Top 100 authors
| Abraham Lincoln | 215 | American | President |
| A. R. Rahman | 55 | Indian | Musician |
| Robert Reich | 120 | American | Economist |
| Al Franken | 154 | American | Politician |
| Gilbert K. Chesterton | 141 | English | Writer |
| Alan Rickman | 84 | British | Actor |
| Aldous Huxley | 101 | English | Novelist |
| Alain Ducasse | 77 | French | Chef |
| Adlai E. Stevenson | 79 | American | Politician |
| Norman Finkelstein | 50 | American | Educator |
| Al Gore | 77 | American | Vice President |
| Abbie Cornish | 31 | Australian | Actress |
| Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu | 175 | Mexican | Director |
| Sidonie Gabrielle Colette | 37 | French | Novelist |
| Salman Rushdie | 285 | Indian | Novelist |
| Cate Blanchett | 210 | Australian | Actress |
| Adam Jones | 45 | American | Musician |
| Taylor Swift | 326 | American | Musician |
| John Lasseter | 145 | American | Director |
| Abhishek Bachchan | 46 | Indian | Actor |
| Alan Huffman | 23 | American | Author |
| Noam Chomsky | 451 | American | Activist |
| Conor Oberst | 118 | American | Musician |
| Malcolm Gladwell | 92 | Canadian | Author |
| Wesley Clark | 36 | American | Soldier |
| Alan Arkin | 73 | American | Actor |
| Craig Venter | 151 | American | Scientist |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 76 | American | Poet |
| Jonathan Sacks | 91 | British | Clergyman |
| Peter O'Toole | 85 | Irish | Actor |
| Ai Weiwei | 46 | Chinese | Artist |
| Carlos Ruiz Zafon | 24 | Spanish | Novelist |
| Joss Whedon | 187 | American | Writer |
| Jay Inslee | 33 | American | Politician |
| William Hazlitt | 124 | English | Critic |
| Al Yankovic | 59 | American | Comedian |
| Abigail Breslin | 28 | American | Actress |
| Daymond John | 52 | American | Businessman |
| Garret Dillahunt | 23 | American | Actor |
| Steve Jobs | 120 | American | Businessman |
| Tony Curtis | 38 | American | Actor |
| Chad Hurley | 73 | American | Businessman |
| Dalai Lama | 108 | Tibetan | Leader |
| Mary Roach | 95 | American | Author |
| Mary Lou Retton | 21 | American | Athlete |
| Wilfred Owen | 22 | English | Soldier |
| Aidan Gillen | 46 | Irish | Actor |
| Charles Evers | 34 | American | Activist |
| Ethan Hawke | 51 | American | Actor |
| James E. Faust | 112 | American | Clergyman |
| Sheryl Sandberg | 64 | American | Businesswoman |
| William Boyd | 24 | British | Novelist |
| Al Pacino | 48 | American | Actor |
| Ambrose Bierce | 150 | American | Journalist |
| Alber Elbaz | 77 | Israeli | Designer |
| Daniel Yergin | 23 | American | Author |
| Gloria Steinem | 192 | American | Activist |
| Lykke Li | 74 | Swedish | Musician |
| Patrick Duffy | 23 | American | Actor |
| Shia LaBeouf | 163 | American | Actor |
| Will Ferrell | 77 | American | Comedian |
| Al Sharpton | 87 | American | Activist |
| Alan King | 55 | American | Comedian |
| Daniel Radcliffe | 165 | British | Actor |
| Meghan Daum | 100 | American | Author |
| Rush Limbaugh | 300 | American | Entertainer |
| Alan Alda | 120 | American | Actor |
| Alan Perlis | 27 | American | Scientist |
| Billy Corgan | 151 | American | Musician |
| Eddie Van Halen | 61 | Dutch | Musician |
| Luc de Clapiers | 38 | French | Writer |
| Neill Blomkamp | 52 | South African | Director |
| Peter Thiel | 108 | American | Businessman |
| Salvatore Quasimodo | 25 | Italian | Author |
| Susumu Tonegawa | 22 | Japanese | Scientist |
| Woody Harrelson | 67 | American | Actor |
| Alan Dershowitz | 115 | American | Lawyer |
| Aerin Lauder | 30 | American | Businesswoman |
| Billy Graham | 214 | American | Clergyman |
| Evel Knievel | 81 | American | Entertainer |
| Edie Campbell | 37 | English | Model |
| Idris Elba | 75 | British | Actor |
| Michael Moore | 248 | American | Activist |
| Richard Dawkins | 292 | English | Scientist |
| Taslima Nasrin | 24 | Bangladeshi | Writer |
| William Makepeace Thackeray | 35 | English | Novelist |
| Alan Moore | 103 | British | Writer |
| Alex Berenson | 144 | American | Author |
| Aimee Bender | 33 | American | Novelist |
| Alex Pareene | 82 | American | Writer |
| Ben Bernanke | 186 | American | Public Servant |
| David Byrne | 138 | Scottish | Musician |
| Patti Smith | 216 | American | Musician |
| Theodore Sturgeon | 40 | American | Writer |
| Virgil | 78 | Roman | Poet |
| David Cameron | 86 | British | Politician |
| Jessica Biel | 38 | American | Actress |
| Kenneth Branagh | 127 | Irish | Actor |
| Theophilus London | 133 | Trinidadian | Musician |
| William T. Vollmann | 45 | American | Novelist |
Top 10 Authors
| Abraham Lincoln | 215 |
| A. R. Rahman | 55 |
| Robert Reich | 120 |
| Al Franken | 154 |
| Gilbert K. Chesterton | 141 |
| Alan Rickman | 84 |
| Aldous Huxley | 101 |
| Alain Ducasse | 77 |
| Adlai E. Stevenson | 79 |
| Norman Finkelstein | 50 |