Terence Tao... one of the smartest people alive, with an estimated IQ of about two hundred thirty... a child math prodigy who later won the Fields Medal and became a UCLA professor. Christopher Hirata... IQ around two hundred twenty-five... won the International Physics Olympiad at thirteen and worked with NASA at sixteen. Kim Ung-Yong... IQ about two hundred ten... read multiple languages at age three and later worked with NASA.