The Ladder

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1. 3Harriet TubmanActivists5–01575
2. 22Abraham LincolnPresidents4–01559
3. 27Ulysses S. GrantMilitary4–01558
4. 59F. Scott FitzgeraldWriters5–21546
5. 69A. Philip RandolphActivists4–11545
6. 73T. S. EliotWriters3–01545
7. 76Booker T. WashingtonActivists4–11545
8. 83Ty CobbAthletes3–01544
9. 86Groucho MarxEntertainers3–01544
10. 87Alexander Graham BellScientists4–11544
11. 112Duke EllingtonMusicians2–01533
12. 128Levi StraussMoguls2–01532
13. 135Ernest HemingwayWriters3–11531
14. 142W. E. B. Du BoisActivists2–01531
15. 151Buffalo BillFolk Heroes3–11531
16. 162Emily DickinsonWriters2–01531
17. 168Edith WhartonWriters2–01530
18. 177Scott JoplinMusicians3–11530
19. 190Chief JosephStatesmen2–01529
20. 192Mark TwainWriters2–01529
21. 195Cy YoungAthletes3–11529
22. 196Al CaponeOutlaws4–21529
23. 201George GershwinMusicians2–01528
24. 204Robert PearyExplorers2–01528
25. 205Ralph Waldo EmersonWriters2–01528
26. 213Eddie RickenbackerMilitary3–11527
27. 227John BrownActivists2–11518
28. 236Buster KeatonEntertainers3–21518
29. 238Babe RuthAthletes1–01517
30. 244Sitting BullMilitary1–01517
31. 245Dwight D. EisenhowerPresidents2–11517
32. 249Walt WhitmanWriters2–11517
33. 258Woodrow WilsonPresidents1–01517
34. 278W. C. FieldsEntertainers3–21517
35. 282John MuirActivists3–21516
36. 291Frederick DouglassActivists1–01516
37. 297Albert EinsteinScientists1–01516
38. 299Milton HersheyMoguls1–01516
39. 300Joseph PulitzerMoguls1–01516
40. 325John Philip SousaMusicians1–01515
41. 329Alice PaulActivists1–01515
42. 358Edgar Allan PoeWriters1–01515
43. 363Henry FordMoguls2–11515
44. 364Thomas EdisonScientists2–11515
45. 373Herman MelvilleWriters1–01515
46. 380The Sundance KidOutlaws2–11514
47. 381Mary McLeod BethuneActivists2–11514
48. 395Susan B. AnthonyActivists2–11514
49. 396Fred AstaireEntertainers2–11514
50. 401George Washington CarverScientists1–01513
51. 416Benjamin HarrisonPresidents3–21512
52. 420Franklin D. RooseveltPresidents3–21510
53. 442Mother JonesActivists2–21502
54. 443Amelia EarhartExplorers1–11502
55. 444Jesse JamesOutlaws3–31502
56. 453Stonewall JacksonMilitary1–11501
57. 466John Wesley PowellExplorers2–21501
58. 472Jack LondonWriters2–21501
59. 489Emperor NortonFolk Heroes1–11501
60. 496John D. RockefellerMoguls1–11500
61. 497Warren G. HardingPresidents1–11500
62. 508Wyatt EarpFolk Heroes0–01500
63. 516Nathaniel HawthorneWriters0–01500
64. 517Clara BartonActivists0–01500
65. 519Lucky LucianoOutlaws0–01500
66. 525Fiorello La GuardiaStatesmen1–11500
67. 532Brigham YoungActivists1–11500
68. 543Nikola TeslaScientists2–21500
69. 549William Howard TaftPresidents2–21499
70. 558George S. PattonMilitary1–11499
71. 567Georgia O'KeeffeIcons1–11499
72. 582Calamity JaneFolk Heroes1–11499
73. 584Belle StarrOutlaws1–11499
74. 587Laura Ingalls WilderWriters1–11499
75. 592Grover ClevelandPresidents2–21499
76. 594William McKinleyPresidents1–11499
77. 599Matthew HensonExplorers1–11498
78. 605Harry S. TrumanPresidents2–21498
79. 608Elizabeth BlackwellScientists3–31497
80. 613Percy JulianScientists2–21497
81. 619Robert E. LeeMilitary2–21496
82. 625Omar BradleyMilitary2–31491
83. 633Honus WagnerAthletes1–21488
84. 641Chester W. NimitzMilitary2–31487
85. 643John C. FrémontExplorers1–21487
86. 646Colonel SandersMoguls1–21487
87. 647Richard E. ByrdExplorers2–31487
88. 657Joseph SmithActivists1–21486
89. 665P. T. BarnumMoguls1–21486
90. 667Stephen FosterMusicians1–21485
91. 670Upton SinclairWriters2–31485
92. 672James A. GarfieldPresidents0–11485
93. 675Louisa May AlcottWriters1–21485
94. 677Chesty PullerMilitary1–21485
95. 678Henry David ThoreauWriters1–21485
96. 692Mae WestEntertainers1–21485
97. 694Edwin HubbleScientists1–21485
98. 705Theodore RooseveltPresidents0–11485
99. 709Bass ReevesFolk Heroes0–11485
100. 715Norman RockwellIcons1–21485
101. 717Billy the KidOutlaws0–11485
102. 719Charles GoodyearScientists0–11485
103. 722Hiram BinghamExplorers1–21484
104. 731David FarragutMilitary0–11484
105. 747Willa CatherWriters0–11484
106. 748William Tecumseh ShermanMilitary0–11484
107. 750O. HenryWriters0–11484
108. 757George WestinghouseScientists0–11484
109. 762GeronimoMilitary1–21484
110. 763E. B. WhiteWriters0–11484
111. 770Frank JamesOutlaws0–11484
112. 771Millard FillmorePresidents0–11484
113. 787Dorothy DayActivists0–11483
114. 789George MarshallMilitary1–21483
115. 793Butch CassidyOutlaws1–21483
116. 801George EastmanScientists0–11483
117. 805Wild Bill HickokFolk Heroes1–21483
118. 813William FaulknerWriters1–21482
119. 814Madam C. J. WalkerMoguls1–21481
120. 819Frank Lloyd WrightIcons2–31481
121. 825Jimmy DoolittleMilitary2–41476
122. 837Conrad HiltonMoguls1–31472
123. 848Bessie SmithMusicians1–31471
124. 851Black BartOutlaws0–21471
125. 859Cole YoungerOutlaws1–31470
126. 863Buckminster FullerScientists2–41470
127. 877Casey JonesFolk Heroes0–21469
128. 879Elizabeth Cady StantonActivists0–21469
129. 881John FordEntertainers0–21469
130. 885Walter JohnsonAthletes0–21469
131. 888Rutherford B. HayesPresidents0–21469
132. 895Chester A. ArthurPresidents1–31469
133. 909Robert FrostWriters0–21469
134. 921Ambrose BierceWriters0–21469
135. 922Alvin YorkMilitary2–41468
136. 925Emma GoldmanActivists0–21468
137. 930Humphrey BogartEntertainers0–21468
138. 932Cole PorterMusicians0–21468
139. 947Douglas MacArthurMilitary1–31467
140. 953James CagneyEntertainers0–21467
141. 954Helen KellerActivists0–21467
142. 961Andrew JohnsonPresidents2–51459
143. 966Zora Neale HurstonWriters0–31458
144. 967John J. PershingMilitary0–31457
145. 970Eugene V. DebsActivists1–41456
146. 974Jim BridgerExplorers0–31456
147. 976Ida B. WellsActivists0–31456
148. 986Herbert HooverPresidents0–31455
149. 997Eugene O'NeillWriters1–41454
150. 999Robert GoddardScientists0–31454
151. 1000Franklin PiercePresidents0–31453
152. 1001J. P. MorganMoguls1–41453
153. 1006Kit CarsonExplorers0–31453
154. 1007Irving BerlinMusicians0–31453
155. 1009Jane AddamsActivists0–31453
156. 1014William Randolph HearstMoguls0–31452
157. 1015Matthew RidgwayMilitary0–31452
158. 1016Calvin CoolidgePresidents1–51448
159. 1020Annie OakleyFolk Heroes1–51442
160. 1027John Wesley HardinOutlaws0–41440
161. 1032Joshua ChamberlainMilitary1–61437
162. 1034George Armstrong CusterMilitary0–41437
163. 1039Crazy HorseMilitary0–51428
164. 1042Andrew CarnegieMoguls0–51426
165. 1044Frank CapraEntertainers0–51425
166. 1046Doc HollidayOutlaws0–61414