This is a list of plagiarists from worst to best, based on a complex formula weighing the magnitude of their crimes against their observed contributions to human culture. Pastiche does not count unless it's significant and enduring. These rankings are entirely objective and indisputably true.
60. Shia LeBeouf
59. Osama bin Laden
58. George Zimmerman
57. Commencement speakers
56. Ann Coulter
55. Benny Johnson
54. Alan Dershowitz
53. Rod Stewart
52. Robin Thicke
51. Ben Domenech
50. Lianne Spiderbaby
49. Ward Churchill
48. Maureen Dowd
47. Jay Leno
46. Gerald Posner
45. Dave Zinczenko
44. Chuck Norris
43. Madonna
42. Slavoj Zizek
41. Jonah Lehrer
40. Monica Crowley
39. The Beach Boys
38. Fareed Zakaria
37. The Daily Beast
36. James Franco
35. This Chinese TV sitcom
34. Johann Hari
33. Ruth Shalit
32. Jayson Blair
31. Chris Hedges
30. Kaavya Viswanathan
29. Jacob Epstein
28. Joseph Smith
27. The Rolling Stones
26. Doris Kearns Goodwin
25. Chris Anderson
24. Stephen Ambrose
23. "Epic college welcome speech" guy
22. Marc Jacobs
21. Jack London
20. H.G. Wells
19. Jane Goodall
18. Joe Biden
17. Rand Paul
16. Barack H. Obama
15. Other politicians
14. Led Zeppelin
13. Nina Totenberg
12. Radiohead
11. Oscar Wilde
10. Ian McEwan
9. Alex Haley
8. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
7. Vanilla Ice
6. Tie: Andy Warhol/ Marcel Duchamp
5. George Harrison
4. Q.R. Markham
3. Laurence Sterne
2. Michael Bolton
1. Jonathan Lethem
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