and Mr. Antheil came up with a different way to do it. Though they were rightly given a patent for an interesting way to do frequency hopping they most certainly were not its inventors'. This is the problem with having entire months and wings of museums dedicated to the history of a specific identify group. A member of the selected group may have their contribution elevated beyond what it actually was.

[@felicitybywater8012]

Seriously underrated comment.

[@celticpoet21]

Dr. Sir Brian May has done a lot more than that! He also cofounded the Starmus festival. In 2022, he received the Stephen Hawking Award for science communication. He has also written several books (in stereoscopic 3d) on other subjects as well as astronomy/astrophysics and his latest Nasa project was assisting with the Osiris rex mission and gathering samples from the asteroid bennu.

[@Beth-zs2jr]

The fact he wasn't introduced as Doctor got me. Maybe I've been binge watching too much Big Bang Theory recently, maybe it's the Brit in me, but he's the type of guy that is always introduced as Dr Brian May, or at the least Sir Brian May. Came to the comments specifically to see if anyone else was upset by the drop of 'doctor' in his intro

[@celticpoet21]

@@Beth-zs2jr Well said. Yes, that definitely bothered me too.

[@The_momur]

He’s lived stereoscopy since he was a child. He’s bringing it back in a big, loving way.

[@celticpoet21]

@@The_momur Yeah! Gotta love him for that, among many other things! He's just a wonderful renaissance man, pure and simple!

[@celticpoet21]

@@yann664 Yes, I do know about Sir Patrick and how Dr. Sir Brian revered him. Dr. Sir Brian also appeared on Sir Patrick's show "the sky at night". He was even among those who encouraged Dr. Sir Bri to go back and finish his PhD.

[@thomasshepard8325]

Where's Stephen Fry?

[@katieoberst490]

His best friend, Hugh Laurie, belongs as well.

[@kenglasson2920]

quite right

[@lewismize4581]

They said celebrities, not icons or legends.

[@gidgemo1869]

Horribly obvious miss.

[@rememo6294]

Being smart is what Stephen Fry is known for.. little obvious don't you think?

[@cadillacdeville5828]

My immediate thought was Dolph lundgren

[@deanmyrick7848]

And he's a super nice completely unassuming guy! Playing Drago must have been very difficult for a guy with his amazing intellect. I mean that seriously.

[@markcollins2666]

"Well, I had a scholarship to MIT, in Boston, and, uh, wanted to finish there, and maybe get a PHD at Harvard or something, but, then I met Grace Jones. Yeah. As a student at Boston's Wentworth Institute of Technology, meeting Grace Jones would have certainly finished me off.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

Not at all surprised Dr. May is #1. His intelligence has always been on display from the time he built the Red Special through his playing and songwriting (who else could write a sweet folk song about space travel and bending time), and into his academic adventures. Then package all that into a person who comes across as very sweet and humble . . .

[@netgnostic1627]

Yes, 39 is my favourite science fiction song ever.

[@DaveDunning-st1hh]

Tom Lerher was a Harvard physics professor before becoming famous by writing and recording cold war era comedy folk songs. I highly recommend you hear his songs like ' masochism tango' , ' we'll all go together when we go", "who's next", " smut", "the elements" All of his stuff is worth listening to at least once

[@netgnostic1627]

@@DaveDunning-st1hh Yes, I remember The Masochism Tango because I liked The Doctor Demento Show in the '70s while I was in my teens.

[@carahefflinger6700]

I'm so glad Weird Al was included!

[@martinwhalley3286]

He's brilliant

[@MarkZickefoose]

He shoulda been #27...

[@steamer1112]

How could you not mention "Black Adder" for Rowan Atkinson?

[@johnp8131]

Few Americans would recognise it compared to his popular kiddie humour?

[@davidtuer5825]

Or The Thin Blue Line.

[@70snostalgia]

Yanks don't "get" Blackadder.

[@rustygribbler1380]

Raise a glass for my girl Heddy Lamar

[@4saken404]

Raise it twice for her not making the #1 slot.

[@markcollins2666]

I had never heard of her, until the movie, "Blazing Saddles. Sad, but I was a kid, and you have to learn sometime, right?

[@sharongelfand5065]

​@@markcollins2666that's Hedley!

[@voices_vary]

An IQ of 140 is not so special. A master of science in electrical engineering from Oxford is impressive. Also a Neuroscience PhD. And a PhD in astrophysics is impressive. Most of these celebrities earned bachelor's degrees. That's good, but not extraordinary.

[@bobcalvo1680]

Not so special?!? The score of 140 is higher than 99.62% of the population. In other words, only 0.48% of the population scores above 140 on IQ tests.

[@voices_vary]

@@bobcalvo1680 Well, thank you!

[@patrickcorliss8878]

Well they said smartest so I suppose Mensa at 140 qualifies. Though I agree an undergrad is not special even a Masters by coursework (unless from Oxford). What counts is serious research like a Masters by thesis or a PhD.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

An electrical engineer's solution to turn off a light bulb is a gun? Nice one, Mr. Atkinson!

[@Rickywwx]

Lol. Good catch. Perhaps that joke was not intentional, but for me that definitely adds to the depth of his comedic genius.

[@solidstate9451]

I'm married to an electrical engineer and I can assure you - they always have the silliest ideas...

[@CathyDahut]

THESE TALENTED PEOPLE DESERVE A VOICEOVER NARRATOR WHO CAN PRONOUNCE THINGS PROPERLY!!!!

[@johnfennessy6444]

Orson Welles? Stephen Fry: ie. this list is woefully incomp[lete

[@lunapr2]

I firmly believe you have to be extremely smart to be a good comedian.

[@patrickcorliss8878]

As withn Jon Stewart. Very very smart.

[@hemulinkulli]

Yep..all the comedians,that make me laugh(dave chapelle and hmmm)his stand up was/is the goat material for me..he is the only one,whose stand up set has made me laugh/whose stand up i would pay to see..of course there's some other ones also but almost every joke from his material was so funny,creative..shame,that he doesn't tour here in n.europe..

[@booster247]

I have an IQ of 155. I'm a locksmith. What the hell did I do wrong? 😅

[@nooneanymoore9971]

That depends... are you a GOOD locksmith? ❤

[@BruceStephan]

Is it what you wanted ?

[@renafielding945]

I graduated high school when I was 16 too. my first two babies could both read by age 2. They were amazing then but they are just regular somewhat introverted good human beings now. All my children are good human beings. Intelligence isn’t any match for addiction though, and it has been another world. I got sober at age 47, 30 years ago, and I don’t give my IQ any credit whatsoever. My first fifty years were a steep learning curve. My life is a bad movie maybe.

[@CathyTorsiello]

That's where God wants you to be!

[@katrin712]

Mine is higher if I take the test in English than in French… both around 140… and I m French! Sometimes things are messed up but I have you re happy as you are anyway 😊

[@amandaredd3057]

Polyglots like Shakira absolutely FASCINATE me. I've been struggling to learn Spanish alone for the past 8 months!

[@andyroid5028]

Well said. A lot of Americans barely even know how to speak their one native language. LOL

[@amandaredd3057]

@@andyroid5028 So very sad but absolutely true

[@dicksonfranssen]

@andyroid5028 Like, and uhm, ya know what I mean, yur not saposeda do dat. I know English can be a hard language to learn but this gutter talk makes me nuts.

[@DaveDunning-st1hh]

'American', as opposed to English, is a "polyglot" , a mishmash of languages, thus "proper American English " really is relative, and all over the map.

[@kiwi_kirsch]

me, a german, learned english and french in school. both conversational and/or fluent levels. forgot french, lacking usage, and back to paris 12 years after last french lessons, it suddenly reappeared from nothing :D had a chat with a bikemessenger about his bike and that i am a bikemessenger in hamburg, too, and blablabla. few years ago, i had started learning russian because i had fallen for someone born in russia. then i decided to add dutch of which i had picked up a bit in a long distance relationship, years prior. then i added french to restore that, and added spanish as a fourth language on an app which i wanted to get to useful levels and then add italian, swedish and danish (major depression happened, but i'll restart learning again some time) oh and in my youth, i had started learning bengali and klingon, too. why are foreign languages so unusual to speak in the us? why??

[@rp-9866]

Lucille Ball. Brilliant business woman. She got the rights for reruns of 'I Love Lucy' as part of her contract. The studio at the time thought they were getting the upper hand because 'what's a rerun?' was the question of the day. She took over the studio and funded many, many television shows (Desilu) that were the forerunners of model television and other entertainment.

[@creationsFREEMAN]

My understanding is Desi Arnez is the one who won these rights .

[@emcg4131]

She was responsible for green-lighting Star Trek.

[@michaelmonthey5974]

Arnold Schwarzenegger started a mail order business shortly after immigrating to America and bought an apartment building for income generation, making him a millionaire at the age of 25. He turned his business skills up a notch when he graduated with a business degree at the University of Wisconsin Superior. He has made a successful career in real estate in addition to his other successful careers in body building, acting and politics. He’s also fluent in German. There seems to be little he can’t do.

[@nansen1678]

Well, Arnold grew up in Austria, so his fluency in German is no surprise at all ...

[@michaelmonthey5974]

@@nansen1678 Well he barely spoke English when he came to America, so he had to learn, and it was a struggle. Now he can speak English fluently, too.

[@Tommy_007]

He can almost pronounce the word "California".

[@antonchigurh7227]

My grandpa owned a gym in Michigan and Arnold would go around from place to place all over the rust belt States and sell weight lifting benches and exercise stuff like that. My grandpa was no dummy himself and remembers thinking what a nice smart young man he was. He knew that kid was going places

[@charlesmaurer6214]

If you can forgive that he can't make some of the sounds. As an Austrian his native german is not a sign of added IQ. This overrates people speaking two languages now if they speak 3 or more from differnt lingual groups it would be more worth noting. Most who travel alot or comes from other contries pick up at least one or two second languages. I took french and not good at it but never really needed it. With a history background was always more interested in dead languages but never had access to teachers.

[@DaveMiller2]

Peter Weller holds an actual PhD in Italian Art History. (Not an honorary one). Omar Sharif spoke around 9 languages. John Cleese studied law. Graham Chapman studied medicine. Michael Palin studied political science. Eric Idle studied English. Terry Gilliam studied political science. Terry Jones studied English and history. All of them studied at prestigious universities. All members of Monty Python are highly intelligent and educated men.

[@sharongelfand5065]

This video is American-centric.

[@Molson-xg9hs]

So happy to see Conan, Danica and Geena on here, definitely the first names I thought of with this list. And crazy to think that none of us would be watching this video without the work of Hedy Lamarr!

[@geoffoldread7684]

Speaking of Conan, Andy Richter is very sharp. Made fools out of other contestants on Ceebrity Jeopardy.

[@thecunninlynguist]

disappointed no Norm Macdonald or Sacha Baron Cohan..especially disappointed about no Norm.

[@andyroid5028]

*_If you watch enough of Watch MoJo, you get accustomed to being disappointed._*

[@Ohboycommentsection]

I thought of those 2 comedians as well. This list needs to be edited.

[@geoffoldread7684]

Macdonald was really smart. He kicked butt on WWTBAM.

[@Ohboycommentsection]

True. Macdonald graduated from high school at age 14 as well. He was already doing calculus when most kids were struggling with long division.

[@JONATHANP1619]

I live by the idea that for doing comedy at a high level, you need to be in some way a genius, more than drama.

[@DaveDunning-st1hh]

Drama is laid out, and obvious. Comedy is more subtle, demanding awareness of details not mentioned, and intuitive understanding of double entendres, and puns. That's why dumb or ignorant people often don't get the joke. Smart people might not find your joke funny, but they do ,at least, get the point. I like ribald comedy, dirty, burlesque, randy humor. Then , when a smart person is offended, I can at least say, "shame on you for getting the joke" By the way, I got up this morning, and it was so nice out....... That I left it out ! Shame on you

[@jennifs6868]

comedy is way trickier, imo.

[@Stargazer-28]

I have been saying this for decades. It’s logical when you think about what is needed to create a good joke. 😊

[@Rickywwx]

Very true. It's a simple formula: drama = emotion comedy = wit

[@DaveMiller2]

Michael Caine said in an interview that comedy is by far the hardest thing to do in acting.

[@Yverian]

I can't believe they didn't include Milla Jovovich. She's incredibly intelligent.

[@romibodoni]

"Number 14 - John Cleese" (video showing Michael Palin :) ) And while talking about the Footlghts, where is Stephen Fry on this list?

[@JRi973]

and Eric Idle...

[@agharries]

What about the other Pythons, they all went to Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge) for those not in the know. They should also be on the list.

[@colintimp1372]

Forgot James Woods; who apparently has an IQ north of 180. Also Edward Norton, who graduated from Yale with a degree in History.

[@Warmfireandtea]

Yes! Ed comes to mind first to me. I noticed his smartz on takk shows.

[@1952jodianne]

I have a BA in History from Morehead State University & an IQ north of 148, so what?

[@lukderyck]

After Hedy Lamarr, everyone else kind of paled in comparison. But I guess you needed to have some names people have heard of in the top 10. A few omissions I can think of, since speaking multiple languages apparently means you're smart: what about Christopher Lee or Viggo Mortensen? Less known but certainly worthy of inclusion: Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter, Doobie Brothers guitarist and self-taught NASA missile defense specialist.

[@Missunderstood103]

Seriously? Black Water starts me on my day. Had no idea. Thanks for the knowledge!

[@68jroche]

1:45 I never realised Mulder was on Star Trek!

[@waffleoutlaw9951]

He may be smart, but Duchovny is a real piece of work in person

[@erikacallahan2824]

Sadly, that's common amongst many highly intelligent people in my experience.

[@HVS-gk7oo]

Yup. IQ does not make you a good person. Lots of people with high IQ that also lack empathy and basic social skills.

[@vincevvn]

Oh, You know him personally?

[@waffleoutlaw9951]

Worked with him, yeah.

[@dontfearthereaper2887]

@@waffleoutlaw9951 So what do you mean he's a real piece of work? rude?

[@cheryldavis8776]

Brian May is my personal favorite! I could listen to his guitar playing with Queen absolutely forever! Many of the others you mentioned are very notable, as well. Do we love a person with a great brain? Yes. Yes, we do! 😊

[@ladylestranj]

No James Woods mention?

[@mirthenary]

That's HEDLEY!!

[@andyroid5028]

*Blazing Saddles in da house!* 😂

[@moshgirl973]

I refer to Hedy Lamar as Hedley Lamar, all of the time. Long live Mel Brooks, although he has been living longer than most people will, lol.

[@jamesknoblock1064]

​@moshgirl973 Actually she was going to sue the makers of Blazing Saddles over the use of the name Hedley Lamar. They were going to fight it, but Mel Brooks insisted they pay her.

[@belaacs5238]

James Wood IQ 188, Arnold Schwarzenegger IQ 160

[@felicitybywater8012]

On which scale or scales? There's more than one IQ scale out there.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@@felicitybywater8012The scale is always the same with 100 being defined as the average. The tests vary.

[@katehaynes5735]

And IQ is an imperfect science.

[@lenhummel5766]

Yes. In terms of IQ, both right up there.

[@TomHuston43]

John Cleese?

[@s.e2093]

Have you watched the news lately? a degree from an ivy league university is anything but a mark of someone's intelligence.

[@timmebruer5205]

Sure it is So what Ivy League school did you graduate from,?

[@OddlyIncredible]

Shaquille O'Neal is another brains-over-brawn type in the sports world. Accomplished DJ with platinum level album sales, has multiple degrees including an MBA and a doctorate in education, made more money with various business ventures than he did as a pro basketball player, and of course there are the championships and accolades from basketball where he's regarded as one of the best players in the game's history. Not a bad run thus far.

[@keithtjenkins2959]

You left out a severe someone here. Morey Amsterdam graduated from UCLA at 14 and went into Vaudeville. He became known as the Human Joke Machine, and a genuine star on the Dick Van Dyke show of the 60's.

[@ccsullivan9164]

I knew about everyone on your compilation but Morey Amsterdam? Delightful!

[@marybruun9621]

I was aware of almost all of them...except Briam May. That one surprised me

[@knuclear200x]

Mr. Bean is smart?! That makes me feel better about myself ☺️

[@brontewcat]

Hmm. If you knew him from his other roles, you wouldn't say that. Watch Blackadder especially the third and fourth series. You will see how versatile certain British actors are. Particularly take note of the actor playing George.

[@knuclear200x]

@brontewcat Yeah, yeah. I know Mr. Bean is a party planner, chef, spy and artist as well

[@brontewcat]

@@knuclear200x As I said have a look at the TV show called Blackadder. Personally I find it far funnier than Mr Bean. Not so much the first series, but the 3 other seasons and the specials are very funny.

[@4saken404]

Well I may not be smarter than Rowan Atkinson. But at least I'm smarter than Mr. Bean!

[@JCT1007]

Without James Woods, this list is terribly deficient and flawed.

[@boomboxmartian]

Dexter Holland being the first person shown in this video, is SO dang awesome. Major props to his inclusion here. 🤘😎

[@andyroid5028]

He's not _that_ smart. He believed the C.o.v.i.d-19 BS (and fired his longtime drummer over it). Not a good guy.

[@moshgirl973]

That's why I watched this video! I'm always curious how normies perceive Dexter Holland. I'm proud to say I'm a huge fan and have seen him perform over a dozen times. Offspring Forever!!!

[@1952jodianne]

@@moshgirl973 I love Offspring, regardless of how intelligent, or common-sense challenged, Dexter Holland may be.

[@crazy1234573]

I love Brian May!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@oliviermartin1190]

Jodie Foster did not go to a "French learning prep school", she attended the French School of Los Angeles, therefore following the French school curriculum and earned her Baccalaureat. Not an easy feat...

[@RUHappyATM]

WTF am I watching this when there are numerous unsung heroes working the ER waiting to save your lives?

[@DoctorJay184]

What about James Woods?

[@jennifs6868]

Brian May even looks like one of the enlightenment genii!

[@nothing2seehere.goaway]

Ruben Blades (Daniel Salazar in Fear The Walking Dead) is also one of the smartest and most accomplished artists out there. Multiple Grammy awards, composed the most sold Salsa album in history (Siembra) Graduated from Harvard Law, ran for president of Panama and was later appointed as minister of tourism. Amazing singer, capable actor, accomplished musical producer and a name that will be forever be remembered in Latin America for having the courage to publicly denounce the dictatorships in power back in the 80's in real time.

[@geoffoldread7684]

It's crazy that that's kind of an under-the-radar fact, since they often make it a point to mention when an actor went to Harvard, much less Harvard Law!

[@bnic9471]

Okay, Ruben.

[@logankerr8090]

didn't learn until today that Mayim Bialik also voiced Kurst the Worst from Disney's "Recess"

[@crystalshaw8744]

I didn't know that either. I liked that cartoon.

[@kayceegreer4418]

Whoever heard of the college named Vuhssarr? Anybody? No? I always thought Vassar was pronounced (VAS-sər). Where did they get these narrators?

[@chris55529]

Kate Beckinsale "studied a broad in Paris"? Who? Who was she studying? Gertrude Stein?

[@paulnejtek6588]

Vis sar? Never heard of that. Heard of vassar

[@brianarbenz1329]

The vid said John Cleese. It showed Michael Palin. Then Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Carol Cleveland. Then finally John Cleese.

[@Jay57T]

I'm surprised I didn't see Marilu Henner for phenomenal memory.

[@lorijones9579]

Sir Dr. Brian May is the only Astrophysicist rock god that has ever lived on the planet, so thanks for making him #1. He earned it.

[@BroZilla-vh3tu]

Where is Bridget Mendler?

[@jamestipton3342]

Cannot decide! It's hard to say all of are so good.

[@lynn69jackson]

Having a high IQ doesn't guarantee a person will be a genius. You have to apply that intelligence and do something great with it, or it is wasted.

[@unity1016]

Not necessarily. I thought that for a long time. I thought that until I realized I had achieved what I most wanted - to be a good mother. I always wanted children. I have 2 of the most wonderful children. I accomplished my hearts desire.

[@jimmyyu2184]

Love to see an interview with Brian May & Neil Tyson, oh the conversation they'd have. About music, of course.

[@Beth-zs2jr]

Maybe not the same level, but the UK has 2 famous super intelligent musicians called Dr Brian (May and Cox). May is an astrophysicist as mentioned in the video, Cox is a physicist focusing on particles. I saw the two of them being interviewed together a few years ago, and at some point they seemed to begin speaking a whole different language when they were asked a science question. I guess the difference is one surprises people by having a doctorate, the other surprised people by being a musician

[@stephenpenrice1230]

Should have mentioned that Danica McKellar published a math research paper as an undergraduate.

[@lawrencechase754]

brian may the most impressive combination of mind and talent.

[@Astragoth2]

John Urschel. Retired early from the NFL to become a renowned mathematician at MIT

[@stephenpenrice1230]

Apparently offensive linemen don’t qualify as celebrities. Another would be Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, who while playing for the Chiefs, earned a medical degree from McGill. And he did all his higher education in English even though French is his native language.

[@geoffoldread7684]

Yeah, but hardly a household name. If we're talking sports, former reliever and current Red Sox GM Craig Breslow. 1420 SAT, double majored in molecular biophysics and chemistry, admitted to NYU Medical School.

[@stephenpenrice1230]

@@geoffoldread7684 LDT was lucky that, unlike Breslow, he wasn’t forced to choose between med school and pro sports. It helped that Andy Reid’s mom was a McGill medical school graduate.

[@JuanchisLopez]

Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden... history teachers! yay! :V

[@janegoodwin1823]

May, he was the surprise. Never would have thought it.

[@sarahwilliams3099]

Why are all of the Black actors lumped in one category?

[@dontfearthereaper2887]

They weren't in one category, they were talking about Angela Bassett and happened to mention that some of the other actors in the movie Black panther movies were also smart. Grow up!

[@sarahwilliams3099]

They didn’t do it with ANY other race. Be more culturally sensitive.

[@soleman723]

⁠@@dontfearthereaper2887This guy… Rewatch it and then… Rewatch again. Maybe you’ll see it IF you’re smart enough. lol. And yes you are being culturally insensitive. Go back to your MAGA cult, bro…

[@stephenlabarre7890]

Having worked in the field of satellite communications for decades, I am well aware of the contributions Hedy Lamarr made in spread spectrum communications. I believe she 'donated' the patent to the U.S.Government (Navy?) for radio communications that were difficult to jam. She was a beautiful actress with brains. Her inventiveness was overshadowed by her beauty. Thanks for including her in your list.

[@1952jodianne]

Hedy Lamarr's beauty would overshadow most anything else available.

[@jonwells-nx5ge]

Pardon me, but where are James Woods and Jim Varney?

[@bobbierobinson6269]

They can't name a conservative. 😂

[@1952jodianne]

@@bobbierobinson6269 They didn't, probably why James Woods was not mentioned.

[@1952jodianne]

Cool, Kentucky native Jim Varney. Very funny man, God rest his soul. Nodamean, Vern?

[@margiecollier3723]

What about Queen's Brian May? PhD degree in astrophysics, a "science team collaborator" with NASA's New Horizons Pluto mission, contributed to NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, the agency's first successful collection and earth delivery of samples directly from an asteroid....has co authored several books....

[@geoffoldread7684]

Huh?! David Duchovny holds degrees from Princeton and Yale and barely made the list, while dropout Matt Damon is way up there?

[@kobralex]

I know he's from a metal band thats not that popular in the mainstream, but Ville Friman, guitarist of Insomnium deserves a mention in my opinion.

[@whitehairsmiling9366]

WHERE is REESE WITHERSPOON? She is a genius and should be top of this list!

[@geocyo8835]

For this who don't know, Kellan Lutz has a photographic memory and generally ain't nothing to mess with in hand-to-hand combat. He also breeds and trains dogs.

[@crystalshaw8744]

That's the lead singer from Offspring?

[@moshgirl973]

Yes. You seem surprised.......

[@user-cs4fg1rm5k]

Peter Weller(Robocop) has a PhD in Art History.

[@DaveMiller2]

Italian Art History.

[@jimothydrstrange9158]

A video about smart celebrities list is never complete without Conan SNUCK in between.

[@stephenwells9224]

I see what you did there….

[@throatwobblermangrove8510]

Small point: you don't "earn" an honorary doctorate.

[@conniethesconnie]

Usually you buy an honorary doctorate.

[@Wud-f2r]

Weird that they named John Cleese while focused on a solo portrait of Michael Palin.

[@InvisibleMan95]

James Woods

[@andyroid5028]

We know why is isn't included in this list. OMB!

[@bobbierobinson6269]

They can't list someone so openly Republican. 😂

[@Jon-em2hy]

Conan O'Brien is a genius, but he can't run a tape measure...

[@geoffoldread7684]

His senior thesis is actually available online.

[@vynx01]

"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - Dumbledore

[@juliettebouchery3550]

Tom Lehrer should have been in the list. Graduate of Harvard, a huge songwriting and performing sensation at the time, then professor at UCLA and MIT...

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Let's not forget about the kid from Modern Family.. he's literally in the club of Mensa

[@jgw5491]

They didn't. He was up there.

[@ZyliceLiddell]

Where’s Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston?!

[@Rickywwx]

Ronald Reagan?

[@1952jodianne]

@@Rickywwx I had heard that about Reagan before. Also, Theodore Roosevelt.

[@ripleyfry2107]

Sir Dr Brian May?

[@Missunderstood103]

Sir Dr Brian May GuitarLord, thank you very much √:^)

[@1952jodianne]

or perhaps it should be Dr. Sir Brian May, since, in the UK, a knighthood makes "Sir" part of one's actual name?

[@jessifer23f]

Geena Davis-Cutthroat Island. Great movie.

[@Alwaysbusking]

happy to learn about Hedy Lamarr in the comments. My contribution is member of MENSA Jeff Goldblum. Once married to Geena Davis as well.

[@solidstate9451]

You don't have to be extremely smart to be member of MENSA. Even I passed the test.

[@fatimahanwaar306]

Jeff Goldblum is a creep he treated Geena Davis (who is 3 years his junior) as a sexual object and moved onto a woman 31 years younger than him (young enough to be his daughter) and he's still heavily worshipped by delusional fans to this day (no amount of "but she was of age when she met him" arguments is going to do anything whatsoever)

[@douglaspate9314]

I knew most of this. Brian May is mine though why Hedy Lamarr isn't No1 I have no idea

[@omgwtflok]

thanks I feel so dumb now

[@steve25782]

Reggie Jackson's IQ is only his own claim. Others on this list have solid intellectual accomplishments. :-)

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

Exactly. I have yet to find one credible source or actual reference that backs up his claim

[@pep590]

Or any racist claims against him.

[@kwebst1]

Interesting, often smart women play dumb blondes. So did Judy Holiday. She was brilliant

[@dianehodgkinson7113]

I agree with Brian May being amazing, however a by the way to the other Members of Queen would have been better - How many incredible bands are / were so talented in so many different academic fields? - Astro-physicist, Electrical Engineer, A superb degree owning Dental Technician and an Art degree student? If you dont know who has which degree you may find it interesting to look it up. I was most surprised by Hedy Lamarr, such an incredible talent, and should be better known for!

[@nathannewman3968]

How can you omit Black Adder on Rowan Atkinson's CV?

[@lynn69jackson]

Natalie Portman was born in Israel, so it's no surprise that she speaks Hebrew.

[@1952jodianne]

Shakira, & Selma Hayek, both from Latin America, both beautiful, both reared in Arabic-speaking households. Their fathers are Lebanese.

[@jamesbrownlow5260]

Brian May

[@sirbixalot73]

Vassar = Vass as in Lass + er,, rhymes with passer va-sr

[@Missunderstood103]

AI is learning. Pretty soon we won't know the difference §:^\

[@therealangelosettler]

This an awesome list

[@CarolGration]

Lisa from Friends.

[@freddyfurrah3789]

TOO BAD MOST OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE COMMON SENSE.

[@bruce_c_in_nz]

I have seen common sense described as "that sense which is no so common". If we overlook the vagueness of the term, I suggest that there is little correlation between c.s. and academic qualification (it could even be a negative relationship). It would be an interesting topic for research (is there any?).