OK Ted, I'll accept that. I would still contend that Bob's influence as an artist ~ in any art form, literature, film, etc. ~ is completely unparalleled. Hence the fittingness of a special Pulitzer. I suppose is was because of this context that I failed to consider inventors, developers of technology, etc.

You're right about Tesla, a completely under-appreciated historical figure. I never even heard of him until relatively recently. People seem to be getting the word about him in recent years, though. Having a rock band named after oneself is a dubious honor, to be sure, but that at least got his name out into the arena of public discussion. And he was a sort-of major character in one of those recent movies about magicians. (There were two very similar films on that subject released at the same time last year. Why does that happen so often?)