The TIME 100 — Are They Worthy?

Read about the people whose power, talent, discoveries and philanthropy have made a difference in our world —Clayton Neuman and Unmesh Kher

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CANDIDATES

  1. OPRAH WINFREY
  2. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
  3. BAN KI-MOON
  4. GORDON BROWN
  5. ZAHA HADID
  6. BILL GATES
  7. AISHWARYA RAI
  8. HO CHING
  9. NANCY PELOSI
  10. KATE MOSS
  11. ROSIE O'DONNELL
  12. JOHN ROBERTS
  13. ORHAN PAMUK
  14. MOQTADA AL-SADR
  15. SACHA BARON COHEN
  16. SIR RICHARD BRANSON
  17. GEORGE W. BUSH
  18. CLINT EASTWOOD
  19. KIRAN DESAI
  20. ALFONSO CUARON
  21. JOHN FLEMING
  22. KHALED HOSSEINI
  23. RICKY GERVAIS
  24. KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD
  25. HAMID KARZAI
  26. ANGELINA JOLIE
  27. NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE
  28. MARKOS MOULITSAS
  29. HOWARD STERN
  30. ERIC SHINSEKI
  31. ZENG JINYAN
  32. AHMED ABOUTALEB
  33. DAVID BECKHAM
  34. SUSAN DECKER
  35. HILLARY CLINTON
  36. STEVEN COHEN
  37. BOB DYLAN
  38. MANVENDRA SINGH GOHIL
  39. PARIS HILTON
  40. KIM JONG IL
  41. NELSON MANDELA
  42. DIKEMBE MUTOMBO
  43. KEITH OLBERMANN
  44. ALBERT OSTERHAUS
  45. ANGELA MERKEL
  46. GERRY ADAMS AND IAN PAISLEY
  47. OSAMA BIN LADEN
  48. TARCISIO BERTONE
  49. BEYONCE KNOWLES
  50. STEVE SPANGLER
  51. RICHARD DAWKINS
  52. DANE COOK
  53. FRIDA GIANNINI
  54. ANNA HAZARE
  55. KING JIGME SINGYE WANGCHUCK
  56. DEAN KARNAZES
  57. JONATHAN IVE
  58. JOHN MAYER
  59. DMITRY MEDVEDEV
  60. MULLAH DADULLAH
  61. SVANTE PÄÄBO
  62. BARACK OBAMA
  63. GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS
  64. GREGORY PERELMAN
  65. ALAN RUSBRIDGER
  66. ROBERT LANGER
  67. JIMMY WALES
  68. STEVE CHEN AND CHAD HURLEY
  69. SIDNEY CROSBY
  70. ABU HAMZA AL-MUHAJER, (a.k.a. Abu Ayyub al-Masri)
  71. MARY J. BLIGE
  72. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
  73. DANIEL CRAIG
  74. JAN EGELAND
  75. ROGER FEDERER
  76. FRANÇOIS PINAULT
  77. ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR
  78. JOHN MURTHA
  79. VICTORIA HALE
  80. MATT GROENING
  81. FRESHLYGROUND
  82. HU JINTAO
  83. REM KOOLHAAS
  84. AMR KHALED
  85. JAY-Z
  86. LAKSHMI MITTAL
  87. DOUGLAS MELTON, KEVIN EGGAN AND GEORGE DALY
  88. MATTHEW OLUSEGUN AREMU OBASANJO
  89. JIM PRESS
  90. J.K. ROWLING
  91. AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI
  92. FERRAN ADRIA
  93. GEN. SONTHI BOONYARATGLIN
  94. CORY BOOKER
  95. LEONARDO DiCAPRIO
  96. SIMON COWELL
  97. MIKE FEINBERG and DAVE LEVIN
  98. SALMA HAYEK
  99. AL GORE
  100. SONIA GANDHI
  101. THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
  102. MICHAEL J. FOX
  103. ZALMAY KHALILZAD
  104. SUSAN MALONEY
  105. KENNETH LEWIS
  106. FATUMA NDANGIZA
  107. INDRA NOOYI
  108. KOEN OLTHUIS
  109. HENRY PAULSON
  110. RACHAEL RAY
  111. VLADIMIR PUTIN
  112. RICK RUBIN
  113. HENRY SY
  114. PETER SINGER
  115. ANDY SAMBERG
  116. YOUK CHHANG
  117. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
  118. ANTHONY ATALA
  119. TIGER WOODS
  120. ALI SALEEM
  121. LOU DOBBS
  122. SANJAYA MALAKAR
  123. AMERICA FERRERA
  124. MICHAEL CHABON
  125. NORMAN FRANCIS
  126. ROBERT GATES
  127. INGVAR KAMPRAD
  128. GALEB MAGADLA
  129. MICHAEL LEWIS
  130. COLONEL H. R. MCMASTER
  131. FRANK MILLER
  132. NANDAN NILEKANI
  133. TZIPI LIVNI
  134. KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ
  135. MULLAH OMAR
  136. TOM ANDERSON and CHRIS DEWOLFE
  137. CARLO PETRINI
  138. RAIN
  139. MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI
  140. JON STEWART
  141. EDWARD WHITACRE
  142. MUHAMMAD YUNUS
  143. BERNARD ARNAULT
  144. MIKITA SASIM
  145. DAMON ALBARN
  146. JOSEPH "SEPP" BLATTER
  147. FELIPE CALDERON
  148. CROWN PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL
  149. HUGO CHAVEZ
  150. CARDINAL JOSEPH ZEN ZI-KIUN
  151. TOSHIHIKO FUJIMOTO
  152. THIERRY HENRY
  153. ROBIN LI
  154. JOHN MCCAIN
  155. SHIGERU MIYAMOTO
  156. JEAN NOUVEL
  157. FERDINAND PIËCH
  158. SHONDA RHIMES
  159. SÉGOLÈNE ROYAL
  160. MARK THOMPSON
  161. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
  162. LAWRENCE WRIGHT
  163. PABLO ALVARADO
  164. FRANZ BECKENBAUER
  165. BILL CLINTON
  166. THOMAS CASSIDY
  167. GEORGE CLOONEY
  168. TONY DUNGY
  169. SIR JOHN HOUGHTON
  170. WADAH KHANFAR
  171. SERGIO MARCHIONNE
  172. CORMAC MCCARTHY
  173. GEN. PERVEZ MUSHARRAF
  174. ANNE MULCAHY
  175. JIMMY MILLER
  176. ROBERT MUGABE
  177. MANMOHAN SINGH
  178. KIEFER SUTHERLAND
  179. BENEDICT XVI
  180. KATSUAKI WATANABE
  181. CHRIS ANDERSON
  182. BONO
  183. SANTIAGO CALATRAVA
  184. KATIE COURIC
  185. MARGARET CHAN
  186. ELIZABETH EDWARDS
  187. PETER GELB
  188. BRAD PITT
  189. JEAN-MARIE LE PEN
  190. LIU QI
  191. INGRID MATTSON
  192. PHILIP ROSEDALE
  193. SHEIK HASSAN NASRALLAH
  194. TIMBALAND
  195. MARGARETA VAN DEN BOSCH
  196. RICK WARREN
  197. RALPH WHITWORTH
  198. JAMES BARTON
  199. STEPHEN COLBERT
  200. PEREZ HILTON (MARIO LAVANDEIRA)
  201. STEVE JOBS
  202. BARRY BONDS
  203. WARREN BUFFETT

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