Greatest Americans

As you may know, Discovery Channel is running a special on the 100 Greatest Americans, according to viewers. Although it's always tough to argue the absolute greatest, many of the people on the Discovery list are absolutely ridiculous.

John Hawkins did a great job of summarizing the list of 20 greatest, according to those on the Right and those on the Left.

My list of the 20 greatest Americans are as follows (there are 2 duos):

20) William Clark & Meriwether Lewis
19) Albert Einstein
18) Alexander Graham Bell
17) Milton Friedman
16) Wilbur & Orville Wright
15) Eli Whitney
14) George Mason
13) Thomas Paine
12) Dwight Eisenhower
11) Henry Ford
10) Ronald Reagan
9) Andrew Carnegie
8) Harry Truman
7) Franklin D. Roosevelt
6) Thomas Jefferson
5) Alexander Hamilton
4) Ben Franklin
3) John Adams
2) Abe Lincoln
1) George Washington

I'm sure there are a few other people that could make the list (including GW Bush, though it's too early to include him now). Still, I feel very comfortable with this list for the Top 20.

*Update*
John Hawkins provides his list for the top 100. There are a couple names on the list that I need to actually look up.