The Ladder

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1. 2Harriet TubmanActivists33–61722
2. 11Franklin D. RooseveltPresidents15–21663
3. 18F. Scott FitzgeraldWriters17–41652
4. 26Albert EinsteinScientists10–01634
5. 33Alexander Graham BellScientists52–141631
6. 36W. E. B. Du BoisActivists13–21628
7. 46Abraham LincolnPresidents11–11621
8. 51Frederick DouglassActivists14–41616
9. 54Ulysses S. GrantMilitary11–21612
10. 59Joseph PulitzerMoguls10–21609
11. 65Babe RuthAthletes13–41608
12. 84Mark TwainWriters9–11600
13. 85Milton HersheyMoguls25–121600
14. 102Chief JosephStatesmen21–121595
15. 104Ernest HemingwayWriters10–21594
16. 107Duke EllingtonMusicians13–51593
17. 114John MuirActivists13–61591
18. 136Thomas EdisonScientists9–31581
19. 148Henry FordMoguls10–41578
20. 152Edgar Allan PoeWriters9–31577
21. 172John D. RockefellerMoguls12–61571
22. 175Nikola TeslaScientists11–51570
23. 177Mary McLeod BethuneActivists11–51569
24. 180Georgia O'KeeffeIcons8–31568
25. 208Amelia EarhartExplorers7–41561
26. 217GeronimoMilitary8–31558
27. 219Theodore RooseveltPresidents9–41558
28. 268Cy YoungAthletes9–51546
29. 271A. Philip RandolphActivists9–51546
30. 281Susan B. AnthonyActivists9–51544
31. 295Percy JulianScientists8–51542
32. 301Humphrey BogartEntertainers8–51540
33. 305Dwight D. EisenhowerPresidents8–41540
34. 310Warren G. HardingPresidents7–41539
35. 317George Washington CarverScientists7–51538
36. 318Herman MelvilleWriters9–61538
37. 322Matthew RidgwayMilitary8–71537
38. 331Buffalo BillFolk Heroes8–51536
39. 332Elizabeth BlackwellScientists9–61535
40. 340Ida B. WellsActivists9–71534
41. 344Clara BartonActivists12–81534
42. 354Booker T. WashingtonActivists9–61531
43. 357Charles GoodyearScientists25–191530
44. 360Edwin HubbleScientists7–51530
45. 364Sitting BullMilitary10–71529
46. 374Hiram BinghamExplorers7–51528
47. 389Levi StraussMoguls9–61526
48. 398Helen KellerActivists7–51523
49. 414Groucho MarxEntertainers11–91520
50. 423Annie OakleyFolk Heroes11–121519
51. 433T. S. EliotWriters8–61517
52. 435Laura Ingalls WilderWriters6–51517
53. 446Grover ClevelandPresidents7–61515
54. 448Norman RockwellIcons9–71515
55. 451Madam C. J. WalkerMoguls8–81515
56. 453Ralph Waldo EmersonWriters9–61515
57. 484The Sundance KidOutlaws6–61509
58. 485E. B. WhiteWriters8–81509
59. 496Crazy HorseMilitary10–131506
60. 500William FaulknerWriters7–81505
61. 506Honus WagnerAthletes17–191503
62. 507Emily DickinsonWriters8–71503
63. 508Jane AddamsActivists7–81503
64. 518John BrownActivists9–101502
65. 530Buster KeatonEntertainers6–51499
66. 531Woodrow WilsonPresidents9–81499
67. 534George S. PattonMilitary9–91499
68. 536Harry S. TrumanPresidents8–71498
69. 540Alice PaulActivists6–61497
70. 547Walt WhitmanWriters5–61496
71. 549P. T. BarnumMoguls7–81495
72. 560John J. PershingMilitary7–81494
73. 563Al CaponeOutlaws10–111493
74. 565Herbert HooverPresidents11–141493
75. 579Chesty PullerMilitary6–71490
76. 583Henry David ThoreauWriters6–71490
77. 584Jim BridgerExplorers21–231490
78. 594Fred AstaireEntertainers8–81488
79. 597William Tecumseh ShermanMilitary6–81487
80. 611Jack LondonWriters6–71484
81. 623James A. GarfieldPresidents5–61482
82. 625Stonewall JacksonMilitary5–61482
83. 628William McKinleyPresidents6–81481
84. 632John Wesley PowellExplorers10–111481
85. 636Calamity JaneFolk Heroes7–81480
86. 650Wild Bill HickokFolk Heroes10–111478
87. 653Bessie SmithMusicians6–81477
88. 654Jesse JamesOutlaws9–111477
89. 656Franklin PiercePresidents6–91477
90. 658Frank CapraEntertainers7–111476
91. 676Eugene V. DebsActivists7–101471
92. 708John C. FrémontExplorers5–81465
93. 711Nathaniel HawthorneWriters5–71465
94. 717Robert FrostWriters4–71464
95. 719Andrew JohnsonPresidents10–141462
96. 726Billy the KidOutlaws6–101461
97. 731Scott JoplinMusicians10–131459
98. 739Robert E. LeeMilitary9–101458
99. 747George EastmanScientists4–71457
100. 748Andrew CarnegieMoguls4–81456
101. 750Chester W. NimitzMilitary6–101456
102. 759J. P. MorganMoguls6–91455
103. 762George GershwinMusicians6–91455
104. 783Ty CobbAthletes19–201450
105. 787William Howard TaftPresidents5–81449
106. 788Elizabeth Cady StantonActivists3–81449
107. 792Jimmy DoolittleMilitary6–101448
108. 808Frank Lloyd WrightIcons4–81445
109. 812Matthew HensonExplorers5–101443
110. 813Alvin YorkMilitary8–121442
111. 820Calvin CoolidgePresidents8–141440
112. 824Omar BradleyMilitary5–101440
113. 826Upton SinclairWriters6–121439
114. 827Emma GoldmanActivists3–81439
115. 828Louisa May AlcottWriters7–131439
116. 833Emperor NortonFolk Heroes3–81438
117. 847Eddie RickenbackerMilitary7–111436
118. 872Edith WhartonWriters6–111431
119. 875Frank JamesOutlaws3–91430
120. 876Brigham YoungActivists4–91430
121. 880Lucky LucianoOutlaws3–81428
122. 882O. HenryWriters3–81428
123. 885Richard E. ByrdExplorers3–91426
124. 888Black BartOutlaws3–101425
125. 889Butch CassidyOutlaws2–81425
126. 892Fiorello La GuardiaStatesmen3–81424
127. 895Buckminster FullerScientists6–141423
128. 908Robert GoddardScientists3–91420
129. 921Benjamin HarrisonPresidents7–131415
130. 941David FarragutMilitary2–91411
131. 946Dorothy DayActivists3–101410
132. 960Douglas MacArthurMilitary4–131405
133. 961Willa CatherWriters3–111405
134. 962George Armstrong CusterMilitary4–121405
135. 965William Randolph HearstMoguls2–101404
136. 966Joshua ChamberlainMilitary4–131403
137. 969Walter JohnsonAthletes4–111402
138. 970John Philip SousaMusicians4–121402
139. 976Cole PorterMusicians4–121400
140. 979Mother JonesActivists4–131399
141. 980Casey JonesFolk Heroes2–101399
142. 991Conrad HiltonMoguls5–141394
143. 993Colonel SandersMoguls6–181393
144. 995James CagneyEntertainers1–91391
145. 996Mae WestEntertainers5–141390
146. 997John FordEntertainers2–101390
147. 1005John Wesley HardinOutlaws3–141383
148. 1010George WestinghouseScientists2–111381
149. 1011Joseph SmithActivists15–281381
150. 1014Stephen FosterMusicians1–101380
151. 1018Ambrose BierceWriters2–111377
152. 1019Kit CarsonExplorers1–101377
153. 1022Millard FillmorePresidents2–141372
154. 1024W. C. FieldsEntertainers4–131371
155. 1025Chester A. ArthurPresidents2–121370
156. 1026Eugene O'NeillWriters2–121367
157. 1028Robert PearyExplorers3–131367
158. 1031Belle StarrOutlaws9–311363
159. 1035Rutherford B. HayesPresidents2–131359
160. 1037Bass ReevesFolk Heroes5–171358
161. 1040Zora Neale HurstonWriters1–151356
162. 1041Cole YoungerOutlaws5–191356
163. 1043George MarshallMilitary3–161352
164. 1045Wyatt EarpFolk Heroes1–131346
165. 1046Irving BerlinMusicians2–151340
166. 1048Doc HollidayOutlaws4–201336