MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE LIST. (EDITED)

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Tuesday, Apr. 01, 2008
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TIME asked who you thought should be on the list of the 100 most influential people of the year. Over 200 candidates were given a rating of 1 to 100. And your #1 choice? Shigeru Miyamoto! The video game designer had almost 2 million votes, over 200,000 more than runner-up, Rain. After a tight race at the top, Stephen Colbert came in third place with over 900,000 votes.

Rank
Name
Avg. Rating
Total Votes


4
Noam Chomsky
65
48,715



9
Al Gore
57
26,234

10
Mike Huckabee
56
18,163

11
George Clooney
56
16,612

12
Will Smith
55
24,652

13
Tiger Woods
55
21,735


15
Eliot Spitzer
53
12,892


19
Nelson Mandela
51
93,240



23
Matt Damon
51
9,488

9,283


26
Jon Stewart
50
352,047

27
Bill Gates
50
19,418

28
Coen Brothers
50
11,334

29
Julia Roberts
50
10,277



31
Liu Xiang
49
12,919

32
Michael Cera
49
12,596

33
Angela Merkel
49
8,446

34
Wendy Kopp
49
8,119

35
Barack Obama
48
171,053

36
Ben Bernanke
48
16,474

37
Chris Rock
48
13,578

38
Craig Venter
48
12,325

39
Pervez Mussharraf
48
11,966

40
Warren Buffett
48
11,917

41
Paul Allen
48
11,822

42
Lance Armstrong
48
11,401

43
Jeff Bezos
48
10,637

44
Nikki Finke
48
10,244

45
Caroline Kennedy
48
9,745

46
Radiohead
47
17,344

47
Michael Phelps
47
10,344

48
Kristin Halvorsen
47
7,835

49
Stephenie Meyer
46
215,096

50
Nancy Pelosi
46
8,601

51
Sonia Gandhi
46
8,064

52
Nicholas Negroponte
46
8,021

53
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
46
5,802

54
Vladimir Putin
45
28,274

55
High School Musical Cast
45
23,599

56
John McCain
45
21,945

57
Tina Fey
45
20,032

58
Mark Zuckerberg
45
17,056

59
Pope Benedict XVI
45
12,408

60
Amy Poehler
45
10,709

61
Aung San Suu Kyi
45
10,190

62
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
45
10,088

63
Madonna
44
74,957

64
Brad Pitt
44
30,755

65
Wen Jiabao
44
15,168

66
Arnold Schwarzenegger
44
14,181

67
Rupert Murdoch
44
11,089

68
The MySpace Men
44
10,610

69
Ratan Tata
44
9,695

70
Wu Yi
44
6,151

71
Britney Spears
43
249,536

72
Richard Branson
43
13,639

73
Khaled Hosseini
43
9,798

74
Patric Verrone
43
8,289

75
Jay Adelson
43
6,662

76
Sidney Crosby
43
6,022

77
Nicolas Sarkozy
42
11,481

78
Michael Bloomberg
42
10,992

79
Daniel Day Lewis
42
8,533

80
Ang Lee
42
8,212

81
Jay-Z
42
7,896

82
Gordon Brown
42
7,892

83
Alexis Sinduhije
42
5,617

84
Craig Newmark
42
4,865

85
Lewis Hamilton
41
11,388

86
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
41
10,998

87
Sarah Silverman
41
10,604

88
Joan Blades
41
7,343

89
Joseph Stiglitz
41
5,810

90
Katsuaki Watanabe
41
5,680

91
David Axelrod
41
4,858

92
Julia Gerberding
41
4,793

93
Anwar Ibrahim
40
42,379

94
M.I.A.
40
10,361

95
Condoleezza Rice
40
10,027

96
Ken Bruns
40
7,457

97
Jeffrey Sachs
40
4,505

98
Judd Apatow
39
17,890

99
Mehmet Oz
39
12,022

100
Eli Manning
39
12,006

101
Kim Jonh Il
39
11,666

102
Steve Balmer
39
11,561

103
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
39
10,249

104
Carlos Slim
39
9,532

105
Jeremiah Wright
39
6,732

106
Garry Kasparov
39
5,009

107
Ma Ying-Jeou
39
4,386

108
Tony Blair
38
14,678

109
Suze Orman
38
10,468

110
Jean Claude-Trichet
38
8,219

111
Vinod Kholsa
38
6,136

112
Muqtada al-Sadr
37
17,883

113
Diablo Cody
37
11,406

114
JJ Abrams
37
11,054

115
Mo Ibrahim
37
9,536

116
Hugo Chavez
37
9,504

117
Ali al-Naimi
37
9,212

118
David Sedaris
37
8,935

119
John Roberts
37
6,764

120
David Petraeus
36
11,814

121
Peter Gabriel
36
11,482

122
Simon Cowell
36
9,804

123
Lou Jiwei
36
9,281

124
Tim Piper
36
8,974

125
King Abdullah
36
8,555

126
Rem Koolhaus
36
8,187

127
Liu Qi
36
8,097

128
Hamid Karzai
36
7,939

129
Charles Gibson
36
7,434

130
Klaus Schwab
36
6,765

131
Guy Laliberte
36
4,735

132
Jacob Zuma
35
18,596

133
Kevin Rudd
35
8,856

134
Raul Castro
35
8,306

135
Michael Dell
35
6,329

136
will.I.am
35
6,208

137
Tzipi Livni
35
5,773

138
Robert Gates
34
22,108

139
Mia Farrow
34
15,485

140
Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy
34
13,451

141
George Mitchell
34
12,899

142
Ray Odierno
34
10,317

143
Harold McGee
34
10,049

144
Robert Downey Jr.
34
9,676

145
Peter Gelb
34
8,161

146
Miley Cyrus
33
28,348

147
General Kiyani
33
13,765

148
Lorena Ochoa
33
12,326

149
Shlomo Ben-Ami
33
4,125

150
Oprah Winfrey
32
53,321

151
Isabel Caro
32
8,829

152
Ian McEwan
32
7,056

153
H. Lee Scott Jr.
32
6,689

154
Dimitry Medvedev
32
6,680

155
Ichiro Suzuki
32
4,853

156
Yousaf Raza Gilani
32
4,205

157
Ellen Page
31
71,466

158
George W. Bush
31
33,783

159
Hu Jintao
31
33,121

160
Chad Hurley and Steve Chen
31
13,558

161
Matt Drudge
31
10,002

162
James Cramer
31
9,232

163
Hassan Nasrallah
31
8,722

164
David Frost
31
5,788

165
Andrea Jung
31
5,447

166
Christopher Hitchens
30
11,245

167
Joyce Carol Oates
30
10,135

168
Elizabeth Gilbert
30
8,770

169
Prince Charles
30
7,821

170
Tom Stoppard
30
7,648

171
Prince al-Waleed
30
6,662

172
Tom Friedman
30
5,033

173
Frank Rich
30
4,979

174
Steve Jobs
29
66,252

175
Amy Winehouse
29
15,017

176
Adam Moss
29
9,367

177
Mark Ronson
29
9,166

178
Manny Ramirez
29
8,567

179
Novak Djokovic
29
8,054

180
Lloyd Blankfein
29
7,268

181
David Simon
29
7,057

182
Jamie Dimon
29
4,558

183
Ho Ching
29
4,332

184
Hillary Clinton
28
181,934

185
Baitullah Mehsud
28
17,532

186
Stella McCartney
28
10,527

187
Rex Tillerson
28
6,794

188
Shelly Lazarus
28
4,948

189
Alex Rodriquez
27
8,949

190
Iggulden Brothers
27
8,428

191
David Brooks
27
5,657

192
Philip Rosedale
27
5,357

193
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
26
29,287

194
Ayman al-Zawahiri
26
6,301

195
Wang Jianzhou
26
5,320

196
Roger Federer
25
179,638

197
Perez Hilton
25
162,640

198
Ai Weiwei
25
12,427

199
Nick Denton
25
8,937

200
Robert Polet
25
5,369

201
Cecily von Ziegesar
24
9,276

202
Rhonda byrne
23
6,371

203
Carine Roitfeld
22
5,632

204
Tomas Maier
22
5,544

205
Mark Penn
22
5,051

206
Dalai Lama
21
67,463

207
Chip Kidd
21
7,445

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95
Condoleezza Rice
40
10,027

96
Ken Bruns
40
7,457

97
Jeffrey Sachs
40
4,505

98
Judd Apatow
39
17,890

99
Mehmet Oz
39
12,022

100
Eli Manning
39
12,006

101
Kim Jonh Il
39
11,666

102
Steve Balmer
39
11,561

103
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
39
10,249

104
Carlos Slim
39
9,532

105
Jeremiah Wright
39
6,732

106
Garry Kasparov
39
5,009

107
Ma Ying-Jeou
39
4,386

108
Tony Blair
38
14,678

109
Suze Orman
38
10,468

110
Jean Claude-Trichet
38
8,219

111
Vinod Kholsa
38
6,136

112
Muqtada al-Sadr
37
17,883

113
Diablo Cody
37
11,406

114
JJ Abrams
37
11,054

115
Mo Ibrahim
37
9,536

116
Hugo Chavez
37
9,504

117
Ali al-Naimi
37
9,212

118
David Sedaris
37
8,935

119
John Roberts
37
6,764

120
David Petraeus
36
11,814

121
Peter Gabriel
36
11,482

122
Simon Cowell
36
9,804

123
Lou Jiwei
36
9,281

124
Tim Piper
36
8,974

125
King Abdullah
36
8,555

126
Rem Koolhaus
36
8,187

127
Liu Qi
36
8,097

128
Hamid Karzai
36
7,939

129
Charles Gibson
36
7,434

130
Klaus Schwab
36
6,765

131
Guy Laliberte
36
4,735

132
Jacob Zuma
35
18,596

133
Kevin Rudd
35
8,856

134
Raul Castro
35
8,306

135
Michael Dell
35
6,329

136
will.I.am
35
6,208

137
Tzipi Livni
35
5,773

138
Robert Gates
34
22,108

139
Mia Farrow
34
15,485

140
Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy
34
13,451

141
George Mitchell
34
12,899

142
Ray Odierno
34
10,317

143
Harold McGee
34
10,049

144
Robert Downey Jr.
34
9,676

145
Peter Gelb
34
8,161

146
Miley Cyrus
33
28,348

147
General Kiyani
33
13,765

148
Lorena Ochoa
33
12,326

149
Shlomo Ben-Ami
33
4,125

150
Oprah Winfrey
32
53,321

151
Isabel Caro
32
8,829

152
Ian McEwan
32
7,056

153
H. Lee Scott Jr.
32
6,689

154
Dimitry Medvedev
32
6,680

155
Ichiro Suzuki
32
4,853

156
Yousaf Raza Gilani
32
4,205

157
Ellen Page
31
71,466

158
George W. Bush
31
33,783

159
Hu Jintao
31
33,121

160
Chad Hurley and Steve Chen
31
13,558

161
Matt Drudge
31
10,002

162
James Cramer
31
9,232

163
Hassan Nasrallah
31
8,722

164
David Frost
31
5,788

165
Andrea Jung
31
5,447

166
Christopher Hitchens
30
11,245

167
Joyce Carol Oates
30
10,135

168
Elizabeth Gilbert
30
8,770

169
Prince Charles
30
7,821

170
Tom Stoppard
30
7,648

171
Prince al-Waleed
30
6,662

172
Tom Friedman
30
5,033

173
Frank Rich
30
4,979

174
Steve Jobs
29
66,252

175
Amy Winehouse
29
15,017

176
Adam Moss
29
9,367

177
Mark Ronson
29
9,166

178
Manny Ramirez
29
8,567

179
Novak Djokovic
29
8,054

180
Lloyd Blankfein
29
7,268

181
David Simon
29
7,057

182
Jamie Dimon
29
4,558

183
Ho Ching
29
4,332

184
Hillary Clinton
28
181,934

185
Baitullah Mehsud
28
17,532

186
Stella McCartney
28
10,527

187
Rex Tillerson
28
6,794

188
Shelly Lazarus
28
4,948

189
Alex Rodriquez
27
8,949

190
Iggulden Brothers
27
8,428

191
David Brooks
27
5,657

192
Philip Rosedale
27
5,357

193
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
26
29,287

194
Ayman al-Zawahiri
26
6,301

195
Wang Jianzhou
26
5,320

196
Roger Federer
25
179,638

197
Perez Hilton
25
162,640

198
Ai Weiwei
25
12,427

199
Nick Denton
25
8,937

200
Robert Polet
25
5,369

201
Cecily von Ziegesar
24
9,276

202
Rhonda byrne
23
6,371

203
Carine Roitfeld
22
5,632

204
Tomas Maier
22
5,544

205
Mark Penn
22
5,051

206
Dalai Lama
21
67,463

207
Chip Kidd
21
7,445