Bangalore: Were you aware that only 0.5 percent of the human race have an IQ of 140 or above and are considered as ‘Genius’? And with an astonishing IQ of 230, Terrence Tao, the young mathematician who was able to calculate basic arithmetic when he was just two years old, is arguably the smartest person alive right now.

If this kind of information delights you, then read on as we share with you the list of “The Smartest Minds on the Planet”, as listed by OMG TopLists.

10. James Woods

18th April, 1947 born James Howard Woods is a renowned television, film and stage personality in Hollywood. Though his on-screen stint doesn’t fully express his intelligence, his solid IQ of 180 backed by his math skills that saw him study college level linear algebra when he was still in high school, plus his perfect score of 800 in his verbal and almost perfect 799 in Math in his SAT exam, makes him quite deserving to garner the number 10 spot.

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