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Condoleezza Rice, smiling, with short dark hair, pearl earrings and a dark blazer over a patterned top, in an official portrait from February 2005

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43 profiles

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Thomas Jefferson, painted by Rembrandt Peale in 1800

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George Washington

125–140Circulating estimates

Boris Johnson as UK Foreign Secretary, February 2018

Politics

Michelle Obama

115–120Circulating estimates

Xi Jinping in a dark suit, white shirt and gray patterned tie, smiling slightly, in a photograph taken in Beijing on January 29, 2026

Politics

Emmanuel Macron

119Quiz-page figure (no test)

Pete Buttigieg, with short dark hair, in a navy suit, white shirt and light blue tie, in his official portrait as Secretary of Transportation, September 2022

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Portrait by Rembrandt Peale (1800), public domain. · Photograph by Cecil W. Stoughton, White House, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Alexander Gardner (8 November 1863), public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by Shealah Craighead for the White House, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official White House photograph by Pete Souza (2012), public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Eric Draper, White House, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Yousuf Karsh, Ottawa, 1941 — public domain in Canada and the United States; the Library and Archives Canada scan is CC BY 2.0. · Photograph by Rob Bogaerts, Nationaal Archief, CC0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by the Russian Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official U.S. Department of State portrait, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. · Photograph by Bob McNeely, The White House, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official White House photograph by Adam Schultz, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Vladimir Smirnov / TASS, CC BY 4.0. Cropped from a wider photograph; background removed for the portrait above. · Official White House photograph by Emily J. Higgins (2026), public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by the U.S. Department of State (January 2009), public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Portrait by Gilbert Stuart (the Williamstown portrait, his copy of the Athenaeum portrait, in the Clark Art Institute), public domain. · Photograph by Velislav Nikolov (EU2018BG), via Wikimedia Commons (Informal Meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, February 2018), CC BY 2.0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official U.S. government portrait (Department of Defense / Department of the Navy, 1977), via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by the Press Service of the President of Ukraine (president.gov.ua, 2022), CC BY 4.0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Copy by Mathew Brady (c. 1855–1865) of a daguerreotype made between 1843 and 1848 by an unknown photographer, from the U.S. National Archives (Record Group 111) and digitally restored, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by Avi Ohayon (Government Press Office of Israel, February 1, 2023), CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and with background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (February 21, 2025), public domain (U.S. federal government work). Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by Lawrence Jackson (The White House, 2021), public domain (U.S. federal government work). Background removed for the portrait above. · Official White House portrait by Michael Evans (February 7, 1981), public domain (U.S. federal government work), cropped. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official presidential portrait (U.S. Army Audiovisual Center, about 1972; Commons file), public domain (U.S. federal government work), cropped. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official White House portrait (May 29, 1959; Eisenhower Presidential Library; Commons file), public domain (U.S. federal government work), cropped. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by the Pach Brothers (1904; Library of Congress, restored by Adam Cuerden; Commons file), public domain, cropped. · Photograph by Elias Goldensky (December 27, 1933; Library of Congress; Commons file), public domain in the United States (copyright not renewed), cropped. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by Charles Ommanney for the Office of the Governor of California (March 25, 2026), public domain (also released under CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by the U.S. Senate Photographic Studio (January 31, 2019; Commons file), public domain (U.S. federal government work), cropped. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official White House portrait by Chuck Kennedy (February 12, 2013; Commons file), public domain (U.S. federal government work), cropped. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street (January 29, 2026; Commons file), CC BY 4.0, cropped from a larger picture. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph of Mark Carney by Bryan Berlin (July 19, 2026, at the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, WikiPortraits), CC BY-SA 4.0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph of Pope Leo XIV by Edgar Beltrán, The Pillar (meeting with the media, Vatican City, May 12, 2025), CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and with background removed for the portrait above. · Official parliamentary portrait of Keir Starmer by Chris McAndrew (June 2017), CC BY 3.0. Cropped and with background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph of Kim Yo Jong by the U.S. Department of State (Pyongyang, October 7, 2018), public domain as a work of the U.S. federal government. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait of Pete Hegseth by the U.S. Department of Defense (January 2025), public domain as a work of the U.S. federal government. Cropped and with background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph of Lee Kuan Yew by the White House Photographic Office (State Dinner, May 8, 1975; U.S. National Archives; Commons file), public domain as a work of the U.S. federal government. Cropped and with background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph of Emmanuel Macron by Nebojša Tejić (October 21, 2025), Commons file, public domain (released by the photographer on Flickr). Cropped and with background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait of Pete Buttigieg by the U.S. Department of Transportation (September 2022), public domain as a work of the U.S. federal government. Cropped and with background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph of Nelson Mandela by Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com (Washington, D.C., October 4, 1994), CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and with background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait of Condoleezza Rice by the U.S. Department of State, February 2005 (Commons file). Public domain as a work of the U.S. federal government. Cropped and with background removed for the portrait above.

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Which of these politics has the highest IQ?

Thomas Jefferson holds the highest estimate in this category at 150–170. That ordering comes from the midpoint of each range and it re-sorts itself as profiles are added, so treat it as a convenience rather than a verdict. The full leaderboard ranks every category together.

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