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 – 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

B

• 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

C

• 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.

D

• 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.

E

F

• 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.

G

• 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 Grönholm – Two-time World Rally Champion

H

• 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.

I

• Charles Ingram – Novelist and controversial quiz show participant.
• Lucy Irvine – Author of Castaway.

J

• Myles Jeffrey – Actor in Early Edition.

K

• Maurice Kanbar – creator of SKYY vodka and inventor.
• Erik Kuselias – ESPN radio and television personality.

L

• 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.

M

• 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.

N

• Barry Nolan – Says You! panelist.

O

• 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.

P

• 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.
• Uroš Petrović – Serbian author, President of Serbian Mensa.
• Nicky Piper – Boxer.
• Madsen Pirie – Philosopher and economist.

Q

R

• Dorota Rabczewska – Polish pop singer.
• Alan Rachins – Actor on L.A. Law and Dharma & Greg.
• Ashley Rickards – Actress on Awkward and American Horror Story.

S

• Brett Salisbury – Author, Male Model, College Football Quarterback and Prodigious Savant.
• Aviv Shakked – highly intelligent child from California with high IQ.
• 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.

T

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

U

V

• 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

W

• Lancelot Ware – Barrister, biochemist, and co-founder of Mensa.

X

Y

Z

• Roger Zelazny – American writer

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