The window for voting is closed, and the top five from the Most Influential Living UU poll are:

1. Matt Groening. Creator of the Simpsons and Futurama. Last spotted in Springfield, USA. (9 votes out of 44.)
2. Keith Olbermann. MSNBC news host, vocal Bush critic, and former ESPN anchor. (8 votes.)
3. Tim Berners-Lee. Inventor of this here interweb thingy (sorry, Al) and head of the standard-setting W3C. (6 votes.)
4. Kurt Vonnegut. Award-winning novelist, satirist and social critic. (5 votes.)

And tying for fifth with four votes each were:

• Ysaye Barnwell.Member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, composer, actor, and children’s book author.
• Robert Fulghum. Minister and author of the best-selling All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

Thanks to everyone who voted. Polling for the final winner will go up in a couple of days. (I’m going to move to a new server between now and then.) Check back in or subscribe to my feed to stay in the loop.