Finger Lists are collections of people and/or organizations that don't belong to a formal group. Many of them were originally compiled by media organizations, frequently in order to rank people by power, wealth, or influence.
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Name Count Description
All members of Congress since 1981 1417
The World's Billionaires - Forbes (2012) 1241 Published March 2012
The World's Billionaires - Forbes (2011) 1188 Forbes ranked more than 1,000 billonaires
Fortune 1000 Companies (2008) 1000 Fortune Magazine's list of the 1000 US companies with the largest published revenue figures.
Fortune 1000 Companies (2010) 998 Fortune Magazine's list of the 1000 US companies with the largest published revenue figures.
MacArthur Foundation Fellows 869 Foundation has made "genius grants" each year since 1981. Early grants were lifetime annuities - now $500,000 over 5 years without any restriction on use. Rank is the year of award.
Obama 2008 bundlers 606
111th Congress 557
112th Congress 544
HCIU Congressional staffers turned healthcare lobbyists 505 This is a list of ex-staffers to members of Congress who are currently lobbying on behalf of healthcare interests. This list is built and maintained by members of the Health Care Investigative Unit (HCIU).
Forbes Largest Private Companies (2007) 423 Forbes Magazine's list of large US private companies
Philanthropy 400 - America's largest charities (2009) 400 Charities ranked by fund raising totals and compiled by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Philanthropy 400 - America's largest charities (2010) 400 Annual listing from the Chronicle of Philanthropy
Forbes 400 Richest Americans (2010) 400
World's Best Universities, Top 400 400 The U.S. News World's Best Universities 2011 rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings,
Forbes 400 Richest Americans (2008) 398 Forbes.com's list of the 400 Richest Americans
Forbes 400 Richest Americans (1982) 396
Cuomo Watch - Persons of Interest 368 An evolving list of persons of interest to the Cuomo Watch research group.
ARTNews Top 200 Art Collectors 2012 302 Many couples are included, so the list is longer than 200 individuals.
Donors to Meg Whitman's 2010 campaign 284 $25,000 or more, not in rank order, to Whitman's campaign for governor of California in 2010