1. Sherron Watkins – Enron
2. Jeffrey Wigand – Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
3. Erin Brockovich – Pacific Gas and Electric Company
4. Mark Whitacre – Archer Daniels Midland
5. Harry Markopolos – Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme
6. Coleen Rowley – FBI
7. Karen Silkwood – Kerr-McGee Corporation
8. Ralph Nader – General Motors
9. Daniel Ellsberg – Pentagon Papers
10. Edward Snowden – National Security Agency