The esteemed George Will pens a tribute to the man selected "the most influential Princeton alumnus ever." Very much worth reading.

Here's a list of those who made the Top 25, culled from these 250 names considered by a panel that included Todd Purdum and Sean Wilentz.

It may come as a bit of a shock to some that co-founding RealClearPolitics appeared not to carry as much weight with the judges as, say, writing The Great Gatsby or being elected president.

Now if you're the founder of Amazon.com or that other internet powerhouse, Bloggingheads.tv, it's a different story.