The world's top 5 thinkers? These:
1. Noam ChomskyThat's according to the Prospect/Foreign Policy poll. And then here are the top 10 icons of the last 100 years, as voted for by the readers of Variety:
2. Umberto Eco
3. Richard Dawkins
4. Vaclav Havel
5. Christopher Hitchens
1. The BeatlesI could express a view about these results, but it's just who people voted for, that's all.
2. Louis Armstrong
3. Lucille Ball
4. Humphrey Bogart
5. Marlon Brando
6. Charlie Chaplin
7. James Dean
8. Marilyn Monroe
9. Mickey Mouse
10. Elvis Presley