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I can’t tell you anything about going to law school in India.If you want to attend an American Law School (from the Ivy League comment), you should look into the ABA requirements for admission to their accredited law schools. This will often involve receiving a Bachelors Degree from an institution accredited by a recognized American accreditation authority. You cannot enter an American Law School (whether Ivy League or not) without an undergraduate degree. What the degree is in is usually unimportant. I would suggest (if you do not want to be a patent lawyer) something that will require a lot of logical thinking and expository and persuasive writing: Philosophy, Classics, etc. If you want to be a patent lawyer, major in a hard science, a rigorous computer science program or an engineering field. It would help to double major in something with a lot of writing- like Philosophy, Classics, History, English Literature etc.If you want to attend an Ivy League School for the undergraduate portion of your studies, you will need a very high SAT or ACT score, great grades in high school and some stuff that makes you stand out — musical ability, athletics, overcoming unusual adversity, being an underrepresented ethnicity/culture, etc.If you want to attend an Ivy League Law School —- you will need a very high undergraduate GPA and LSAT (mostly a logic and reading comprehension test) score. You will also need something to make you stand out— the same criteria for getting in to undergrad apply here: did you get a 4.0+ GPA and 175 LSAT score AND ALSO were you an accomplished athlete? Were you the president of your college’s student association? Did you receive a medal from the president or the Queen of England for some worthy contribution? Did your family members also attend this school? These are the + factors that help you with admission. Note: without the stellar GPA and LSAT, these plus factors are not likely to help you. They are to distinguish you from all the other people who apply with the same stellar GPA and LSAT scores.Finally, please note that not all the top law schools in the USA are Ivy League. The U.S. News law school ranking (rightly or wrongly) is the bible as to what the most prestigious law schools are, currently the top ten are:1) Yale (ivy league), 2) Harvard (ivy league), 2) Stanford (not ivy league), 4) University of Chicago (not ivy league), 4) Columbia University (ivy league), 6) New York University (not ivy league), 7) University of Pennsylvania (ivy league), 8) University of Michigan: Ann Arbor (not Ivy League), 8) University of Virginia (not Ivy League), 8) University of California: Berkeley (not Ivy League)

It depends on what's the definition for highly successful people. Is it just news makers (and trouble makers) or real achievers?There are numerous achievers within the state in many spheres throughout history, but below here are list of eminent & well known names in India in recent history.These are in addition to Yugandhara Srīshā 's post.HERE IS THE LIST OF SOME FAMOUS TELUGU PEOPLE well known in INDIA.Heads of StateSarvepalli.Radhakrishnan - 2nd President of India & First Vice-President of India. More renowned in west as a prominent scholar on religion, philosophy etc and Vice-Chancellor in numerous Universities.One of India's most distinguished twentieth-century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, his academic appointments included the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta (1921–1932) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford (1936–1952).(Birthday celebrated as TEACHERS DAY - 5 September)V. V. Giri - 4th President of India & more notable for his long active career in Employee Trade Union movement and long time All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) President.Neelam Sanjiva Reddy - 6th President of India Long time Congress Minister, 2 time Lok Sabha speaker & Chief Minister of AP. President elect by Moraji Desai's Janatha Government.P.V.Narasimha Rao – Former Prime Minster of India, who at last opened the economy of India. Long-time cabinet Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is often referred to as the "Father of Indian Economic Reforms", He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India and saw the end of security threats in Punjab, Jammu Kashmir, Assam and LTTE in Tamil Nadu. India's economy thereafter would grow to double digit levels from the early 1-2% annual growth.Rao's mother tongue was Telugu and had an excellent command of Marathi. In addition to seven Indian languages (Telugu, Hindi, Oriya, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil and Urdu), he spoke English, French, Arabic, Spanish, German and Persian.Rao's term as Prime Minister was an eventful one in India's history .Global Technology IndustryIn addition to Sahtya Nadella of MicrosoftShantanu Narayen - CEO of Adobe Systems. Prior to this post, he held the role as the President and Chief Operating Officer since 2005. He is also the President of the board of the Adobe Foundatio, Board of Directior in Dell Inc. on the advisory board of the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.Born in Hyderabad,completed his schooling in Hyderabad Public School and obtained BS in electronics engineeringfrom Osmania University, Hyderabad, a MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a MS in computer science from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.Started his Apple. Later moved to Silicon Graphics to serve as director of desktop and collaboration, then co-founded Pictra Inc., a company that pioneered the concept of digital photo sharing over the Internet.Narayen joined Adobe in 1998 as a senior Vice-President, and appointed to his current post in January 2005 at the age of 41.Padmasree Warrior - Currently CEO of NextEV, an electric vehicle company and was called the "Queen of the Electric Car Biz" by Fortune magazine. She was former Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTO) of Cisco Systems (till mid 2015), and prior to that was CTO of Motorola, Inc. In 2014, she was listed as the 71st most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Warrior was born and raised in the city of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. After completing her schooling at Children's Montessori School and Maris Stella College in Vijayawada she graduated in B-Tech-Chemical Engineering from(IIT) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1982. Later moved to USA and has an MS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. Fortune Magazine called her one of four rising stars on its Most Powerful Women list.Vijaya Gadde - Twitter's Board Member Legal Counsel.Indian-born Gadde, the only woman on Twitter’s executive team, says the most important aspect of her job is allowing as much content to flow freely while respecting local laws.A graduate of Cornell undergrad and NYU’s law school, Gadde previously spent close to a decade at the Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.Dhivya Suryadevara - General Motors Vice-President, Finance and Treasurer . Also CEO and Chief Investment Officer of GM Asset Management.She is head of GM's global treasury operations, including capital planning, capital market activities, worldwide banking and participates in business development, risk management and investor relations.RBI GovernorsDuvvuri Subbarao - RBI Governor (2008-13)Y. Venugopal Reddy - RBI Governor (2003-8)Special ContributorsPingali Venkayya - Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based.Bhandaru Acchamamba (1874 – 1905) –Pioneer in women's movement pioneers and regarded as one of the early feminist historians in India. Acchamamba studied Telugu, English and Hindi classics under her brother's guidance and became knowledgeable in literature and women's issues. She wrote several biographies of Telugu and British women, which laid path for future historians. Her several short stories reflect the social conditions of her times and women's issues. Her most popular writing was a volume of biographies of 34 women, known as Abaala Saccharitra Ratnamala.V. V. Lakshmi Narayana was a former Joint Director for India's Central Bureau of InvestigationNyapathi Subba Rao Pantulu ( 1856 – 1941) was an Indian politician and social activist who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council between 1893 and 1909. He was one of the founders of The Hindu newspaper.Music & ArtsSaint Thyagaraja - Kakarla Tyagabrahmam (1767 - 1847), also known as Tyāgayya in Telugu, Tyāgarājar in Tamil, was one of the greatest composers of Carnatic music or Indian classical music. A prolific composer and highly influential in the development of the classical music tradition (Carnatic Music). Tyagaraja composed thousands of devotional compositions, most in praise of Lord Rama, many of which remain popular today.[Of special mention are five of his compositions called the Pancharatna Kritis( English: "five gems"), which are often sung in programs in his honour.In addition to nearly surviving 700 compositions (kritis), Tyagaraja composed two musical plays in Telugu, the Prahalada Bhakti Vijayam and the Nauka Charitam.Tyagaraja Aradhana, the commemorative music festival is held every year at Thiruvaiyaru, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu in the months of January to February in Tyagaraja's honour. This is a week-long festival of music where various Carnatic musicians from all over the world converge at his resting place. On the Pushya Bahula Panchami, thousands of people and hundreds of Carnatic musicians sing the five Pancharatna Kritis in unison, with the accompaniment of a large bank of accompanists on veenas, violins, flutes, nadasvarams, mridangams andghatams.A crater on the planet Mercury is named Tyagaraja.M. Balamurali Krishna - Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer and actor. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour, for his contribution towards Indian Art. He was made Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2005.***There are too many that would make a very exhaustive list.Technocrats, Scholars & ScientistsVisvesvaraya - Notable engineer, scholar, statesman & Diwan of Mysore. His birthday 15 September is celeberated as "Engineers Day".Dr. Pattipati Ramaiah Naidu - Nuclear physicist who worked under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Marie Curie for his doctoral thesis in Paris and ran one of her labs. Later set up medical radiation equipment devised at the Curie Institute in New York, United States and Tata Cancer Institute in Bombay. He was Scientific Advisor to UNESCO and the Tata group. (His daughter Leela Naidu in this same list posted down)Suri Bhagavantam - He was Vice chancellor of Osmania University and Director of Indian Institute of Science and Defence Research and Development Organization.G. D. Naidu (Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu) - was an Indian inventor, engineer and industrialist who is also referred to as the Edison of India.[1][2] born in Coimbatore. He is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India. His contributions were primarily industrial but also span the fields of electrical, mechanical, agricultural (Hybrid cultivation) and automobile engineering.[3][4] He had only primary education but excelled as a versatile genius. He one main ambition was to introduce an innovation educational system in India in technical field .Tough he was an atheist and not part of any political system his guests at his residence included M. S. Golwalkar, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, C. N. Annadurai, S. Radhakrishnan, Rajaji, B. R. Ambedkar, Kanchi & Sringeri Shankaracharya, Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and numerous international industrialists notable from Germany with whom he had close relations including Mercedes Benz AG. His companies clubbed as UMS group still operates many companies.Naidu died on 4 January 1974. Sir C V Raman said of Naidu: "A great educator, an entrepreneur in many fields of engineering and industry, a warm-hearted man filled with love for his fellows and a desire to help them in their troubles, Mr Naidu is truly a man in a million – perhaps this is an understatement!"Yellapragad Subbarao - Discovered ATP, Indian biochemist who discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell, and developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer in USA.Narayana Kocherlakota - Indian born American economist and is the 12th and current president of the Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisDabbala Rajagopal "Raj" Reddy -Indian-American computer scientist and early pioneers of Artificial Intelligence and has served on the faculty of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon for over 40 years. He was the founding Director of the Robotics Institute at CMU. He was instrumental in helping to create Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies in India. He is the first person of Asian origin to receive the ACM Turing Award, in 1994, the highest award in Computer Science, for his work in the field of artificial intelligence.Politicians & Leaders(***Not included in this list are numerous CM’s of AP, Madras State, Central Cabinet Ministers & AP Political Party heads)Sitaram Yechury - Politburo Member and General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and leader of party's Parliamentary group leader. He was elected as its General Secretary on 19 April 2015.Chandra Rajeshwara Rao - Indian freedom fighter. General Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) for 28 years until he gave up due to health reasons. He was one of the top leaders of the Telengana Rebellion (1946–1951).Kondapalli Seetharamaiah - Founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War (PWG) , a predecessor to current Maoists Naxalite Union.Kishenji (Mallojula Koteswara) - Communist Party of India (Maoist), former Party leader, Politburo and Central Military Commission and the party's military leader. He was seen as "the face of the Maoist movement in India”.Cherukuri Rajkumar (a.k.a Azad)- Communist Party of India (Maoist), Spokesperson and one of the senior most members of the Central Politburo of the banned Maoist group Communist Party of India.Philosophers, Intellectuals & SpiritualJiddu Krishnamurti - New Age PhilosopherU. G. Krishnamurti - New Age PhilosopherJaggi Vasudev - New age Hindu PhilosopherHealthcareDR. Govindappa Venkataswamy & P. Namperumalsamy Ophthalmologists and founders of Arvind Eye Hospitals - Largest Free Eye car hospital in the world. Dr. V., born in 1918 to a farming family received his medical degree from the Stanley Medical College in Chennai and joined the Indian Army Medical Corps to practice obstetrics. Around that time that tragedy struck Dr. V. in the form of rheumatoid arthritis, a degenerative disease that attacked his hands. Although unable to practice obstetrics, Dr. V. did not give up. He began studying ophthalmology and had instruments specially designed for his arthritic hands - each one custom-made to fill a specific need. These instruments enabled him to perform as many as 100 cataract surgeries a day. He quickly became the most admired cataract surgeon in India.After post retirement at 58 with no money, no business plan or safety net and with fingers damaged by rheumatoid arthritis Dr.V founded the 11 bed Arvind Eye Hospital in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.Dr. V. who over the last three decades treated over 32 million patients and performed over 4 million surgeries, the majority for free. The Aravind model is emulated in many countries including the United States; a case study on its work is mandatory reading for every MBA student at the prestigious Harvard Business School.About 15 per cent of all Indian ophthalmologists have trained at Aravind. His son P. Namperumalsamy was listed in TIME Magazine 100 Year 2013.Prathap C. Reddy - Apollo Hospitals, leading hospital and pharmacy cjhains in India.Prem Reddy - Prime Healthcare Services USA (27 Hospital chain in Los Angeles).Kallam Anji Reddy - Founder of Reddy Laboratories.Film, Fashion & Entertainment IndustryApart from Jayapradha & Sridevi . Both were leading Bollywood actress throughout 80's.Leela Naidu - Miss India 1954 and actress and Vouge Magazine listed her as 10 most beautiful women in the world. Her father Dr. Pattipati Ramaiah Naidu from Madanapalle, AP was a famous Nuclear Physicist (listed elsewhere on same page) who worked under Madam Curie and her mother Marthe Mange was of Swiss - French origin.She was first married to the Oberoi Hotels heir, Tilak Raj Oberoi and had twin daughters, Maya and Priya. She was married for the second time, to Mumbai poet Dom Moraes.L.V.Prasad - Prasad Studios ( the de-facto studio for Movie post production -Color & Audio and the most well equipped studio in India). The Studio facilities are also used by Hollywood majors for Classic Movie restoration and lead supplier (Movie lease) of Panavision movie cameras in Asia. The group also runs Prasad Eye foundation.Prema Narayan - Miss India 71 runner & Miss World 71 contestant. Also Bollywood actress and Model in 70's & 80'sSuchitra Krishnamoorthi - Singer, Actress and writer (i guess) (parents from a Telugu speaking family in Tamil Nadu), formerly married to Shekar Kapoor.Sindhura Gadde - Femina Miss India 2005 and semi-finalist in 2005 Miss World Pageant held in China.Rambha – South Indian Movies & Bollywood during 90's. One time reining queen in Tamil and Telugu movie industry.*** Not included numerous Telugu actress, actors and playback singers who reigned supreme in Tamil, Telugu for several decades as well as at times in Malayalam & Kannada film industries.Vasuki Sunkavalli - Miss India Universe 2011.A Former law graduate of Symbiosis International University in Pune and New York University School of Law and currently working as the Third Committee's Research Assistant at the United Nations’ Permanent Mission of India.Nina Davuluri - Miss USA 2014 and Miss New York 2013.Bharat Nalluri - British-Indian television director, directed episodes of Spooks, Life on Mars, Hustle (which he also helped to conceive), and Outcasts: all for transmission on BBC One.Madhavi - Indian film actress known for her works in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya and Bengali cinema. In a career spanning seventeen years, she has acted in three hundred films as was most active in late 70’s till early 90’s nad has acted in over 25 movies in Bollywood starring alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand, Rishi Kapoor, Kabir Bedi , Jeethandra etc.S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – Notable Indian film playback singer in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada & Hindi (Bollywood). Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs (over 40,000 songs). 6 time National Film Award winner for Best Male Playback Singer 9 across 4 different languages) apart from winning Nandi Awards in Telugu cinema 25 times from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Also won Film fare Award, five South Film fare Awards and numerous state awards from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Recipient of Padmashri (2001), Padma Bhushan (2011) from the Government of India.Nationwide he is well known as playback singer for Bollywood actor Salman Khan in one of the biggest musical blockbsuters , Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun.Aluri Chakrapani & Naggi Reddy - Vijaya Vauhini Studios. South Indian Movie moghuls, who operated one of Asia's largest Movie Studios (in Floor Space) and produced numerous Telugu, Tamil and Bollywood (Ghar Ghar Ki Khani, Julie,Yahi Hai Zindagi Swarg Narak, Swayamvar &Ram Aur Shyam) in 70's.Alluri Chakrapani was also the founder publisher of Chandamama children magazine in 13 languages with print run of over 200,000 per issue.Sameera Reddy – Bollywood and South India actress and Model. (Born in AP to Telugu Father and Mangalorean Mother)Rekha – Bollywood actress. Most popular actress in late 70's and 80's. (Telugu Mother, grew up in Telugu House).Nagesh Kukunoor – Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Bollywood and Parallel cinema. He is a Chemistry graduate from Gerogia TEch, USA and was an Environmental Consultant in Texas before his Film career.Sushama Reddy – Former Model, Producer & former VJ (Channel V)She worked on more than 100 television commercials including Limca, Fair & Lovely, Liberty, Godrej, Blender's Pride, Ford Icon and a TV commercial for Thumbs Up with Salman Khan. Reddy also appeared in Diwakar Pundir's music video Deewana with Sonu Nigam, in DJ Suketu's Tere Jaisa Pyaar and Sona Mohapatra's music compilation Ishq Nachaya. She has also hosted numerous programs in Discovery Travel and Living.Meghna Reddy – Former Model, More popular for co-hosting Mangta Hai, on Channel V during the mid-nineties. Has done numerous Modeling stints in New York for mail catalogs like Macy's.Meghna Naidu - Indian actress and dancer (Blooywood, Telugu & Tamil). More notable for first major appearance was in the music video for UMI10's "Kaliyon Ka Chaman" (2000) an official remix of Lata Mangeshkar's 1981 song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" . Also featured in Saru Maini's video Dil De Diya Tha (Sutta Mix),[4] before starting to work in Indian films.Pratima Anae Yarlagadda - Miss Indiana USA (1999) and was a finalist in Miss USA (1999) is also an Model working with Ford Models and has appeared in Vogue Italia, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Town & Country.SportsNarain Karthikeyan - India's first Formula One driver. Competed 2 seasons 2005 (Jordan) and 2012 (HRT) apart from several other categories. Crashed while leading Macau GP while leading in Formula 3. In NASCAR Camping World Truck Series voted by the fan as the most Popular Driver Award for the 2010 season , becoming the first foreign-born driver to win that award.KarnamMalleswari, the first Indian female athlete ever to win an Olympic medal by winning bronze medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics for 240 Kg. She was nine time national WeightLifting champion in 52 kg category and seven times in the 54 kg category, and 1995 Asian champion and held the world weightlifting title with a new record, by lifting 113.0 kg in the clean and jerk.Her first victory was when Malleshwari participated in the 'National Junior weight lifting championship', and stood first. In 1992, she won three silver medals at the Asian championship held in Thailand, later winning three bronze medals in the world championship. Malleswari, won the contest's gold medal, beating the previous record of112.5 kg set by China's Long Yuling in December 1993.A Native of from Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh) who in her ten years career, won 11 gold and three silver medals besides the prestigious Olympic bronze. Besides the Arjuna Award in 1994 she was also the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour for the year 1995-1996 and recipient of the civilian honour Padma Shri in 1999. Malleswari was married in 1997, and moved to Yamuna Nagar . Later in 1998 she returned to participate in the Bangkok Asian Games in 1998 after a short break. She broke her own records in the Senior National Weightlifting Championship in 1998, and India's first medal, a weight lifting Silver, in the 1998 Asian Games at BangkokJwala Gutta - Left-handed International Badminton player has won theNational Badminton Championships fourteen times till 2013. Born to Indian father and Chinese mother. She was married to fellow Badminton champion from Andhra Pradesh Chetan Anand (image Right)P. V. Sindhu - Indian badminton player. First ever Indian woman to win a Silver medal in Olympics (2016 Rio for Badminton singles), Bronze in World Championships followed by one more bronze following year (even before Saina Nehwal). Padma Shri awarded on 30 March 2015. Placed in top 10 in the Badminton World Federation rankings ranked 3 in the BWF Junior Rankings. ***Sindhu's father Ramanna is himself an Arjuna Awardee and represented India in Volleyball.Pullela Gopichand - former Indian badminton player. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 becoming the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash PadukoneHe runs theGopichand Badminton Academy. He received the Dronacharya Award in 2009 and Arjuna Award in 1999 makking him the only Indian to win the teacher and student awards, and the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award in 2014.Chetan Anand Buradagunta - Badminton and four time National Badminton champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010 from Vijaywada, AP. He has a career best world ranking of world no 11. He was married to Jwala Gutta.Humpy Koneru - Indian chess Grand-master, currently number three[1] in the world among women players , becoming the second female player, to exceed the 2600 ELO mark.From 2002 through 2008, Koneru held the record as the youngest woman ever to become a Grand-master (not solely a Woman Grand master).Dronavalli Harika - Indian chess Grand master who won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Girls' Under-14 and Under-18 categories. In 2011 she won the Asian Individual Women Chess Championship.Pendyala Harikrishna – Youngest Indian chess Grand-master from India on September 12, 2001. As of May 2015, he is ranked No. 2 in India and No. 26 in the world.V.R.Naren Kumar - National Rally Champion 7 time (MRF & JK) and One time Asia Zone champion. He became the first Rally Driver from India to compete in WRC in Mitsubishi Evo 8 driving for four-time world rally champion Tommi Makinen's Racity Oy team in 2005. Prior to that he was invited by Suburu WRC Team and Fiat Abarth team for international events, but could not raise enough sponsorship in India.N.Leela Krishnan - 6 time INRC National Rally Champion 6. Also operated Team MRF (1992 - 2004) & Team JK Rally team (2005 ,6), Red Rooster Team (2006 till date). His Rally tuned FIA Rally cars won National Constructors/Tuners trophy 15 times. Currently based in Bangalore and runs the Red Rooster Performance Intl Ltd., a performance car and race team company.Achanta Sharath Kamal -professional table tennis ,considered to be one of the best table tennis players India has ever produced. He won the men's singles gold in the 16th 2004 Commonwealth table tennis championship in Kuala Lumpur . Won the 2010 US Open Table Tennis Men's championships at Grand Rapids, Michigan defeating the defending champion Thomas Keinath of Slovakia in an epic battle of 7 games to win 4-3. In the same year he won the Egypt Open beating Li Ching of Hong Kong in straight sets 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 11-4; thus becoming first Indian to win a singles title on the ITTF Pro Tour. He also captained the Indian men's team that won the team title at the same championship by defeating favourites and nine-time champions England.Won Gold in 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, beating crowd favourite Australian William Henzell , and part of Indian team that won gold against Singapore. He teamed up with Subhajit Saha to win the Men's Doubles gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.Represented India in the 2004 Olympics in Athens and is still the top Indian TT player. He is a recipient of the Arjuna award in 2004 and currently lives in Düsseldorf, Germany, playing in the European league.+++ CricketC. K. Nayudu – India’s first Test Cricket Captain also known as 'CK' by fans and press. Born in Nagpur (then Central Provinces) he played first-class cricket regularly from 1926 till 1958, and returned for one last time in 1963 at the age of 68. In 1923, the ruler of Holkar invited him to Indore and made him a Captain (land and air) in his army, conferring on him the honour of a Colonel in Holkar's Army.When Arthur Gilligan led the first MCC tour to India in the 1926-27 season, CK played for the Hindu team at Bombay Gymkhana. Nayudu hit 153 in 116 minutes with 11 sixes. One of the sixes, off Bob Wyatt, landed on the roof of the Gymkhana. The MCC presented him with a silver bat in recognition of that innings. He was also the first Indian cricketer to endorse a brand (Bathgate Liver Tonic) in 1941.C K Nayadu trophy is named in his honour.M. L. Jaisimha – Former Test Cricketer in 60's, right-handed batsman who was noted for his style on and off the field. He bowled medium pace, often opening the bowling for India, and off-breaks, and was a brilliant fielder.Mohammad Azharuddin - former Indian Team cricketer & Captain. Debut in test cricket against England with consecutive 3 centuries. As a cricketer, he was known for a graceful and fluid batting style. He has held records for the fastest hundred in ODIs and also the highest career runs in ODIs.In Test Cricket he scored 22 centuries with an average of 45, and 7 in ODIs, at an average of 37. As a fielder, he took 156 catches in ODI , a world record until surpassed by Mahela Jayawardene. He has also held world records for maximum ODI runs and fastest ODI hundred, both subsequently broken by other players, and scored centuries in his first and last Tests. His highest test score is 199, gained against Sri Lanka in 1991.Azharuddin was captain of the Indian team for most of 90s, statistically making him one of India's most successful captains, winning 90 ODIs, till bettered by by M.S. Dhoni in 2014. His 14 test match wins as captain was a record until broken by Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly with 21 test match wins. However due to the scandal that marred the latter part of his career, he was unable to retire with the honour that befitted him.Rohit Sharma – Cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off break bowler who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket. He is the captain of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League and has been one of the most successful batsmen in the IPL.V. V. S. Laxman - former Indian cricketer. Also represented Hyderabad in domestic cricket and played for Lancashire in English county cricket. He was the captain of the Deccan Chargers team i IPL's inagural season. Most notable for his batting against Australia, with Six out of his 17 Test hundreds, and four out of his six ODI hundreds were against Australia. He has two double-centuries in Tests, both of them against Australia: his personal best of 281 at Kolkata in 2000–01, and 200 not out at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008–09, and in 2002 he was named one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year and was awarded the Padma Shri.Mithali Raj - Captain of the Indian Women's cricket team. Held record for the highest individual score by an Indian Woman Cricketer in a World Cup match (91 notout of 104 deliveries which included 9 fours) against NewZealand in Women's World Cup 2005 till 2013. Recipient of Arjuan Award and Padma Shri in 2004 and 2015.She made her One Day International debut in 1999 against Ireland at Milton Keynes and scored 114 runs not out. She made her ODI debut in the 2001-02 season against South Africa at Lucknow. On 14 August 2002, at the age of 19, in her third Test, she broke Karen Rolton's record of World’s highest individual Test score.Listed as No.1 in the ODI chart among women for 2013 Women's World Cup, Mithali Raj starred as the No.1 Cricketer . She scored 100s: 1 and 50s: 4 in Test cricket, 100s: 5 and 50s: 36 with best bowling of 3/4 in ODI's and 50s: 7 in T20's.Women EntrepreneursRajshree Pathy - An eminent entrepreneur from Coimbatore, is the chairperson of Rajshree Group of Companies (Sugars, Chemicals & Textiles) and founder of India Design Forum. Also head of CII southern region. Former posts include chairperson of CII National Committee on Textiles, president of Indian Sugar Mills Association. Also conferred Padma Shri in the field of Trade and Industry by the Government of India , she received the Global Leaders of Tomorrow recognition from the World Economic Forum, Davos (Switzerland). She was awarded the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship in 2000.Nina ReddyJoint managing director of Savera Hotels in Chennai, Shyam’s Hospitality, Chennai's leading restaurant chains with restaurants that include Amravathi, Karaikudi, Shogun, Snowfield andThe Brew Room. Also founder of O2 gym and Duchess club.IndustryGVK group (Bangalore & Mumbai Airports) , GMR group (New Delhi & Hyderabad Airports), LANCO, Infratech, Maducon etc and too many in the modern day infrastructure industry.Navayuga group - Krishnapatnam Port, largest port in East CoastAmaron Batteries & Galla FoodsP Obul Reddy - Nippo Batteries founder and one time Panasonic India Managing DirectorToo many leading Bio technology industries and Civil infrastructure industries in Modern Highway construction, Dam, Tunnel construction etc.*** In addition to this there are too many in TN on Food Retail industryA2B chain of restaurants (Chennai, Bangalore)Annapoorna chain of restaurants (Coimbatore)Aryaas chain in South & West TNSavera Hotal & Shyam Hospitality (Amaravati, Kumarakom, Shogun, Karaikudi, Snowfield restaurant chains in Chennai)Other well known Tamil Nadu based companiesKCP - One of India's largest Sugar & Cement machinery manufacturer.ROLON Chains - (80% of OEM Two wheeler market)ELGI Equipments - Leading in Air Compressors & PneumaticsLMW - One of the worlds largest Textile machinery manufacturerPRICOL - Dominant in Instrumentation industry.Suguna - India's largest poultry retailerVenkys (Pune) - India's second largest poultry retailer***and of course everything about the movie BAAHUBALI :-)

"Often" is a bit dubious. There are certainly many examples of prodigies who became leaders in their field and in some fields (chess, math, music), being a prodigy is almost a requirement for later becoming the best.I found a very comprehensive List of child prodigies on Wikipedia. While this list no doubt suffers from selection bias, it does help elucidate the absolute number of field leaders who began as child prodigies (and there are a lot). It's pretty long, but definitely worth skimming through.MathematicsBorn 1600–1699Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606–1682) was a Spanish scholastic philosopher, ecclesiastic, mathematician, and writer. He was a precocious child, early delving into serious problems in mathematics and even publishing astronomical tables in his tenth year.Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher who wrote a treatise on vibrating bodies at the age of nine; his first proof, on a wall with a piece of coal, at 11 years old, and a theorem by 16 years old. He is famous for Pascal's theorem and many other contributions in mathematics, philosophy, and physics.Born 1700–1799André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836) wrote a treatise on conic sections at the age of 13 and mastered much of known mathematics by the age of 18.Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) made his first ground-breaking mathematical discoveries while still a teenager. Also at the age of 3 watched his father add up his accounts and corrected him.[4][5]Born 1800–1899William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865), a mathematician, read Hebrew at seven years old, and studied Arabic, Persian, Greek, Latin, Syriac, Sanskrit and four other continental languages at 12 years old.[6]Évariste Galois (1811–1832), as a bored and rebellious Lycée pupil was introduced to Legendre's book on geometry. In the words of E.T. Bell he, "read it as easily as other boys read a pirate yarn". Ignoring his teachers, he himself sought out and studied the works of Lagrange and Abel.[4]Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920), was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, learned college-level mathematics by age 11, and generated his own theorems in number theory and Bernoulli numbers by age 13 (including independently re-discovering Euler's identity).[7]Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) began graduate studies at age 14 at Harvard and was awarded PhD at 18 for a dissertation on mathematical logic.[8]William James Sidis (1898–1944) set a record in 1909 by becoming the youngest person to enroll at Harvard College, at 11 years old.[9]Born 1900–1999Ted Kaczynski (born May 22, 1942), the "Unabomber", was a child prodigy who excelled academically from an early age. Kaczynski was accepted into Harvard University at the age of 16, where he earned an undergraduate degree, and later earned a PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan. He became an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley at age 25, but resigned two years later.[10]Per Enflo (born 1944), Swedish mathematician, also a piano prodigy[11]Charles Fefferman (born April 18, 1949) Entered college at age eleven, later becoming the youngest full professor in the United States. He has won many major awards in mathematics, including the Fields medal.Sheila Sri Prakash (born 1955), was an acclaimed dancer of Bharatanatyam, having given her first critically acclaimed performance on stage, when she was six years of age. She had a prolific career in the Arts between 1961 - 1984, with accomplishments as a Kuchipudidancer, Veenai musician, a gifted painter and sculptor. She is currently a world-renowned Architect, having been named to the "Top 100 Most Influential Architects in the World Today" by Il Giornale Dell' Architettura and has several international award-winning works to her credit as a thought leading design theorist. She created the Reciprocal Design Index as part of her role on the Global Agenda Council on Design Innovation at the World Economic Forum and currently serves on the council for the Role of the Arts in Society.Jay Luo (born 1970), received his B.Sc. from Boise State University with honors in mathematics at the age of 12 to become the youngest university graduate in United States history.[12][13]Ruth Lawrence (born 1971), passed the Oxford University interview entrance examination in mathematics, coming first out of all 530 candidates sitting the examination at the age of 10. At the age of 13 she became the youngest to graduate from the University of Oxford in modern times.[4]Jason Levy (born 1972), began York University in Toronto in 1982 at age 10. Graduated with Specialized Honours B.A. in Mathematics at 14.[14] Received his M.Sc. (Mathematics) from the University of Toronto in 1987 at age 15. Completed his PhD in Mathematics at University of Toronto in 1993 at age 20.Terence Tao (born 1975), youngest medalist in International Mathematical Olympiad history, at age 10.[15]Akshay Venkatesh (born 1981), won a bronze medal at the International Physics Olympiad at 11 years of age. Won a Bronze medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) at 12. Graduated university at age 15 with a double major in mathematics/physics. Finished his PhD at 20 from Princeton University. Associate Professor at 23.Erik Demaine (born 1981), became an assistant professor at MIT at 20 years of age.[citation needed]Gabriel Carroll (born 1982), earned the highest SAT score in the state of California, including a perfect 800 in math, in seventh grade.[16][17]Praveen Kumar Gorakavi (born 1989), is recognized as a young polymath for his innovations in diverse fields of science and engineering. At an age of 13, he developed a mathematical formula for perpetual calendar calculations, which also mentions historic dates observed on various types of calendars. At an age of 15 years, he designed a low-cost artificial leg with an ability for knee and ankle movement. He has also developed missile technology at an age of 15.[18][19] Praveen is the youngest recipient of one of the highest civilian awards of Andhra Pradesh state, Ugadi Gaurav Puraskar, from state government of Andhra Pradesh.[20] Praveen is also considered the youngest recipient of the FAPCCI award 'Outstanding Engineer/Scientist for the state of Andhra Pradesh'.[21]Anne-Marie Imafidon (born 1990), is one of the youngest students to graduate from the University of Oxford.[22][23][24]Promethea Olympia Kyrene Pythaitha (born March 13, 1991),[25] is an American child genius with an IQ of 173. She started reading at age 1,[26] began learning college-level calculus at age 7,[27] and at age 13 became the youngest student to complete work for a bachelor's degree from Montana State University in Mathematics.[26]Kelvin Doe (born 1996), taught himself engineering at the age of 13 and built his own radio station in Sierra Leone, where he plays music and broadcasts news under the name "DJ Focus." He was one of the finalists in GMin's Innovate Salone idea competition, in which Doe built a generator from scrap metals. Doe would constantly use discarded pieces of scrap to build transmitters, generators, and batteries, as well.[28][29] As a result of his accomplishment, he received an invitation to the United States and subsequently became the youngest person to participate in the "Visiting Practitioner's Program" at MIT.[30][31][32][improper synthesis?]Cameron Thompson (born 1997), began studying for his degree at the age of 11 with the Open University whilst still a high school student. At age 15 Cameron completed his degree studies at the same time as his GCSE examinations and at age 16 was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours.[33][34][35] Cameron was the subject of the BBC Documentary "Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius".Raúl Chávez Sarmiento (born 1997), second youngest person to win a Bronze, Silver, and Gold medal at the International Math Olympiad.[36]Born 2000–presentTristan Pang (born 2001), started reading independently and doing high school math at the age of two, sat in on the Cambridge International Examinations IGCSE maths (Year 11 / O Level) and earned the top grade of A*, scoring 97% at nine, by age eleven he top scored with A* at the Cambridge A level exams (Year 13), and delivered aTEDxYouth talk.[37] He started his university studies at the University of Auckland and created a free online learning platform, Tristan's Learning Hub, by the age of twelve.[38][39]Kautilya Pandit (born 2007) [40] displays good memory power regarding current affairs, general knowledge and geographical statistics.[41] He could recollect details of 213 countries and can answer questions about world geography, per capita income, gross domestic product, politics, the economy, etc.[40] Psychologists from Kurukshetra University have noted the grasping powers of Kautilya and expressed their desire to investigate his recalling capacity. C.R.Darolia, Chairman, Psychology Department said that "the boy is a wonder kid and he may have IQ around 130 which is rare for his age group." [42]Mental calculatorsNote: Several mathematicians were mental calculators when they were still children. Mental calculation is not to be confused with mathematics. This section is for child prodigies largely or primarily known for calculating skills.Zerah Colburn (1804–1839) had a major display of his ability at age eight.[43][44]Ettore Majorana (1906–1938) could multiply two 3 digit numbers in his head in seconds at the age of 4.[45][46]John von Neumann (1903–1957) A "mental calculator" by six years old, who could tell jokes in classical Greek.[47][48]Priyanshi Somani (born 1998) won 1st place in the 2010 Mental Calculation World Cup at age 11.Jerry Newport (born 1948), autistic calculating savant at age seven, already using calculus to compute third and higher roots, title holder of "Most Versatile Calculator", won in 2010. Self-discovered much number theory in elementary school—perfect numbers, Fibonacci, etc.Truman Henry Safford (1836–1901) could square 18 digit numbers at ten years old; later in life, he became an astronomer.[49]Shakuntala Devi (1929–2013) was an Indian prodigy mental calculator, who was known for her very rapid calculation abilities - despite having no formal education.[50]PhysicsEnrico Fermi In 1918, Fermi enrolled at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. In order to enter the Institute, candidates had to take a difficult entrance exam, which included an essay. The given theme was Specific characteristics of Sounds (Italian: Caratteri distintivi dei suoni).[51] The 17-year-old Enrico Fermi chose to derive and solve the partial differential equation for a vibrating rod, applying Fourier analysis. The examiner, Prof. Giuseppe Pittarelli, interviewed Fermi and concluded that his entry would have been commendable even for a doctoral degree. Enrico Fermi achieved first place in the classification of the entrance exam.Mikaela Fudolig (born 1991), finished college at 16 years old with a degree in physics, summa cum laude and class valedictorian (Class of 2007), at the University of the Philippines. She entered the university at 11 years old. Currently, she is studying physics at the same university for the Master's degree.[52]Christopher Hirata (born 1982) Youngest American (at 13) to win a gold medal in the International Physics Olympiad (1996).[53] Entered Caltech at the age of 14, earned PhD in Physics from Princeton at age 22.[54]Abdus Salam (1926–1996) "A very precocious child, Salam could read and write at four and perform lengthy multiplication and division".[55] At the age of fourteen, Salam scored the highest marks ever recorded for the Matriculation Examination at the Punjab University, while he wrote a mathematical paper on Srinivasa Ramanujan at the same age.Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958) had an understanding of advanced mathematics by the age of 13 and graduated with a PhD in Physics at the age of 21.[56]Tathagat Avatar Tulsi (born 1987) received an undergraduate degree at 10 years old,[57] got a Ph.D. at 21 & was offered a position of assistant professor at IIT B at 22.Kim Ung-Yong (born March 8, 1962) graduated with a Ph.D. in physics at the age of 15.Taylor Wilson (born 1994), nuclear scientist and engineer who built a bomb at age 10, and a nuclear fusion reactor at age 14. Improved nuclear technology and made a low-cost cherenhov particle detector at age 17, as well as winning the Intel Science Fair.Luis Balbino Arroyo (born 1990) finished college at 16 years old with a degree in physics summa cum laude. He entered university at 11 years old. Obtained a master's degree in physics and another in economics at age 18. Juris doctor and bar exam at age 22.[58]Jacob Barnett (born 1998) could recite the alphabet forwards and backwards at age 3, studied college level courses at age 8, and gained a full scholarship to IUPUI when he was 10 years old. He is working on his PHD in quantum mechanics/physics.ChemistryAinan Celeste Cawley (born 1999) passed Chemistry- O level at 7 years and 1 month (the youngest in the world) and studied Chemistry at tertiary level, at a Polytechnic, from 8 years and 4 months old.[59]BiologyColin Carlson (born 1996),[60] enrolled at the University of Connecticut at age 12, earned a bachelor's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology and another in environmental studies (2012) and a master's degree in the same subject (2013) at the University of Connecticut, at age 15 and 16 respectively.[61] He plans to earn his Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology and a degree in environmental law for a career in conservation science. He intends to earn the two degrees by age 22.[62] Carlson is currently Ph.D. student in the Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at University of California, Berkeley.[63]Evan Ehrenberg – born in 1993, at age 16 started a Ph.D. program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences department studying computational neuroscience. Graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. degree in cognitive science with an emphasis in computational modeling, highest honors, at age 16. Won the Robert J. Glushko Prize for distinguished undergraduate research in cognitive science at age 16 for his research on a 'Layered sparse associative network for soft pattern classification and contextual pattern completion.'[64][65][66]Gabriel See, born in 1998, achieved a 720 out of 800 score on the SAT math test at age 8, Performed T-cell receptor research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center at age 10, and at age 11 won a silver medal at the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition on synthetic biology for undergraduate college students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2011 he was named one of the US's top 10 high school inventors by Popular Science magazine. He has been taking upper division courses each semester at the University of Washington since 2010.[67]PsychologyJean Piaget (1896–1980) published a paper on the albino sparrow at 11 years old, and later became a psychologist.[68]Computer scienceArfa Karim (1995–2012), a Pakistani girl, became one of the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in 2004, at the age of 9.Stephan Wolski (born 1998) completed high school and enrolled at the College of Southern Maryland at the age of 13 and at the age of 15 graduated with an A.S. Degrees in Applied Science and Technology, he plans to earn his bachelor's degree in Computer science at the University of Maryland.[69]Joshua Travis Mann (born 1982) invented his own object-oriented computer language at the age of 8, completed his education at the age of 15, and became a technology consultant for several fortune 500 companies and the Department of Defense before turning 18.[70]Babar Iqbal (born 2001), a Pakistani boy in 2010 became an MCP at the age of 9.[71]Ayan Qureshi (born 2009), on 27 September 2014, became the youngest MCP in the world at the age of 5 years 11 months.[72]Erik Demaine (born 1981), completed his bachelor's degree when only 14 and completed his PhD at University of Waterloo when only 20 years old in the field of computer science.MedicineBalamurali Ambati (born 1977) graduated from high school at 11 years old, was a college junior by 12 years old, and a doctor at 17 years old.[73]Avicenna (c. 980-1037) memorized the Qur'an at 10 years old and studied medicine at 13 years old.[74]Sho Yano (born 1990) started college at nine years old and graduated summa cum laude at 12 years old from Loyola University Chicago. By 12 years old, he attended thePritzker School of Medicine.[75]Materials engineeringAlia Sabur (born 1989) received an undergraduate degree at 14 years old, and became a college professor at 18 years old.[76]Mechanical engineeringKarl Benz (1844–1929) started at the scientifically oriented Lyzeum at nine years old, went on to study at the Poly-Technical University under the instruction of Ferdinand Redtenbacher, and, on September 30, 1860, at an age of just 15, he passed the entrance exam for mechanical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, which he subsequently attended. Benz was graduated July 9, 1864 at age nineteen.[77] Karl Benz later became the pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benzdesigning the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, widely regarded as the very first automobile.Sunny Sanwar (born 1989) could fluently read, write or speak six languages by the age of eight, and drew exceptionally detailed portraits by age seven (eventually going on to be one of the youngest artists to have a solo exhibition at the National Art Gallery with work in permanent collection at the Liberation War Museum).[78] He finished four years of high school in 8 months with honors[79] and received a scholarship at Kansas University, Engineering School at 16, where he was a college senior (final year student) inMechanical Engineering by 18 and taught university courses in engineering at 21.[80]Acting/directingWilliam Henry West Betty was a sensation as a boy doing Voltaire and Shakespeare roles.[81][82]Jackie Cooper was the youngest nominee for the Best Actor Oscar at age nine years old.[83]Quinn Cummings was an Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee at 10 years old.[84] She is now a businesswoman and blogger.Brandon deWilde at seven years old, was the first child actor to win the Donaldson Award; his talent was praised by John Gielgud in the following year.[85] He was also a nominee for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at 11 years old, in Shane[86] and starred in his own sitcom television series on ABC at the same time.[85]Jodelle Ferland received a daytime Emmy nomination at four years old and, at 12 years old, was nominated at the 27th Genie Awards for lead actress.[87]Justin Henry was the youngest nominee for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at eight years old, in Kramer vs. Kramer.[86]Patty McCormack was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at 11 years old, in an era when child actors could still be nominated for the Juvenile Award.[88]Frankie Michaels, at 11 years old, received praise[89] and a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in Mame.[90]Tatum O'Neal won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at 10 years old, for her 1973 role in Paper Moon, making her the youngest person ever to win a regularly awarded Oscar.[84]Haley Joel Osment was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at 11 years old.[86][91]Anna Paquin won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at 11 years old.[84][92]Ricky Schroder won a Golden Globe Award at nine years old, youngest winner ever.[93]Kishan Shrikanth – Directed a feature film on 35 mm, of 130 mins Care of Footpath at age nine and entered the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest director of a professional level feature film.[94]Shirley Temple, at five years old, showed talent as an actress and tap dancer. When she was seven years old, she received a special Academy Award. She was described as a prodigy by Time (magazine) in 1936.[95]Ernest Truex (1889–1973) performed Shakespeare at six years old.[96][97]Quvenzhané Wallis was the youngest person to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress at age 9.[98][99] During the filming, she was only 6 years old.[100]MusicSee List of music prodigies.LiteratureRituparna Bhattacharjee, an Indian child prodigy who wrote Bhutiya at the age of 11 in 1998.[101]Rabindranath Tagore - Indian poet, short story writer, song composer, novelist, playwright, essayist and painter and a Nobel Laureate (first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913), wrote his first poem when he was only eight years old. He published his first large poetry collection in 1877. He wrote his first short story and dramas when he was only 16 years of age.[102][103]Rubén Darío – Nicaraguan poet.William Cullen Bryant was published at 10 years old; at 13 years old, he published a book of political satire poems .[104]Thomas Chatterton started as a poet at 11 years old. He began writing the poems that would make him famous at 12 years old.[105][106]Lucretia Maria Davidson, by 11 years old, had written some poems of note; before her death at 16 years old, she received praise as a writer.[107]Marjorie Fleming, who died in 1811 before the age of nine, became a published poet half a century later.[108]Barbara Newhall Follett began working on a novel at 8 and was published by age 12.[109]H. P. Lovecraft recited poetry at two years old and wrote long poems at five years old.[110][111]Christopher Marlowe: as a child, attracted the attention of Matthew Parker and went on to be a major 16th century London playwright.[112] He is the eponymous Marlowe of the Marlovian theory of Shakespearean authorship.Alexander Pope: was a child prodigy as a poet, with gifts all but universally acknowledged.[113] He is the third most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson.Arthur Rimbaud wrote influential French poetry throughout his early and late teens. Victor Hugo described him at the time as "an infant Shakespeare".[114]Henriett Seth F.: Henriett had a long history of visual art, poetry and writing in her childhood; beginning at age nine and at age thirteen,[115] but she gave up creative music career altogether at the age of 13.[116] Henriett universal effect of all that was what we now call autism and savant syndrome[117][118]Lope de Vega wrote his first play at 12 years old.[119][120] He could also read Latin proficiently at the age of five years.[121]Minou Drouet caught the notice of French critics at the age of eight, leading to speculation that her mother was the true author of her poetry. She later proved herself to be the author.[122]Adora Svitak is an American writer who teaches literature on Internet at an early age, and show writing abilities at age 6.Visual artsJohn Everett Millais was a painter who entered the Royal Academy at 11 years old.[123][124]Alexandra Nechita is a painter who had a solo exhibit at eight years old.[125]Pablo Picasso painted Picador at eight years old. See List of Picasso artworks 1889–1900.Kieron Williamson, an eight-year-old watercolor artist from Norfolk, England whose second exhibition sold out in 14 minutes, raising £18,200 for 16 paintings.[126]Wang Yani had her paintings appear on postage stamps at six years old and in worldwide museum exhibits at 12 years old.[127]Wang Ximeng was taught by Emperor Huizong of Song himself and painted some of the most highly regarded works of Chinese art before dying at age 23.[128][129]Zhu Da became a poet by seven years old. He later became a painter.[130][131]Angelica Kauffman had professional commissions at thirteen[132] and was an established artist by 21.[133]Akiane Kramarik born in 1994, sold paintings worth $3M USD at age 7Marla Olmstead born in 2000, sold paintings worth over $20,000 at age 6 and had international recognition.Aelita Andre born in 2007, sold paintings worth over $30,000 at age 4 and had international recognition.Henriett Seth F.: Henriett had a long history of visual art, poetry and writing in her childhood; beginning at age nine and at age thirteen,[115] but she gave up creative music career altogether at the age of 13.[116] Henriett universal effect of all that was what we now call autism and savant syndrome[117][118]Edmund Thomas Clint (1976–1983) was an Indian child prodigy.[134] He is known for having drawn over 25,000 paintings during his life.[135]AcademicsNguyễn Hiền (1234–?), a Vietnamese prodigy, who earned the first-rank doctorate laureate in the year of 1247 when he was 13 years old.[136]Michael Kearney earned the first of several degrees at 10 years old. He became a college teacher by 17 years old.[137][138]Gregory R. Smith – entered college at 10 years old and was first nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize at 12 years old.[139][140]Colin Maclaurin went to study divinity in University of Glasgow at the age of 11 and remained until he was 19 years, 7 months old in the year 1717 when he was elected professor of mathematics, where for nearly three hundred years he held the record as the world's youngest professor.Alexander Faludy in 1998 became the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge since 1773.[141][142]Pierre Bouguer (1698–1758) was appointed professor of hydrography in 1713 at the age of 15.Humane Letters: Leadership, Teaching, EvangelismAman Rehman made more than 1000 animated movies, beginning at three years old.,[143] and, at 8, he became the youngest college-lecturer in the world.[144]Cao Chun (Born unknown, died 210) was the son of the famous Chinese warlord Cao Cao became the youngest person to ever fight for an army higher than the rank ofmajor.Tavi Gevinson (born 1996) was a nationally esteemed fashion writer by the age of 12 and ran an online magazine by the age of 15.Mohammad Hossein Tabatabai (born 1991) memorized all the Quran at the age of 5.[145]Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935–1980) was an Iraqi Shi'a cleric who memorized the Quran at a very early age and wrote his first book by the age of 12 called Fadak in History. He later went on to lay the foundation for modern economics and banking in Islam. He also wrote Our Philosophy, which is an important a critique of both socialism and capitalism, as well as write the textbook for Jurisprudence, which is used by many Islamic Seminaries today. He was one of the leading Islamic intellectuals of the 20th century and died at the age of 45.Law/political science/philosophyJeremy Bentham studied Latin at three years old and entered The Queen's College, Oxford at 12 years old.[146][147]Hugo Grotius: entered the University of Leiden to study under Joseph Scaliger at age 11. At age 15 he was acclaimed by King Henry IV of France as the 'miracle of Holland'.[148]Saul Kripke was invited to apply for a teaching post at Harvard while still in high school.[149][150]John Stuart Mill knew several dead languages by eight years old and studied scholastic philosophy at 12 years old.[151][152]Stephen A. Baccus began studying law at 14 years old, graduated from the University of Miami School of Law at 16 years old, and passed the Florida Bar Exam at 17 years old. He fought minimum-age requirements for bar-exam applicants in both New York and Miami.[153][154]Pichamon Yeophantong became the youngest undergraduate at Thammasat University at age 13, graduating with BA (First-Class Honours, 4.00GPA and King Bhumipol Award) at 17; completed MA (First-Class Honours) at age 18 and PhD at 22 in International Relations from the Australian National University; at 23, became youngest ever Global Leaders Fellow at University College, Oxford and Princeton University; could speak 7 languages by her early teens.[155][156][157][158]Linguistics/translationMaria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799) was a multilingual prodigy who went on to become a mathematician.Asad Ullah Qayyum, at 7 years old, was able to deliver speeches in 12 languages.[159]John Barratier could speak German, Latin, French and Dutch at the age of 4; knew six languages at the age of 11.[160][161]George Boole (1815–1864) could speak English, Latin, Greek, German, Italian, and French by his early teens.Jean-François Champollion knew several dead languages by the time he was 10 years old and read an important paper at the Grenoble Academy at 16 years old.[162][163]Edmond-Charles Genêt (1763–1834) could read French, English, Italian, Latin, Swedish, and German by the age of 12.Nathan Leopold (1904–1971) started speaking at the age of four months; he reportedly had an IQ of 210,[164] though this is not directly comparable to scores on modern IQ tests.Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494) could speak 22 languages at the age of 18.[165]Dorothea von Rodde-Schlözer (1770–1825) mastered 9 languages by the age of 16; French, English, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Latin, Spanish, Hebrew and Greek among other achievements.[citation needed]Thomas Young (scientist), more notable as a physicist, was a polyglot at a young age, who worked on translating Demotic Egyptian.[163][166][167]William Wotton could read passages in English, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew at the age of five. Graduated from Cambridge aged thirteen having acquired Arabic, Syriac, Chaldee, French, Spanish and Italian, together with a good working knowledge of logic, philosophy, mathematics, geography, chronology, and history.[168]SportsJoy Foster represented Jamaica at table tennis at the Caribbean championships in Trinidad in 1958, aged only 8 years old.[169] In the same year she won the Jamaican championship titles in Women's Singles (beating defending champion 20-year-old Madge Bond in the final), Women's Doubles (paired with Madge Bond), and Mixed Doubles (paired with Fuarnado Roberts).[170][171] Prior to this she had already won many local trophies.[172] She went on to win the Caribbean women's singles title twice,[173] and competed in the United States open championships on several occasions, winning various youth-level titles.[174] In 1961 she was named the first Jamaican sportswoman of the year.[175]Ariel Hsing, a ping pong prodigy[176][177]Fu Mingxia (伏明霞) is a diver[178][179] became the youngest world champion ever in any sport at age 12,[180] and was an Olympic gold medalist at 13 years old.Jet Li (Chinese name: Li Lianjie (李连杰)) is a Chinese martial artist, who has won several gold medals in wushu at the All China Games at the age of 12.[181]Sachin Tendulkar – Batsman (cricket). Made debut at the age of 16. In his early matches he hit Abdul Qadir, a prominent leg spinner of the time for 4 sixes in an over, hit a century at Perth, world's fastest pitch. Representing India for 21st year in International cricket. Has scored 100 international centuries, the first batsman to get 200* in ODI.Michelle Wie qualified for the USGA Women's Amateur Public Links at 10 years old and won the same event at 13 years old, making her the youngest person both to qualify for and win a USGA adult national championship.[182]Wayne Gretzky was skating with 10-year-olds at 6 years old. By 10 years old, he scored 378 goals and 139 assists, in just 85 games, with the Nadrofsky Steelers.[183]Tiger Woods was a child prodigy, introduced to golf before the age of 2, by his athletic father Earl. In 1984 at the age of 8, he won the 9–10 boys' event, the youngest age group available, at the Junior World Golf Championships. He first broke 80 at age 8. He went on to win the Junior World Championships six times, including four consecutive wins from 1988 to 1991.[citation needed]Nadia Comăneci won 3 gold medals at the 1976 Olympics and was the first female to achieve a perfect score of 10 in gymnastics at the age of 14.Ricky Rubio started his basketball career with DKV Joventut at the age of 14, becoming the youngest player to ever play in the Spanish ACB League, and played in the 2008 Summer Olympics at the age of 17 with eventual silver-medalists Spain, becoming the youngest ever to reach an Olympic basketball final.Guan Tianlang won the 2012 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in golf shortly after his 14th birthday.[184] The following April, while still 14, he made the cut at the 2013 Masters Tournament, becoming the youngest male player ever to do so at a major championship.[185]Yulia Lipnitskaya won the gold medal in the team figure skating event at the 2014 Winter Olympics at the age of 15. She also won the 2014 European Championships, becoming the youngest skater in ladies' singles in history to win that title.Games4-year-old Capablanca and his fatherGarry Kasparov was a chess child prodigy who ranked in the top 15 players in the world at age 16 and is considered by many as the greatest chess player of all time. He became the World Chess Champion at the age of 22, the youngest of all time.Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship at 14 years old and became, at the age of 15, the youngest Grandmaster in history at the time. He became the World Chess Champion in 1972.José Raúl Capablanca was World Chess Champion 1921-1927, and is considered to be one of the best chess players of all time.[186]Samuel Reshevsky learned to play chess at age four, and was soon acclaimed as a child prodigy. At age eight he was beating accomplished players with ease, and giving simultaneous exhibitions.Cho Hunhyun was a professional go player at nine years old.[187]Andy Costello, a chess prodigy who went on to become a chess boxer.[188]Willie Mosconi, nicknamed "Mr. Pocket Billiards", played against professionals at six years old.[189]Ronnie O'Sullivan, a snooker player, scored his first century break at 10 years old,[190] his first maximum at 15 years old, and was the youngest-ever winner of a ranking event at 17 years old.[citation needed]Nicholas Patterson, a chess prodigy who went on to become a mathematician.[191]Magnus Carlsen was, at the age of 13 years, 148 days, the second-youngest chess Grandmaster of all time[192] (currently third-youngest)[193] and also holds the records for the youngest player to break the 2700-Elo barrier (at the age of 16 years, 213 days)[194] and the 2800-Elo barrier (at the age of 18 years, 336 days),[195] and youngest player to be ranked No. 1 in the world by FIDE.[196][197] His peak rating is 2882, the highest in history.Judit Polgár, a chess prodigy (and the strongest woman chess player in history) who became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, the youngest of the time.Hou Yifan became the youngest female chess grandmaster at the age of 14 years and 6 months in 2008.[198]Sergey Karjakin, a chess prodigy who holds the record for both the youngest International Master and the youngest Grandmaster. He has been rated as high as No. 4 in the world by FIDE.Carissa Yip, an American chess prodigy, became the youngest U.S. female chess expert (since the U.S. Chess Federation started electronically keeping records in 1991) at age 9 in 2013.[199]Irina Krush won the 1998 U.S. Women's Chess Championship at age 14 to become the youngest U.S. Women's Champion ever.[200]Awonder Liang became the youngest chess expert in United States Chess Federation (USCF) history on April 16, 2011, when he played in the Hales Corners Challenge chess tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a rating of 2000 at the age of 8 years and 7 days. On March 23, 2013, he became the youngest person ever to obtain a master's rating within the United States Chess Federation. Awonder was 17 days shy of his 10th birthday at the time of this achievement.[201]