Who Should Be TIME's Person of the Year 2011?
From tsunamis to budget battles to revolutions, 2011 has been a tumultuous, news-packed year. Who influenced the news most, for better or worse? Tradition dictates that TIME's editors choose the Person of the Year. Now that voting has closed, view the final ratings. More »
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Person of the Year Roundtable
Seth Meyers, Anita Hill and others share their picks for Person of the Year 2011 More »
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Person of the Year 2011 Primer
A look back at the year in news may help you decide who should be the Person of the Year 2011 More »
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Picture Yourself as Person of the Year
Create and share your own TIME Person of the Year cover using our new Facebook app More »
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2010: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook started out as a lark, but it has changed the way human beings relate to one another. And Mark Zuckerberg is the man who brought us here More »
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2009: Ben Bernanke
The story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much weaker. Thank the man who runs the Federal Reserve, our mild-mannered economic overlord More »
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2008: Barack Obama
For having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour, and for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off, the President-elect is TIME's Person of the Year. More »
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Graphic: TIME's Person of the Year, from 1927 to 2011
TIME's Person of the Year is bestowed by the editors on the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year. See who made the grade over TIME's first eight decades More »
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