| # | Scientist | Country | Public Score | Academic Score | Overall Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
John E. Walker
 (Chemist) |
United Kingdom | 2 | 1147 | 1149 |
| 2 |
Stephen Hawking
 (Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist) |
United Kingdom | 5 | 494 | 499 |
| 3 |
Frederick Sanger
(structure of proteins, especially that of insulin) |
United Kingdom | 2 | 477 | 479 |
| 4 |
Aaron Klug
(crystallographic electron microscopy) |
Lithuania | 1 | 373 | 374 |
| 5 |
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
 (Structural Biologist, Biochemist) |
United States | 2 | 286 | 288 |
University of Cambridge
Cambridge University is the second oldest university in the English speaking world and is consistently ranked as one of the best in the world, achieving first place is the 2010 QS World University Rankings. The universities alumni have been awarded a total of 61 Nobel Prizes, and affiliates of the University have won a total of 88, the most recent being Robert G Edwards.
