THE SMARTEST CHILDREN - 2

Gregory Smith—The four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee

In 1999, at ten years old  Gregory Smith received a four-year scholarship to Randolph-Macon College worth approximately $70,000. The young boy eventually graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and minors in History and Biology.


Two years later, Smith added meeting with Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev, speaking in front of the United Nations, and being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize to his list of life achievements.

Smith has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times since then for his humanitarian work in East Timor, Sao Paolo, Rwanda and Kenya.

As a 16-year-old,  Smith entered the University of Virginia to study for doctorates in mathematics, aerospace engineering, international relations and biomedical research.

Jacob Barnett—The next Nobel Peace Prize winner

At the age of eight, Jacob Barnett began attending Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).


With an IQ of 170 – higher than Albert Einstein's – Barnett could be in line for a future Nobel Peace Prize, according to one of the world's leading scientists and the 13-year-old's professor at college.

His mother told the Indianapolis Star that her son tested out of algebra 1 and 2, geometry, trigonometry and calculus after two-weeks of studying on the front porch.

Barnett has not let Aspergers Syndrome, a mild form of autism, slow him down.

Since enrollment, Barnett has been taking advanced astrophysics classes and is working on expanding Einstein's theory of relativity. He is also working on challenging the Big Bang theory.  

Akrit Jaswal—The seven-year-old surgeon

At seven year old, Akrit Jaswal added "surgeon" to his resume.

Born in 1993, the child surgeon became India's youngest physician and university student.

The only downfall is that the young intellect knows just how gifted he is, reportedly saying, "People saw my potential and wanted to help me excel in life…I think they're of above average intelligence, but not as clever as me."

Jaswal has an estimated IQ of 146