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| 1 |
Barack Obama |
52,038 |
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| 2 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
23,681 |
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| 3 |
Jimmy Carter |
15,337 |
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| 4 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
13,784 |
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| 5 |
Ernest Hemingway |
12,002 |
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| 6 |
John Forbes Nash, Jr. |
11,489 |
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| 7 |
Woodrow Wilson |
9,328 |
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| 8 |
Al Gore |
6,932 |
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| 9 |
John Steinbeck |
6,273 |
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| 10 |
Richard Feynman |
5,805 |
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| 11 |
T. S. Eliot |
5,201 |
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| 12 |
Henry Kissinger |
4,629 |
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| 13 |
William Faulkner |
4,485 |
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| 14 |
Milton Friedman |
4,456 |
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| 15 |
James D. Watson |
4,072 |
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| 16 |
Elie Wiesel |
3,521 |
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| 17 |
Paul Krugman |
3,007 |
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| 18 |
Linus Pauling |
2,325 |
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| 19 |
Jane Addams |
2,190 |
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| 20 |
Toni Morrison |
2,008 |
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| 21 |
George Marshall |
1,971 |
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| 22 |
Joseph Stiglitz |
1,918 |
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| 23 |
Eugene O'Neill |
1,598 |
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| 24 |
Robert Andrews Millikan |
1,501 |
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| 25 |
Steven Chu |
1,311 |
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| 26 |
Norman Borlaug |
1,259 |
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| 27 |
Pearl S. Buck |
1,205 |
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| 28 |
Sinclair Lewis |
1,189 |
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| 29 |
Saul Bellow |
1,058 |
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| 30 |
Charles K. Kao |
907 |
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| 31 |
Herbert Simon |
878 |
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| 32 |
Paul Samuelson |
873 |
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| 33 |
Eric Kandel |
856 |
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| 34 |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
821 |
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| 35 |
Murray Gell-Mann |
818 |
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| 36 |
Steven Weinberg |
773 |
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| 37 |
William Shockley |
764 |
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| 38 |
Ahmed Zewail |
746 |
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| 39 |
Gary Becker |
729 |
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| 40 |
Elinor Ostrom |
698 |
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| 41 |
George Smoot |
672 |
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| 42 |
Glenn T. Seaborg |
625 |
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| 43 |
Luis Walter Alvarez |
600 |
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| 44 |
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
587 |
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| 45 |
Barbara McClintock |
551 |
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| 46 |
Jack Kilby |
545 |
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| 47 |
Kary Mullis |
544 |
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| 48 |
Cordell Hull |
537 |
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| 49 |
Isaac Bashevis Singer |
508 |
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| 50 |
Harry Markowitz |
474 |
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| 51 |
Kenneth Arrow |
467 |
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| 52 |
John Bardeen |
464 |
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| 53 |
Chen Ning Yang |
433 |
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| 54 |
Eugene Wigner |
429 |
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| 55 |
Oliver E. Williamson |
424 |
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| 56 |
Roy J. Glauber |
422 |
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| 57 |
Thomas Hunt Morgan |
421 |
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| 58 |
David Baltimore |
419 |
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| 59 |
Hans Bethe |
407 |
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| 60 |
Robert C. Merton |
398 |
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| 61 |
Robert Solow |
398 |
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| 62 |
Elias James Corey |
371 |
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| 63 |
Charles Hard Townes |
371 |
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| 64 |
Louis Ignarro |
354 |
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| 65 |
George Stigler |
347 |
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| 66 |
Severo Ochoa |
336 |
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| 67 |
Charles G. Dawes |
335 |
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| 68 |
Jack W. Szostak |
326 |
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| 69 |
Roger Wolcott Sperry |
325 |
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| 70 |
George Akerlof |
310 |
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| 71 |
Thomas Schelling |
302 |
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| 72 |
Carol W. Greider |
301 |
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| 73 |
Frank Wilczek |
287 |
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| 74 |
Robert Burns Woodward |
282 |
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| 75 |
Julian Schwinger |
281 |
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| 76 |
Irving Langmuir |
279 |
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| 77 |
Robert Fogel |
279 |
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| 78 |
James Tobin |
277 |
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| 79 |
Roger Y. Tsien |
273 |
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| 80 |
Robert Lucas, Jr. |
269 |
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| 81 |
Ralph Bunche |
269 |
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| 82 |
Vernon L. Smith |
267 |
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| 83 |
David Gross |
265 |
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| 84 |
Yoichiro Nambu |
263 |
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| 85 |
Tsung-Dao Lee |
261 |
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| 86 |
William Lipscomb |
258 |
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| 87 |
Elihu Root |
257 |
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| 88 |
Peter Agre |
257 |
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| 89 |
Robert Aumann |
255 |
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| 90 |
Wassily Leontief |
249 |
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| 91 |
James M. Buchanan |
242 |
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| 92 |
John Harsanyi |
242 |
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| 93 |
Eric Allin Cornell |
241 |
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| 94 |
Douglass North |
239 |
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| 95 |
Leon M. Lederman |
238 |
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| 96 |
Linda B. Buck |
238 |
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| 97 |
Carl Wieman |
237 |
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| 98 |
George E. Smith |
235 |
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| 99 |
Sheldon Lee Glashow |
234 |
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| 100 |
Selman Waksman |
233 |
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| 101 |
Isidor Isaac Rabi |
229 |
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| 102 |
Felix Bloch |
228 |
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| 103 |
Joshua Lederberg |
226 |
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| 104 |
Franco Modigliani |
220 |
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| 105 |
Karl Landsteiner |
215 |
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| 106 |
Gertrude B. Elion |
211 |
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| 107 |
John C. Mather |
210 |
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| 108 |
Simon Kuznets |
209 |
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| 109 |
Philip Warren Anderson |
207 |
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| 110 |
Leonid Hurwicz |
207 |
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| 111 |
Edmund Phelps |
206 |
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| 112 |
Harold Urey |
204 |
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| 113 |
Harold E. Varmus |
203 |
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| 114 |
Gerald Edelman |
202 |
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| 115 |
Arno Allan Penzias |
202 |
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| 116 |
Craig Mello |
200 |
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| 117 |
Jody Williams |
196 |
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| 118 |
Marshall Warren Nirenberg |
195 |
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| 119 |
Melvin Calvin |
193 |
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| 120 |
David H. Hubel |
193 |
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| 121 |
Arthur Compton |
192 |
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| 122 |
Mario Capecchi |
192 |
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| 123 |
Ernest Lawrence |
188 |
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| 124 |
Paul Lauterbur |
183 |
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| 125 |
Richard Smalley |
181 |
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| 126 |
Edward Mills Purcell |
179 |
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| 127 |
William Forsyth Sharpe |
176 |
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| 128 |
Roald Hoffmann |
175 |
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| 129 |
Stanley B. Prusiner |
175 |
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| 130 |
George Emil Palade |
175 |
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| 131 |
Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
174 |
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| 132 |
Samuel C. C. Ting |
174 |
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| 133 |
Robert Woodrow Wilson |
174 |
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| 134 |
Robert B. Laughlin |
174 |
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| 135 |
Paul Berg |
172 |
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| 136 |
Max Delbrück |
169 |
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| 137 |
George Andrew Olah |
168 |
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| 138 |
Gerty Cori |
167 |
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| 139 |
Thomas A. Steitz |
166 |
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| 140 |
Walter Gilbert |
165 |
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| 141 |
Richard Axel |
163 |
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| 142 |
Martin Chalfie |
161 |
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| 143 |
Hermann Joseph Muller |
160 |
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| 144 |
Arthur Kornberg |
159 |
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| 145 |
Hugh David Politzer |
159 |
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| 146 |
Phillip Allen Sharp |
157 |
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| 147 |
Ferid Murad |
155 |
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| 148 |
Walter Houser Brattain |
154 |
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| 149 |
H. Robert Horvitz |
154 |
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| 150 |
Thomas Cech |
154 |
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| 151 |
James Heckman |
153 |
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| 152 |
Hamilton O. Smith |
153 |
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| 153 |
Douglas D. Osheroff |
152 |
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| 154 |
Günter Blobel |
151 |
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| 155 |
Salvador Luria |
150 |
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| 156 |
Roger D. Kornberg |
150 |
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| 157 |
Yuan T. Lee |
148 |
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| 158 |
George Wells Beadle |
148 |
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| 159 |
Daniel C. Tsui |
148 |
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| 160 |
Robert F. Engle |
147 |
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| 161 |
Arthur Leonard Schawlow |
146 |
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| 162 |
Nicholas Murray Butler |
145 |
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| 163 |
Andrew Fire |
145 |
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| 164 |
John Robert Schrieffer |
143 |
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| 165 |
Edward C. Prescott |
142 |
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| 166 |
Lars Onsager |
140 |
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| 167 |
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow |
140 |
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| 168 |
Eric Maskin |
138 |
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| 169 |
Oliver Smithies |
138 |
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| 170 |
Willard Libby |
137 |
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| 171 |
Frank B. Kellogg |
137 |
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| 172 |
Willis Lamb |
136 |
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| 173 |
Baruch Samuel Blumberg |
134 |
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| 174 |
Baruj Benacerraf |
134 |
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| 175 |
Lawrence Klein |
131 |
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| 176 |
Rudolph A. Marcus |
131 |
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| 177 |
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck |
130 |
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| 178 |
Joseph Murray |
130 |
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| 179 |
Raymond Davis, Jr. |
130 |
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| 180 |
Donald A. Glaser |
128 |
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| 181 |
Christian B. Anfinsen |
127 |
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| 182 |
John Mott |
125 |
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| 183 |
Stanley Cohen (biochemist) |
124 |
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| 184 |
Daniel McFadden |
122 |
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| 185 |
Percy Williams Bridgman |
122 |
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| 186 |
William Daniel Phillips |
122 |
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| 187 |
Robert H. Grubbs |
121 |
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| 188 |
Kenneth G. Wilson |
119 |
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| 189 |
Merton Miller |
118 |
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| 190 |
Karl Barry Sharpless |
118 |
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| 191 |
Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. |
118 |
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| 192 |
Roderick MacKinnon |
118 |
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| 193 |
Howard Martin Temin |
118 |
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| 194 |
Leon Cooper |
117 |
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| 195 |
Nicolaas Bloembergen |
117 |
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| 196 |
Alan J. Heeger |
117 |
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| 197 |
Robert Hofstadter |
116 |
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| 198 |
Riccardo Giacconi |
115 |
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| 199 |
Walter Kohn |
115 |
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| 200 |
George Wald |
114 |
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| 201 |
Roger Myerson |
114 |
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| 202 |
Gérard Debreu |
112 |
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| 203 |
Julius Axelrod |
112 |
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| 204 |
Anthony James Leggett |
112 |
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| 205 |
Edmond H. Fischer |
111 |
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| 206 |
American Friends Service Committee |
110 |
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| 207 |
Clinton Davisson |
110 |
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| 208 |
John L. Hall |
110 |
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| 209 |
Dudley R. Herschbach |
109 |
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| 210 |
Martin Lewis Perl |
109 |
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| 211 |
John Pople |
108 |
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| 212 |
Burton Richter |
108 |
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| 213 |
Renato Dulbecco |
108 |
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| 214 |
Herbert Kroemer |
105 |
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| 215 |
James Cronin |
105 |
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| 216 |
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek |
105 |
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| 217 |
Jerome Isaac Friedman |
104 |
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| 218 |
Paul Greengard |
104 |
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| 219 |
E. Donnall Thomas |
103 |
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| 220 |
Robert S. Mulliken |
100 |
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| 221 |
Daniel Nathans |
100 |
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| 222 |
Paul Flory |
100 |
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| 223 |
Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. |
99 |
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| 224 |
Allan McLeod Cormack |
99 |
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| 225 |
Victor Francis Hess |
97 |
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| 226 |
Frederick Reines |
95 |
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| 227 |
William Alfred Fowler |
95 |
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| 228 |
Alfred Hershey |
95 |
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| 229 |
Eric F. Wieschaus |
95 |
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| 230 |
Carl David Anderson |
94 |
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| 231 |
John Bennett Fenn |
94 |
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| 232 |
Joseph L. Goldstein |
94 |
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| 233 |
Val Logsdon Fitch |
93 |
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| 234 |
John Franklin Enders |
93 |
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| 235 |
George Whipple |
89 |
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| 236 |
Michael Stuart Brown |
89 |
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| 237 |
Frank Sherwood Rowland |
87 |
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| 238 |
Francis Peyton Rous |
87 |
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| 239 |
Robert Curl |
86 |
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| 240 |
Leland H. Hartwell |
86 |
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| 241 |
Fritz Albert Lipmann |
85 |
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| 242 |
Edward Lawrie Tatum |
85 |
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| 243 |
Henry Taube |
85 |
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| 244 |
Theodore Schultz |
85 |
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| 245 |
Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr. |
82 |
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| 246 |
Charles J. Pedersen |
82 |
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| 247 |
Alfred G. Gilman |
82 |
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| 248 |
Edwin G. Krebs |
82 |
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| 249 |
Richard R. Schrock |
82 |
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| 250 |
Paul D. Boyer |
81 |
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| 251 |
J. Michael Bishop |
81 |
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| 252 |
Edwin McMillan |
80 |
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| 253 |
Herbert C. Brown |
80 |
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| 254 |
Jack Steinberger |
79 |
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| 255 |
Ivar Giaever |
78 |
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| 256 |
Herbert A. Hauptman |
77 |
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| 257 |
Max Theiler |
76 |
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| 258 |
Edward B. Lewis |
75 |
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| 259 |
Owen Chamberlain |
74 |
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| 260 |
Robert Bruce Merrifield |
74 |
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| 261 |
Hans Georg Dehmelt |
73 |
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| 262 |
Robert Coleman Richardson |
73 |
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| 263 |
Henry Way Kendall |
71 |
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| 264 |
Polykarp Kusch |
69 |
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| 265 |
James B. Sumner |
67 |
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| 266 |
David Lee (physicist) |
67 |
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| 267 |
Andrew Schally |
66 |
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| 268 |
Theodore William Richards |
65 |
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| 269 |
Carl Ferdinand Cori |
64 |
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| 270 |
William Standish Knowles |
63 |
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| 271 |
Frederick Chapman Robbins |
62 |
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| 272 |
Wendell Meredith Stanley |
61 |
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| 273 |
Russell Alan Hulse |
61 |
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| 274 |
Clifford Shull |
60 |
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| 275 |
Irwin Rose |
59 |
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| 276 |
Vincent du Vigneaud |
58 |
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| 277 |
Ben Roy Mottelson |
57 |
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| 278 |
Melvin Schwartz |
57 |
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| 279 |
George Davis Snell |
56 |
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| 280 |
Martin Rodbell |
55 |
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| 281 |
Emily Greene Balch |
54 |
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| 282 |
Konrad Emil Bloch |
53 |
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| 283 |
Donald J. Cram |
53 |
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| 284 |
Charles Brenton Huggins |
52 |
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| 285 |
William Giauque |
51 |
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| 286 |
James Rainwater |
50 |
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| 287 |
George H. Hitchings |
50 |
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| 288 |
Edward Calvin Kendall |
49 |
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| 289 |
Joseph Erlanger |
49 |
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| 290 |
Thomas Huckle Weller |
47 |
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| 291 |
Stanford Moore |
46 |
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| 292 |
Robert W. Holley |
44 |
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| 293 |
William P. Murphy |
43 |
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| 294 |
George Minot |
42 |
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| 295 |
John Howard Northrop |
42 |
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| 296 |
Haldan Keffer Hartline |
41 |
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| 297 |
William Howard Stein |
40 |
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| 298 |
Jerome Karle |
39 |
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| 299 |
Dickinson W. Richards |
34 |
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| 300 |
Herbert Spencer Gasser |
32 |
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| 301 |
Edward Adelbert Doisy |
31 |
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| 302 |
Philip Showalter Hench |
27 |
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| 303 |
Steve Running |
26 |
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