Child Genius - Higher than average Intelligence

Prodigy in Memory/History
- Ruth Ann Kepple (1936 - ) Prodigy of facts (knowledge), at age 2 she could recite the names of all the states of the union, the U.S. presidents, the names of all persons pictured on U.S. currency and many other facts, songs and exhibited an acute mental alertness. By age 3, Ruth Ann could easily recite the alphabet backwards and forwards, the names of the all the capitals in every state and those of foreign countries.

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Prodigies in Physics
- Kim Ung-Yong: Attended university physics courses at age 4, Ph.D in physics before age 15.
- Song Yoo-geun: Physics prodigy who entered university at age 8.
- Tathagat Avatar Tulsi: Undergraduate degree at age 10
- Denis Krasnov Russian: Prodigy from former USSR. Accepted to school at the age of 5 and at Moscow Engineering Physics Institute at the age of 13.

Prodigies in Medicine
- Balamurali Ambati: He graduated from High School at 11, was a college junior by age 12, and a doctor at 17.
- Maximiliano Arellano: Spoke at a medical university at age 7.
- Avicenna: Memorized the Quran at age ten, studying medicine at 13.
- Sho Yano: He started college at age 9 and graduated summa cum laude at age 12 from Loyola University Chicago. At 15 he attends the Pritzker School of Medicine
- Akrit Jaswal: India's youngest university student. He carried out an operation aged 7.

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