Estimate

What was Stephen Hawking’s IQ?

This atlas displays 160 as an informal circulating estimate. No published administered score was found.

QuestionWhat was Stephen Hawking’s IQ?
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The number people search is 160

IQ Caddy shows 160 with an Informal badge. The underlying curated band is 155–165. No primary test document is attached.

Stephen Hawking
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He did not win a Nobel Prize

Hawking’s public record is theoretical physics, not a Nobel medal. A missing prize is not an IQ score, and a prize would not have been one either.

Stephen HawkingAlbert Einstein
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Do not medicalize the number

ALS is not used here as evidence for or against 160. Health history is not a substitute for a test protocol.

Stephen Hawking
What the evidence supports

160 is the informal midpoint used here (range 155–165 in the source notes). It is not a verified WAIS or Stanford–Binet result. Hawking also did not win a Nobel Prize.

Primary trail

Sources used in this investigation

expert analysisIQ Caddy proof-of-concept informal estimatesIQ Caddy · 2026expert analysisThe Search for Albert Einstein's IQRussell T. Warne · 2023expert analysisGenius: The Life and Science of Richard FeynmanPantheon Books · 1992official APINobel Prize API 2.1Nobel Foundation · 2026