Mensa

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Mensa

ORGANIZATION

Having probably the least stringent admissions standards of any high-IQ society, Mensa is open to anyone who has scored in the top 2% of the general population on a standardized intelligence test -- somewhere around IQ 130.

Founded in 1946.

Official Website:
http://www.mensa.org/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Scott Adams Cartoonist 8-Jun-1957 Creator, Dilbert

Isaac Asimov Author 2-Jan-1920 6-Apr-1992 Foundation

Dan Brown Author 22-Jun-1964 The Da Vinci Code

Asia Carrera Pornstar 6-Aug-1973 Mensa member, pornstar

Leslie Charteris Novelist 12-May-1907 15-Apr-1993 Created Simon Templar

Adrian Cronauer Radio Personality 8-Sep-1938 Subject of biopic Good Morning Vietnam

Bobby Darin Musician 14-May-1936 20-Dec-1973 Mack the Knife

Geena Davis Actor 21-Jan-1956 Earth Girls Are Easy

Nelson DeMille Novelist 23-Aug-1943 The General's Daughter

R. Buckminster Fuller Architect 12-Jul-1895 1-Jul-1983 Futurist, invented the geodesic dome

H. John Greeniaus Business c. 1944 CEO of Nabisco, 1993-97

Glenne Headly Actor 13-Mar-1955 Mr. Holland's Opus

Sandra McCoy Actor 14-Aug-1979 Cry Wolf

Ellen Muth Actor 6-Mar-1981 Dead Like Me

Joyce Carol Oates Author 16-Jun-1938 Author of over 40 novels

Anthony Pellicano Business 22-Mar-1944 Hollywood private eye

Grigori Perelman Mathematician 13-Jun-1966 Proved the Poincaré conjecture

Malachi Ritscher Jazz Musician 13-Jan-1954 3-Nov-2006 Musician who self immolated for peace

Debbie Schlussel Radio Personality 9-Apr-1969 Conservative pundit

Norman Schwarzkopf Military 22-Aug-1934 Leader in Persian Gulf War

Clive Sinclair Business 30-Jul-1940 Sinclair ZX80

John H. Sununu Government 2-Jul-1939 George H.W. Bush's Chief of Staff

Murray Turoff Scientist 13-Feb-1936 Computer conferencing and instant messaging

Jay Van Andel Business 3-Jun-1924 7-Dec-2004 Amway billionaire

Marilyn vos Savant Columnist 11-Aug-1946 IQ 228, writes for Parade

Teri Weigel Pornstar 24-Feb-1962 Lips Wide Shut, Whores R Us

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