George Boole

George Boole

male, deceased (1864)
from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Boolean logic, philosopher, mathematician, computer pioneer, British…child prodigy
George Boole, (November 2, 1815 - December 8, 1864) was a British mathematician and philosopher. As the inventor of Boolean algebra, the basis of...
Jay Greenberg

Jay Greenberg

male, 18 years old
Songwriter, juilliard, juilliard school, Sony BMG artist, CBS News, September 11, 2001 attacks…child prodigy
Jay "Bluejay" Greenberg (born December 131991, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American child prodigy composer who entered the Juilliard School in...
Billy Gilman

Billy Gilman

male, 21 years old
Muscular Dystrophy Association, DECA, the oprah winfrey show, Guinness Book of World Records, epic records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment…child prodigy
Billy Gilman (born William Wendell Gilman III May 24, 1988) is a Grammy-nominated country music singer and songwriter. Born in Hope Valley, Rhode...
Taylor Eigsti

Taylor Eigsti

male, 25 years old
Stanford University, Lucky to Be Me, David Benoit, Stanford Jazz Workshop, salutatorian, Grammy awards…child prodigy
Two-Time Grammy Nominee Taylor Eigsti (born September 24, 1984) is an American jazz pianist, most associated with post-bop. He also incorporates...
Arthur Szyk

Arthur Szyk

male, deceased (1951)
Szyk Hagaddah, Haggadah of Pesach, Rewolucja w Niemczech, miniaturist, Polish-Bolshevik War, Académie Julian…child prodigy
Arthur Szyk (Łódź, Poland, 1894 - New Canaan, Connecticut, September 13, 1951) was a Poland-born American artist, famous for his anti-Axis pol...
Rudolf Serkin

Rudolf Serkin

male, deceased (1991)
Musician who left Nazi Germany, Jewish, child prodigy, eger, Musicians who left Nazi Germany, Curtis Institute of Music
Rudolf Serkin (March 28, 1903 - May 8, 1991) was a Bohemian-born pianist. He was born in Cheb (Eger), Bohemia (now Czech Republic) to a...
Julian Bream

Julian Bream

male, 76 years old
cello, recital, child prodigy, far east, guitar, Order of the British Empire
Julian Bream O.B.E. (born July 15, 1933) is a internationally celebrated British guitarist and lutenist. Among his other accomplishments, he has...
Ruth Lawrence

Ruth Lawrence

female, 38 years old
advanced level, English, Jewish person, St Hugh's College, Oxford, Alumni of St Hugh's College, Oxford, knot theory…child prodigy
Ruth Elke Lawrence (born August 2, 1971) is an Associate Professor of mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of...
Adora Svitak

Adora Svitak

female, 12 years old
Non-fiction writer, Good Morning America, American, author, child prodigy, blogs
Adora Lily Svitak (born October 15, 1997) Usually known simply as Adora Svitak. Svitak is an American child prodigy and internationally published...
Gian Paolo Chiti

Gian Paolo Chiti

male, 70 years old
composer, pianist, Italian, Classical pianist, mezzo soprano, Classical composer…child prodigy
Gian Paolo Chiti (born January 21 1939 in Rome) is an Italian composer and pianist. After beginning his studies in piano, violin and composition at...