1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era, born in Salzburg. He is one of the greatest composers and music prodigies of all time he has exceptional prodigical abilities at a very young age even he taught his father to play the piano with perfect note.It is a Colossus honor that he is one of the most greatest classical composers of all time it's a very great honor beyond him of his accomplishments and his music and career.
2 Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development... read more Its even more surprising that he hated school. Somewhat understandable, considering you don't get to learn what you really want for the most part.
He was a good student [never failed math], with an excellent talent for physics when young, but was far from a child prodigy. Was not really recognized for his knowledge until his late 20's, and did not truly contribute to the world's knowledge until his early 30's.
3 William James Sidis
4 Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist and composer. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 on more than 30 albums, John has sold over 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has... read more
5 Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris, known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A blind singer who is fully capable of creating and writing music! My god it's very astonishing and astounding that he has overcome his blindness on his whole music career I could see that he is a very unique man with extraordinary abilities vested in his soul to make us see he is powerful and worthy in music.
6 Jacob Barnett
He's a physicist who just try to see any mistakes in Einstein's theory
7 Norbert Wiener
He was a true friend with William James Sidis. That makes me very glad that they are two binding forces that are prodigies it makes me feel more hopeful that somebody was smart and more open minded as me.
8 Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system, X rays, Radio, Remote Control, Laser, and Electric motors. Tesla developed and used... read more
9 Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) also known as Pablo Picasso, was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France... read more A Spanish artist, well, if you don't like his art, then it's okay to be who you are. I'm not here to judge. He is the co-creator of Cubism and the son of a painter. Although he was a poor student, he possessed a prodigious ability to draw at a very young age, and his father taught him to draw when he was 13. He passed an entrance exam at the age of 14. He is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
10 John Von Neumann
John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American pure and applied mathematician, physicist, inventor, computer scientist, and polymath.
The Contenders
11 Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time.
12 Judit Polgar
13 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, mechanics, electrostatics, astronomy, matrix theory, and optics.
14 Greta Thunberg
15 Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, four British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Directors Guild... read more
16 Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai S.St is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.
17 Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Black (April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman, and diplomat who was Hollywood's number one box-office draw as a child actress from 1935 to 1938. As an adult, she was named United States ambassador to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia and... read more
18 Katherine Johnson
19 Liberace
Władziu Valentino Liberace, mononymously known as Liberace, was an American pianist, singer, and actor.
20 Pele
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as "Pelé", was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. In 1999 he was named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee and was included in the Time list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. In 2000, Pelé was... read more
21 Louis Braille
22 Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.
23 Jackie Evancho
Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho is an American classical crossover singer who gained wide recognition at an early age. Since 2009, she has issued an EP and eight albums, including a platinum and gold album, and three Billboard 200 top 10 debuts. Evancho's latest album 'The Debut', was her eighth consecutive... read more Sorry to add her to another list but she was definitely a child prodigy.
24 Diego Maradona
25 Grace VanderWaal
Grace Avery VanderWaal is an American singer-songwriter from Suffern, New York. She is most well-known for winning the eleventh season of "America's Got Talent" singing her original songs at 12 years old. Her album, "Just the Beginning" was released in November 2017, and she has two EPs, "Perfectly... read more