Top 100 Most Influential People of the World
Time magazine is famous for putting out an issue annually about the top 100 most influential people. The top 100 most influential people of 2010 are people that in some way changed our world. To be influential does not necessarily mean you are inspirational. To be influencial means that you are important and powerful and in some way have changed the world. This list of the top 100 most influencial people includes politicians, world leaders, technological wiz's, celebrities, and many other individuals that have in some way made an impact on society. So what makes a person influential? What entitles a person to be inspirational and make a difference in the world?
2010 Candidates
Poll Results
TIME 100 Competition
- Lady Gaga
- Kim Yu-Na
- Jeff Bridges
- Hillary Clinton
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- James Cameron
- Muammar Gaddafi
- Sandra Bullock
- Sarah Palin
- Lindsey Vonn
- Nancy Pelosi
- Han Han
- Paul Volcker
- Michelle Obama
- Scott Brown
- Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi
- Roger Ailes
- Dave Eggers
- Beyoncé
- Conan O'Brien
- David Chang
- Dan Coudreaut
- Catherine Ashton
- Arne Duncan
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Barack Obama
- T-Bone Burnett
- Mo'Nique
- Tiger Woods
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Oprah Winfrey
- Taylor Swift
- Rahm Emanuel
- Alec Baldwin
- Stephen Colbert
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Jay Leno
- The Lost Creators
- Seth MacFarlane
- Jon Stewart
- Matthew Weiner
- Dennis Crowley
- The Penny Arcade Co-Creators
- Peter Molyneux
- Bill Clinton
- Neil Gaiman
- Marissa Mayer
- Rain
- Pete Cashmore
- Manmohan Singh
- Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan
- Apolo Ohno
- Michael Lewis
- Grant Achatz
- Billy Graham
- David Boies and Theodore Olson
- Banksy
- Susan Boyle
- Simon Cowell
- Cheryl Cole
- Vivienne Westwood
- Ferran Adrià
- Manny Pacquiao
- Meghan McCain
- Timothy Geithner
- Stanley McChrystal
- Annise Parker
- Glenn Beck
- Joe Lieberman
- Bode Miller
- Olympia Snowe
- Eric Cantor
- Mike Mullen
- Ron Paul
- Rahul Singh
- Paul Farmer
- Mitt Romney
- Atul Gawande
- Betty White
- Zach Galifianakis
- Jimmy Fallon
- Lea Michele
- Jeff Zucker
- Bristol Palin
- Renzo Piano
- Ashton Kutcher
- Emma Watson
- Greg Mortenson
- Meryl Streep
- Drew Brees
- Roger Federer
- Adam Lambert
- John Madden
- Kaká
- Elizabeth Warren
- Harvey Weinstein
- Kanye West
- Dana White
- Tim White
- Kristen Wiig
- Marc Jacobs
- Johanna Sigurdardottir
- Shah Rukh Khan
- Tim Westergren
- Elizabeth Gilbert
- Temple Grandin
- Gabourey Sidibe
- Drew Pinsky
- Prince
- Rachael Ray
- Jason Reitman
- Clint Eastwood
- Kim Clijsters
- Rupert Murdoch
- Rachel Maddow
- Ricky Gervais
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Yukio Hatoyama
- Robert Pattinson
- Amy Poehler
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Carlos Slim Helú
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Anna Wintour
- Mehmet Oz
- Warren Buffett
- Mark Carney
- Bill and Melinda Gates
- Michael Sherraden
- Steve Jobs
- J.T. Wang
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn
- Lawrence Summers
- Kathleen Merrigan
- Lisa Jackson
- Michael Pollan
- Christine Lagarde
- Angela Merkel
- Tidjane Thiam
- Bo Xilai
- Wang Qishan
- Liu Xiaobo
- Danica Patrick
- Robin Li
- Lee Kuan Yew
- Preity Zinta
- Shirin Ebadi
- Serena Williams
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Zahra Rahnavard
- Jean-Max Bellerive
- Hugo Chávez
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Samuel Alito, Jr.
- Cory Booker
- Ben Bernanke
- Andrew Breitbart
- Evan Bayh
- Peter Orszag
- Akio Toyoda
- Lloyd Blankfein
- Chetan Bhagat
- Suzanne Collins
- Andy Samberg
- Elton John
- Jaron Lanier
- Patti Smith
- Ben Stiller
- Zaha Hadid
- Chelsea Handler
- Joannie Rochette
Although many people on the list above are truly influential and impact the world in a beneficial way, there are others who's good influence is questionable. Some portray certain lifestyles or act in ways in which make them bad influences. Others don't seem to have accomplished much to deserve a nomination for this list. The selection definitely shows a direct correlation between fame and influence. An influential person is someone whose actions and opinions influence the corse of events in society. Without society, no one would be influential. Ultimately it is safe to say that we, the common people choose who influences our life, along with the help of the media. If you click the link below, you will see the results of Time's 2010 most influential people. Results