Person of the Year 2007

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Person of the Year 2007

  1. Choosing Order Before Freedom
  2. A Tsar Is Born
  3. A Bible, But No E-mail
  4. In Search of Russia's Big Idea
  5. And Moscow Makes Me Sing And Shout
  6. Kissinger on Putin: "He Thinks He is a Reformer"
  7. His Place in History
  8. Russia Needs Putin
  9. Putin's Future: Less KGB, More MBA
  10. Putin Q&A: Full Transcript

Runners-Up

  1. Al Gore
  2. The Gore Interview
  3. J.K. Rowling
  4. Rowling Answers 10 Questions About Harry
  5. Hu Jintao
  6. David Petraeus

People Who Mattered

  1. Judd Apatow
  2. Eduardo Arias
  3. Wesley Autry
  4. Billiam the YouTube Snowman
  5. Barry Bonds
  6. Burmese Monks
  7. David Chase
  8. Hugo Chavez
  9. Miley Cyrus
  10. Elizabeth Edwards
  11. Robert Gates
  12. Alberto Gonzales
  13. Conn and Hal Iggulden
  14. Don Imus
  15. The Jena 6
  16. Bobby Jindal
  17. Angela Merkel
  18. Yue Minjun
  19. Angelo Mozilo
  20. Rupert Murdoch
  21. Obama and Clinton
  22. Ron Paul
  23. Erik Prince
  24. Radiohead
  25. Nicolas Sarkozy
  26. John Smeaton
  27. Britney Spears
  28. Junying Yu, James Thomson and Shinya Yamanaka

Fond Farewell

  1. Ingmar Bergman 1918-2007
  2. Liz Claiborne 1929-2007
  3. Jerry Falwell 1933-2007
  4. Steve Fossett 1944-2007
  5. Robert Goulet 1933-2007
  6. Merv Griffin 1925-2007
  7. David Halberstam 1934-2007
  8. Lady Bird Johnson 1912-2007
  9. Yolanda King 1955-2007
  10. Evel Knievel 1938-2007
  11. Madeleine L'Engle 1918-2007
  12. Norman Mailer 1923-2007
  13. Marcel Marceau 1923-2007
  14. Tammy Faye Messner 1942-2007
  15. Luciano Pavarotti 1935-2007
  16. Phil Rizzuto 1917-2007
  17. Max Roach 1924-2007
  18. Anita Roddick 1942-2007
  19. Arthur Schlesinger 1917-2007
  20. Sidney Sheldon 1917-2007
  21. Beverly Sills 1929-2007
  22. Anna Nicole Smith 1967-2007
  23. Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007
  24. Kurt Waldheim 1918-2007
  25. Bill Walsh 1931-2007
  26. Boris Yeltsin 1931-2007

Photos

  1. Person of the Year: Photos

Videos

  1. TIME's Interview with Vladimir Putin
  2. A Russian Roadtrip

More Stories

  1. The Year of Them
  2. It's Payback Time
  3. Striving Valiantly
  4. Q & A: Talking with Al Gore
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Runner-Up

Al Gore

Nobel laureate, minding the environment

Runner-Up

J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter creator, finally telling secrets

Runner-up

Hu Jintao

China's leader depends on both ancient wisdom and communist doctrine as guides to action

Runner-up

David Petraeus

The commanding general in Iraq fought America's most difficult foreign war — and one at home

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People Who Mattered

The defiant monks of Burma became an online sensation. Rupert Murdoch got the newspaper of his dreams. Barry Bonds broke a historic record, while Britney Spears just broke down. Read about them and others who left their mark on 2007

Fond Farewell

In Tribute

Evel Knievel, Norman Mailer, Lady Bird Johnson, Max Roach, Ingmar Bergman, Beverly Sills, Yolanda King, Robert Goulet, Phil Rizzuto and many others left us—but not before making a distinct impression

Video

TIME's Interview with Vladimir Putin

At his dacha outside Moscow, the Russian President spoke candidly about corruption, religion and how he thinks the war in Iraq should end

Interactive

Russia & China: A Common Cause

Should the two giants stand against the U.S. together? How long can Russia control nearly one-third of the Asian continent while its population dwindles? Here's a look at the bear and the dragon, side by side

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The Year of Them

You had a great run as Person of the Year 2006. But what have You done for us lately?

It's Payback Time

What will history make of 2007? That a lot of Big People met their match in the Little People

Striving Valiantly

The annual Teddy Awards honor bravery — including that shown every day by those in uniform

Q & A: Talking with Al Gore

The complete transcript of Al Gore's interview with TIME's Bryan Walsh

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