The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert

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Age: 45
Occupation: Fake late-night pundit
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 1

As the blowhard host of the nightly Colbert Report on Comedy Central, he sends up the pieties and vanities of right-wing pundits. And he's galvanized his Colbert Nation of followers in the world outside TV, most recently sponsoring the U.S. Olympic speedskating team in Vancouver.

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