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122.  Jerry Yang, co-founder Yahoo!Inc.

121.  Bono, rockstar

120.  Anderson Cooper, journalist and TV anchor

119.  Mike Judge, actor and producer

118.  Atul Gawande, surgeon and journalist

117.  Jane Lynch, actress

116.  Fred Armisen, actor

115.  David McCullough Jr., high school English teacher

114.  Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State

113.  Melissa Harris-Perry, TV host and author

112.  Peter Dinklage, actor

111.  Ray Bradbury, author

110.  William Chiu, student

109.  Michael Lewis, author and journalist

108.  Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon and CNN corespondent

107.  Adam Savage, TV show co-host of "Mythbusters"

106.  Ira Glass, radio host of the show "This American Life"

105.  Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy

104.  Aaron Sorkin, producer and screenwriter

103.  Benno Schmidt, interim President of the Kauffman Foundation

102.  Neil Gaiman, Sci-fi/fantasy Author

101.  Jim Steen, College Swim Coach

100.  Sheryl Sandberg, Businesswoman

099.  Nora Ephron, Author

098.  Stephen Colbert, Comedian and TV host

097.  Marian Fontana, Author, Founder of 9-11 Families Association

096.  David Cote, Businessman, CEO of Honeywell

095.  Amy Poehler, Actress

094.  Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Chrysler Group

093.  Arianna Huffington, Author and syndicated columnist

092.  Kirk Schneider, Phychologist

091.  Denzel Washington, Actor

090.  Joe Plumeri, CEO of the Willis Group

089.  Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO

088.  David Brooks, NYT columnist and author

087.  Mehmet Oz, Surgeon and TV Show Host

086.  Conan O'Brien, TV Show host

085.  Chris Waddell, Most decorated male skier in Paralympic history

084.  Julia Keller, Pulitzer Prize winner author

083.  Biz Stone, Twitter Co-founder

082.  Steve Blank, Sillicon Valley Entrepreneur

081.  Terry Teachout, Author, Drama Critic for the Wall Street Journal

080.  Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey

079.  Richard Russo, Author, Professor of English

078.  Tom Brinck, User Experience Designer, Samsung Electronics

077.  Omid Kordestani, Senior Adviser Google

076.  Anthony Corvino, Undergraduate Student

075.  Lisa Kudrow, Actress

074.  Bobby Knight, Retired Men College Basketball Coach

073.  Robert Rodriguez, Film director, screenwriter and producer

072.  Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner

071.  Jamie Hyneman, Co-host of the Discovery Channel's MythBusters

070.  Julianna Margulies, Academy Award Winning Acctress

069.  Meryl Streep, Academy Award Winning Acctress

068.  Rachel Maddow, political commentator

067.  Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and politician

066.  Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom

065.  Gabrielle Giffords, U.S. Congresswoman

064.  Tim Cook, Chief Operating Office of Apple Inc.

063.  W. Douglas Smith, environmental diplomat for the U.N

062.  Rahm Emanuel, politician, former White House Chief of Staff

061.  Angela Ahrendts, businesswoman, CEO of Burberry

060.  Chris Gardner, entrepreneur and philantropist

059.  Porochista Khakpour, professor and author

058.  Zubin Damania, physician

057.  Carly Fiorina, businesswoman, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard

056.  Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach

055.  Brian J. Dyson, businessman, former CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises

054.  Elias A. Zerhouni, former director of NIH

053.  John Jacob Scherer, author and entrepreneur

052.  Sue Monk Kidd, author

051.  Tony Snow, former White House Press Secretary

050.  Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com

049.  Fareed Zakaria, journalist and author

048.  Michael Dell, chairman and CEO , Dell Computers

047.  David Brooks, journalist

046.  Meredith Vieira, journalist and TV personality

045.  Johnathan Youshaei, high school graduate speaker

044.  Meryl Streep, actress

043.  Anne Lamott, author

042.  John Stewart, comedian

041.  Ellen DeGeneres, actress and comedian

040.  Carl Sagan, astronomer

039.  Randy Pausch, computer science professor

038.  Marissa Mayer, VP at Google

037.  Joe Paterno, football coach

036.  Paul Hawken, entrepreneur

034.  Larry Bock, businessman

033.  Jessica Lange, actress

032.  Larry Lucchino , businessman

031.  J.K. Rowling , writer

030.  John Mackey , businessman

029.  Katie Couric , TV journalist

028.  Bradley Whitford, actor

027.  Brian Kenny, sportscaster

026.  Ray Sidney, businessman

025.  Bill Watterson, cartoonist

024.  Oprah Winfrey, talk show host

023.  Paul Glaser, actor and director

022.  Woody Hayes, college football coach

021.  Guy Kawasaki, businesman

020.  Alan Alda, actor

019.  Chris Matthews, journalist

018.  Michael Uslan, movie producer

017.  Ruth Westheimers, professor and media psychologist

016.  Margaret Spellings, politician

015.  David Foster Wallace, novelist

014.  Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers

013.  Marc S. Lewis, professor of clinical psychology

012.  David L. Calhoun, businessman

011.  Billie Jean King, tennis player

010.  Jean Andrews, marine scientist and artist

009.  Muriel Siebert, businesswoman

008.   John Walsh, author and art historian

007.  Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize winner author

006.  Doug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize winner editorial cartoonist

005.  Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright

004.  Earl Bakken, businessman

003.  David Woddle, businessman

002.  Jerry Zucker, movie director and producer

001.  Yvonne Thorton, medical doctor and author

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