100% | GRACEHOPPER | 11 | U.S. Navy rear admiral who invented the first computer language compiler (2 wds.) |
40% | MARTYCOOPER | 11 | American engineer and wireless communications pioneer who invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone: 2 wds. |
33% | JOSEPHPILATES | 13 | Physical trainer who invented the fitness method named after him: 2 wds. |
33% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | Winner of the first US Open Men's Singles championship (1968), for whom the largest stadium at the USTA National Tennis Center is named (2 wds.) |
33% | GEORGEGALLUP | 12 | Journalism professor who invented the public polling system named after him: 2 wds. |
33% | MARIATELKES | 11 | Scientist who invented and designed the first solar-powered home (2 wds.) |
33% | JACKCOVER | 9 | American physicist who invented the Taser stun gun: 2 wds. |
32% | REGGIEJACKSON | 13 | Future Yankees star who hit the first Oakland A's homer (1968): 2 wds. |
32% | JORDANSPIETH | 12 | American golfer who won the 2015 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
32% | DUSTINJOHNSON | 13 | American golfer who won the 2016 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
32% | BROOKSKOEPKA | 12 | American golfer who won the 2017 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
32% | LOUISBRAILLE | 12 | Blind educator who invented the touch system of reading and writing named after him: 2 wds. |
32% | DOMINICTHIEM | 12 | Austrian tennis player who won his first major title at the 2020 US Open: 2 wds. |
32% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Oilers center who became the NHL's first unanimous MVP in 1982: 2 wds. |
31% | TONYHAWK | 8 | Legendary skateboarder who completed the first recorded 900: 2 wds. |
31% | DAVIDFARRAGUT | 13 | Union admiral who defeated the Confederacy at the Battle of Mobile Bay: 2 wds. |
31% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Scientist who was the first female professor at the University of Paris: 2 wds. |
30% | CHESTERNIMITZ | 13 | American admiral who defeated the Japanese at the Battle of Midway: 2 wds. |
30% | CANDICEBERGEN | 13 | Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
30% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | U.S. president who was awarded the Silver Star in WWII by General MacArthur (2 wds.) |
30% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. President who awarded Rita Moreno the National Medal of Arts in 2009 (2 wds.) |
30% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president, who served in the Navy during World War II: 3 wds. |
30% | HEDYLAMARR | 10 | Actress who invented the communications system used for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (2 wds.) |
30% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | U.S. president who was the first born in Illinois, the first to have been divorced, and the first to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court (2 wds.) |
30% | DUSTINJOHNSON | 13 | Golfer who won the 2016 U.S. Open (2 wds.) |
30% | JORDANSPIETH | 12 | Golfer who won the 2015 U.S. Open (2 wds.) |
30% | GARYWOODLAND | 12 | Golfer who won the 2019 U.S. Open (2 wds.) |
30% | HOWE | 4 | Elias who invented the first practical sewing machine |
30% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. president who has been listed on the TIME 100 a record 11 times (2 wds.) |
30% | HORATIONELSON | 13 | British admiral who defeated the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar: 2 wds. |