Here are the two hundred eighty-four names that have been suggested to me as people I might want to interview. Thanks to everyone who submitted names. Thanks also to the people who took the time to try their hand at sorting the list; their efforts provide the measure of popularity used to sort the list. If your name is on this list please don’t be insulted if you feel the brief description I’ve given here misrepresents your life’s work or if your name is distressingly low down on the popularity ranking. While I am interested in what the wisdom of the crowd has to say about who’d be interesting interview subjects, in the end I’ll follow my own council when selecting who to approach for interviews. There are several folks well down on the popularity ranking who I’d love to have a chance to interview.

Now that I’m getting ready to start contacting potential interviewees, I’m really getting going on my research. If you click on any of the names in this list you can see what information I’ve got so far and can help me out by adding to it if you want. As I mentioned on the front page, at this point the best way to make a case for someone you really think I should interview is to add information about them so I have the best chance to realize why they’d be interesting to talk to. If you want to add a more general comment feel free, as always, to send me email or to leave a comment on the comments page.

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