2. Walter Isaacson: Isaacson is a contemporary biographer who has written biographies of prominent figures such as Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein.
3. Ron Chernow: Chernow is another notable contemporary biographer whose works include biographies of Alexander Hamilton, John D. Rockefeller, and Ulysses S. Grant.
4. Robert Caro: Caro is known for his multi-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, titled "The Years of Lyndon Johnson."
5. David McCullough: McCullough has written acclaimed biographies of historical figures such as John Adams, Harry Truman, and the Wright brothers.
6. Doris Kearns Goodwin: Goodwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer known for her books on Abraham Lincoln, the Kennedy family, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
7. Edmund Morris: Morris is best known for his trilogy of biographies about Theodore Roosevelt.
8. Andrew Roberts: Roberts has written biographies of prominent historical figures such as Winston Churchill, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Salisbury.
9. Jon Meacham: Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer whose works include biographies of Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, and George H.W. Bush.
10. H.W. Brands: Brands has written biographies of figures like Benjamin Franklin, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ulysses S. Grant.