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All-time leader65.0Pope Francis
1970s×Canon×

Stephen Hawking

Scientists

2nd57.9 · mom 1

Pope Francis

Writers

1st65.0 · mom 22

Mario Vargas Llosa

Writers

3rd54.8 · mom 3
Pope Francis leads this board.

All-time score 65.0, ahead of Stephen Hawking by 7.1.

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  1. 4thBobby FischerWriters48.9
  2. 5thJoseph BrodskyWriters46.7
  3. 6thRichard DawkinsScientists46.3
  4. 7thFrançoise SaganWriters45.5
  5. 8thRobert Woodrow WilsonScientists45.4
  6. 9thAlice WalkerWriters44.8
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PlaceNameCountryCategoryAll-time
10th, stableMargaret AtwoodWriters · b. 1939CanadaCanadaWriters44.7mom 211th, stablePeter HandkeWriters · b. 1942AustriaAustriaWriters44.3mom 212th, stableSeamus HeaneyWriters · 1939-2013United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters44.0mom 313th, risingMario MontiAcademics · b. 1943ItalyItalyAcademics43.4mom 3514th, stableJ. M. G. Le ClézioWriters · b. 1940FranceFranceWriters43.0mom 115th, risingNorman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames BankArchitects · b. 1935United KingdomUnited KingdomArchitects43.0mom 1116th, fallingAmos OzWriters · 1939-2018IsraelIsraelWriters41.7mom 117th, risingJulia KristevaAcademics · b. 1941FranceFranceAcademics41.6mom 1018th, risingMahmoud DarwishWriters · 1941-2008Writers41.4mom 719th, fallingMichael CrichtonWriters · 1942-2008United StatesUnited StatesWriters41.0mom 020th, risingMuhammad YunusAcademics · b. 1940Academics40.9mom 421st, risingGao XingjianWriters · b. 1940ChinaChinaWriters40.7mom 5

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Harvey Pekar

American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality (1939-2010)

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Italian economist and politician (1943-)

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