92nd St Y potential list
Some names for the list (not all top-level, but need to add some which can liven-up an audience), more on the way...
NAME
FIELD
Alan lightman
MEDIA
Andrew Klaber
YOUNG PIONEER
Andrew Strominger
PHYSICIST
Andrew Wiles
MATHATICIAN
Andy Weil
MEDICAL PIONEER
Angela Duckworth
PSYCHOLOGIST
Barry Nalebuff
ECONOMIST, INVENTOR
Bill Drayton
EDUCATION INNOVATOR
Bob Langer
BIOCHEM PIONEER
Bob Litan
SCHOLAR
Carlos Bustamante
GENETICS PIONEER
Charles Plott
CALTECH ECONOMIST
Christof Koch
NEUROSCIENTIST
Colin Camerer
ECONOMIST
Craig Ventner
GENETICS PIONEER
Dalai Lama
RELIGIOUS LEADER
Danny Kahneman
PSYCHOLOGIST
David Brooks
MEDIA
David Krakauer
BIOLOGIST
Dean Kamen
INVENTOR
Elon Musk
INNOVATION TECH
Eric Kandel
NEUROSCIENTIST
Eric Lander
MEDICAL PIONEER
Freeman Dyson
PHYSICIST
George Church
GENETICS PIONEER
George Whitesides
BIOCHEM PIONEER
Grigory Perelman
MATHATICIAN
Gunter Wagner
GENETICS PIONEER
Hans Kung
THEOLOGIAN
Howard Nussbaum
PSYCHOLOGIST
Jeff Walker
INNOVATION FINANCE
Jim Watson
GENETICS PIONEER
John Caccioppo
PSYCHOLOGIST
John Sexton
EDUCATION INNOVATOR
John Taylor Gatto
EDUCATION INNOVATOR