1.Larry Swilling, the 74-year-old man who walked 54 miles to find a kidney donor for his wife.
2.Jack Andraka, the 16-year-old kid who is developing a life-saving cancer test.
3.Gary Nichols Jr. and his 29-year-old daughter Kelly, who are harvesting a pesky lionfish population for food.
4.Derek "Shotgun" Brown, the ex-gang member who is now an anti-gang activist in Chicago.
5.Brian Cassella, a photographer who has been photographing abandoned schools in Chicago.
6."The Dream 9," a group of immigration reform activists.
7.The four people behind the production, editing, and publication of "Letter From Birmingham Jail" -- Clarence Jones, Wyatt Tee Walker, Willie Pearl Mackey King, and Andrew Young.
8.Amanda Boxtel, a paraplegic who recently took her first steps in nearly 20 years.
9.Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
10.Kali Hardig, who survived a rare brain infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba.