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All-time leader43.1Liu Xiaobo
1990s×Canon×

Mo Yan

Writers

2nd41.3 · mom 1

Liu Xiaobo

Writers

1st43.1 · mom 10

Michelle Obama

Writers

3rd40.9 · mom 12
Liu Xiaobo leads this board.

All-time score 43.1, ahead of Mo Yan by 1.9.

Chasing the podium
  1. 4thDan BrownWriters39.4
  2. 5thDavid CopperfieldWriters38.7
  3. 6thDani RodrikAcademics38.3
  4. 7thArundhati RoyWriters35.6
  5. 8thJudith ButlerAcademics35.0
  6. 9thSarah FergusonWriters35.0
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PlaceNameCountryCategoryAll-time
10th, fallingBoris NemtsovScientists · 1959-2015Scientists34.5mom 111th, fallingFrank MillerWriters · b. 1957United StatesUnited StatesWriters33.8mom 012th, stableAlexander DuginAcademics · b. 1962Academics33.8mom 213th, risingMichel HouellebecqWriters · b. 1956FranceFranceWriters33.7mom 414th, risingAnna PolitkovskayaJournalists · 1958-2006United StatesUnited StatesJournalists33.3mom 715th, stableNeil GaimanWriters · b. 1960United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters32.6mom 016th, stableKeith HaringArtists · 1958-1990United StatesUnited StatesArtists32.5mom 117th, risingJohn GrishamWriters · b. 1955United StatesUnited StatesWriters32.2mom 1218th, stableScott AdamsWriters · 1957-2026United StatesUnited StatesWriters30.5mom 219th, stableDonatella VersaceDesigners · b. 1955ItalyItalyDesigners30.2mom 1020th, risingMichel OnfrayAcademics · b. 1959FranceFranceAcademics30.1mom 1021st, fallingKatie CouricJournalists · b. 1957United StatesUnited StatesJournalists29.8mom 10

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