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AW
Andrew Wiles
United KingdomMathematics
31
Prestige
Copley Medal (2017)Abel Prize (2016)Tang Prize in Mathematics (2016)Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2005)National Medal of Science (2000)Sylvester Medal (2000)King Faisal Prize (1998)MacArthur Fellowship (1997)Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1995)Schock Prize in Mathematics (1995)Harvey Prize (1995)Fermat Prize (1995)
h-index: 20
GF
Gerd Faltings(1954)
GermanyMathematics
26
Prestige
h-index: 30
JM
John Milnor(1931)
United StatesMathematics
26
Prestige
Abel Prize (2011)Steele Prize (2004)King Faisal Prize (1993)Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1989)Sylvester Medal (1976)Fields Medal (1962)
ORCIDh-index: 75
JN
John Nash
United StatesMathematics
24
Prestige
h-index: 30
SM
Syukuro Manabe
JapanPhysics
20
Prestige
Physics (2021)Vetlesen Prize (2021)Tyler Prize (2015)BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Climate Change) (2009)Blue Planet Prize (1992)
h-index: 74
JF
John Forbes Nash(1928–2015)
United StatesMathematics
20
Prestige
EW
Edward Witten(1951)
United StatesPhysics
19
Prestige
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2000)Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1998)Fields Medal (1990)Dirac Medal (1985)MacArthur Fellowship (1982)
ORCIDh-index: 170
EW
Eugene Wigner
HungaryPhysics
17
Prestige
h-index: 78
DS
David Spergel(1961)
United StatesPhysics
16
Prestige
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017)Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2012)Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2010)Henry Draper Medal (2005)MacArthur Fellowship ()Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics ()
ORCIDh-index: 113
David J. Gross(1941)
United StatesPhysics
16
Prestige
ORCID
Joseph Hooton Taylor
United StatesPhysics
16
Prestige
David MacMillan(1968)
United StatesChemistry
15
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 125
Jim Peebles(1935)
CanadaPhysics
15
Prestige
h-index: 2
Philip Anderson
United StatesPhysics
15
Prestige
h-index: 105
John J. Hopfield(1933)
United StatesPhysics
14
Prestige
h-index: 85
Arthur B. McDonald(1943)
CanadaPhysics
14
Prestige
June Huh(1983)
United StatesMathematics
13
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 42
Lyman Page(1957)
United StatesPhysics
13
Prestige
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2017)Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2012)Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2010)Henry Draper Medal (2005)Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics ()
ORCIDh-index: 56
Charles Fefferman(1949)
United StatesMathematics
13
Prestige
h-index: 51
Paul Krugman(1953)
United StatesEconomics
13
Prestige
h-index: 112
Joseph H. Taylor Jr.
United StatesPhysics
13
Prestige
for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation
Kunihiko Kodaira(1915–1997)
JapanMathematics
13
Prestige
h-index: 19
Manjul Bhargava(1974)
CanadaMathematics
12
Prestige
h-index: 29
Yakov Sinai(1935)
RussiaMathematics
12
Prestige
h-index: 24
Wolfgang Pauli
AustriaPhysics
12
Prestige
h-index: 47
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Peter Sarnak(1953)
United StatesMathematics
11
Prestige
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2024)Tang Prize in Mathematics (2018)Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2014)Ostrowski Prize (2001)Salem Prize (1990)
h-index: 57
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Ingrid Daubechies(1954)
BelgiumMathematics
11
Prestige
Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2023)Steele Prize (2018)Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2012)National Medal of Science (2000)MacArthur Fellowship (1992)
ORCIDh-index: 43
James Peebles(1935)
CanadaPhysics
11
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 67
Duncan Haldane(1951)
SloveniaPhysics
11
Prestige
ORCID
Robert Tarjan(1948)
United StatesComputer Science
11
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 110
Daniel Kahneman(1934–2024)
IsraelEconomics
11
Prestige
h-index: 159
Andrew Yao(1946)
ChinaComputer Science
11
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 52
Daniel C. Tsui(1939)
ChinaPhysics
11
Prestige
DW
Kenzaburō Ōe
JapanLiterature
10
Prestige
Russell A. Hulse
United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation
Russell Alan Hulse
United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
William Thurston(1946–2012)
United StatesMathematics
10
Prestige
Val Logsdon Fitch
United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
Arthur Lewis
Saint LuciaEconomics
10
Prestige
Bonnie L. Bassler(1962)
United StatesChemistry
9
Prestige
ORCID
James Gunn(1966)
United StatesArts
9
Prestige
h-index: 140
Elliott Lieb(1932)
United StatesMathematics
7
Prestige
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (2022)Gauss Prize (2022)Tang Prize in Mathematics (2022)Schock Prize in Mathematics (2001)Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1978)
ORCIDh-index: 103
John Wheeler(1911–2008)
United StatesPhysics
7
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 79
Noga Alon(1956)
IsraelMathematics
6
Prestige
ORCIDh-index: 97