The 2009 TIME 100
In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people who most affect our world
Full List
Leaders & Revolutionaries
- Edward Kennedy
- Gordon Brown
- Christine Lagarde
- Thomas Dart
- Avigdor Lieberman
- Joaquín Guzmán
- Nouri al-Maliki
- Hillary Clinton
- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
- Boris Johnson
- Norah al-Faiz
- Elizabeth Warren
- Paul Kagame
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Angela Merkel
- Wang Qishan
- Xi Jinping
- David McKiernan
- Ashfaq Kayani
- Barack Obama
Builders & Titans
- The Twitter Guys
- T. Boone Pickens
- Ted Turner
- Tessa Ross
- Carlos Slim
- Brad Pitt
- Meredith Whitney
- Suze Orman
- Lauren Zalaznick
- Timothy Geithner
- Nandan Nilekani
- Stella McCartney
- Jamie Dimon
- Sheila Bair
- moot
- Alexander Medvedev
- Alan Mulally
- Robin Chase
- Jack Ma
- Bernie Madoff
Artists & Entertainers
- Rush Limbaugh
- M.I.A.
- Sam and Dan Houser
- Kate Winslet
- Werner Herzog
- William Kentridge
- Penélope Cruz
- Lang Lang
- John Legend
- Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio
- Gustavo Dudamel
- Jeff Kinney
- Tavis Smiley
- The View
- Zac Efron
- Tina Fey
- Tom Hanks
- Jay Leno
- A.R. Rahman
- Judith Jamison
Heroes & Icons
- Michelle Obama
- Chesley B. Sullenberger
- Richard Phillips
- Seth Berkley
- Michael Eavis
- Leonard Abess
- Hadizatou Mani
- Rick Warren
- Van Jones
- Somaly Mam
- Rafael Nadal
- Suraya Pakzad
- Jeff Bezos
- Tiger Woods
- George Clooney
- Brady Gustafson
- Sister Mary Scullion
- Oprah Winfrey
- Sarah Palin
- Manny Pacquiao
Scientists & Thinkers
- Nouriel Roubini
- Amory Lovins
- Jon Favreau
- Dambisa Moyo
- Dan Barber
- Yoichiro Nambu
- Roland Fryer
- Martin Lindstrom
- Barbara Hogan
- David Sheff
- Steven Chu
- Paul Krugman
- Connie Hedegaard
- Daniel Nocera
- Stephan Schuster and Webb Miller
- Nicholas Christakis
- Doug Melton
- Paul Ekman
- Shai Agassi
- Nate Silver
The Stein 100
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