10 Best 'Oppenheimer' Characters, Ranked

10. Roger Robb

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9. Jean Tatlock

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8. Isidor Rabi

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7. David Hill

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6. Albert Einstein

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5. Edward Teller

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4. Leslie Groves

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3. Kitty Oppenheimer

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2. Lewis Strauss

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1. J. Robert Oppenheimer

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