100 Most Influential People of 2008 - Time Magazine
Time Magazine 100 World's Most Influential People of 2008: Time Magazine has released its fifth annual “Most Influential” list featuring the couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in the heroes category and controversial teen star Miley Cyrus in entertainment.
For the complete list of the world’s 100 most influential people, check out below:
Artists and Entertainers:
- Lorne Michaels (producer of Saturday Night Live)
- Robert Downey, Jr. (star of Iron Man)
- Herbie Hancock (Classical musician)
- Joel & Ethan Coen (Creators of No Country for Old Men)
- Bruce Springsteen (rocker)
- Peter Gelb (opera)
- Mariah Carey (America’s songbird)
- Khaled Hosseini (author of The Kite Runner)
- Elizabeth Gilber (author of Eat Pray Love)
- Rem Koolhaas (visionary architect)
- Judd Apatow (writer and director of “Knocked Up”)
- Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy (classic rockers)
- George Clooney (Hollywood actor/director)
- Tim Russert (host of “Meet the Press”)
- Suze Orman (financial advisor)
- Stephanie Meyer (author of “Twilight”)
- Tyler Perry (playwright)
- Miley Cyrus (teen star)
- Tom Stoppard (playwright)
- Chris Rock (comedian)
- Takashi Murakami (fine arts)
Leaders and Revolutionaries:
- Dalai Lama
- Vladimir Putin
- Barack Obama
- Hillary Clinton
- John McCain
- Hu Jintao
- George W. Bush
- Jacob Zuma
- Anwar Ibrahim
- Kevin Rudd
- Bartholomew I
- Ben Bernanke
- Muqtada al-Sadr
- Robert Gates
- Michelle Bachelet
- Sonia Gandhi
- Baitullah Mehsud
- Evo Morales
- Ma Ying-jeou
- Ashfaq Kayani
Heroes & Pioneers:
- Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
- Oprah Winfrey
- Oscar Pistorius
- Mia Farrow
- Andre Agassi
- Lance Armstrong
- Bob and Suzanne Wright
- Peter Gabriel
- Kaká
- Sheik Mohammed al-Maktoum
- Yoani Sánchez
- Madeeha Hasan Odhaib
- Randy Pausch
- Lorena Ochoa
- Tony Blair
- Alexis Sinduhije
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- George Mitchell
Scientists & Thinkers:
- Michael Bloomberg
- Craig Venter
- Jill Bolte Taylor
- Larry Brilliant
- Jeff Han
- Mehmet Oz
- Nancy Brinker
- Harold McGee
- Peter Pronovost
- Eric Chivian & Richard Cizik
- Mary Lou Jepsen
- Paul Allen
- Nicholas Schiff
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Wendy Kopp
- Shinya Yamanaka & James Thomson
- Michael Griffin
- Susan Solomon
- Isaac Berzin