The Ladder

Every ballot counted · rankings move with every vote

1. 34Carl SaganScientists14–21628
2. 87Jonas SalkScientists9–11598
3. 196Barbara McClintockScientists11–61567
4. 238Katherine JohnsonScientists9–51555
5. 288Robert NoyceScientists7–41545
6. 386Dorothy VaughanScientists7–51526
7. 444J. Robert OppenheimerScientists10–111516
8. 448Margaret HamiltonScientists10–81515
9. 539Wernher von BraunScientists6–51499
10. 575Richard FeynmanScientists7–91490
11. 592Anthony FauciScientists8–91487
12. 603Gordon MooreScientists5–71484
13. 615Charles DrewScientists4–61482
14. 629Chien-Shiung WuScientists7–81480
15. 662Philo FarnsworthScientists9–121474
16. 767Temple GrandinScientists5–91453
17. 788Virginia ApgarScientists4–81448
18. 811Grace HopperScientists5–101442
19. 812Vint CerfScientists3–81441
20. 813Norman BorlaugScientists5–101441
21. 831John von NeumannScientists6–111437
22. 857Dennis RitchieScientists4–101432
23. 892Enrico FermiScientists2–71424
24. 897Claude ShannonScientists4–101423
25. 899Sylvia EarleScientists10–171423
26. 914Linus PaulingScientists4–111419
27. 949Rachel CarsonScientists2–91410
28. 957Michio KakuScientists2–101406
29. 966E. O. WilsonScientists4–131403
30. 984Vera RubinScientists2–111399
31. 1030Hedy LamarrScientists3–161364