Even though anybody has a shot at being famous and wealthy, one's chances improve with intelligence. In today's ranking, we look at the A-listers who also happen to be quite bright. The range from 130 to 144 is considered moderately gifted, 144 to 159 as highly gifted, and 160 to 179 as very gifted.
It may come as a surprise, but one of today's famous faces is rumored to have an IQ of 180 or above, which is the threshold for deep genius. Check out the list below to see which singers and actors cut today, including Lady Gaga, Shakira, Ashton Kutcher, and Matt Damon.
1. Madonna
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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Madonna achieved widespread popularity, and since then, she has remained a mainstay of the music business for well over four decades. The singer's rumored IQ of 140 places her in the moderately intelligent range and is noteworthy on its own.
2. Shakira
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Colombian singer Shakira has had a very successful career. The '90s pop star also has a high IQ of 140, putting her in the range of moderately talented people. Those familiar with Shakira know that she is multilingual, speaking six languages at varying degrees of fluency.
3. Natalie Portman
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Actress Natalie Portman, who reportedly has an IQ of 140, like music diva Madonna, is another example of a geeky Hollywood celebrity. Natalie, who is just somewhat talented, is nonetheless one of the most well-known actresses of her generation, and she has acted in several highly acclaimed films over the past three decades.
4. Snoop Dogg
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The rapper
Snoop Dogg is up next, and there are probably many things about him that people don't know. The musician, who is also well-known for his incredible culinary skills, claims to have an IQ of 147. That information provides fresh insight on the well-known figure. I mean, who would have thought?
5. Lisa Kudrow
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The list continues with Lisa Kudrow, who starred in the TV show Friends. Actress Lisa, who played Phoebe Buffay on the hit TV show, had an IQ of 154, thus, she duped all of us. It shouldn't be a shock that Lisa, with a high IQ, has accomplished so much more in her career.
6. Ashton Kutcher
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Let's go on to Ashton Kutcher, another Hollywood actor who is highly brilliant with an IQ of 160. Ashton has indeed portrayed some very dimwitted characters over the years, but the star was really accepted to MIT and Purdue to study engineering until he was kicked off their respective scholarship programs for pulling a prank in high school.
7. Matt Damon
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Actor Matt Damon has a 160 IQ with other
celebrities, Ashton Kutcher and Quentin Tarantino. Although Matt later walked out of Harvard to pursue a career in Hollywood, the fact that he authored an early script of the movie Good Will Hunting while he was still a student there should come as no surprise.
8. Lady Gaga
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Lady Gaga, a pop singer, has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that she possesses remarkable originality and has successfully reinvented herself on several occasions. Not everyone is aware that gaga has an IQ of 166, putting her in the same company as Ashton Kutcher, Quentin Tarantino, and Matt Damon.
9. Melania Trump
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Many people may be surprised to learn that Melania is rumored to have a very high IQ—perhaps even 200. The former model is more intelligent than most people give her credit for since she entered the United States on the extraordinary talents visa, sometimes known as the "Einstein Visa."