Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2009 [May 2009]

Historical Accolades

Missing: * Leonard Abess * Shai Agassi * Norah al-Faiz * Dan Barber * Seth Berkley * Robin Chase * Nicholas Christakis * Steven Chu * Thomas Dart * Elizabeth Diller * Jamie Dimon * Gustavo Dudamel * Michael Eavis * Roland Fryer * Brady Gustafson * Joaquin Guzman * Connie Hedegaard * Barbara Hogan * Sam & Dan Houser * Judith Jamison * Xi Jinping * Boris Johnson * Ashfaq Kayani * William Kentridge * Jeff Kinney * Christine Lagarde * Lang Lang * Avigdor Lieberman * Martin Lindstrom * Amory Lovins * Jack Ma * Samaly Mam * Hadizatou Mani * David McKiernan * Doug Melton * Webb Miller * Dambisa Moyo * Alan Mulally * Yoichiro Nambu * Nandan Nilekani * Daniel Nocera * Suraya Pakzad * Richard Phillips * Wang Qishan * Tessa Ross * Nouriel Roubini * Stephan Schuster * Ricardo Scofidio * Sister Mary Scullion * David Sheff * Nate Silver * Carlos Slim * Elizabeth Warren * Meredith Whitney * Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono * Lauren Zalaznick

Vote Ranking  

1

Steven Chu

Scientist

100% (5 of 5 votes)

2

Nicolas Sarkozy

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

Nouri Al-Maliki

World Leader

100% (1 of 1 votes)

4

Gordon Brown

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

5

Jon Favreau (Speechwriter)

Commentator

100% (5 of 5 votes)

6

Van Jones

Politician

100% (6 of 6 votes)

7

Carlos Slim

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

8

Nandan Nilekani

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

9

Jack Ma

Entrepreneur

100% (6 of 6 votes)

10

Zac Efron

Actor

90.0% (9 of 10 votes)

11

Christine Lagarde

Politician

87.50% (7 of 8 votes)

12

The View

TV Series

70.09% (546 of 779 votes)

13

Whoopi Goldberg

Actress

69.13% (842 of 1218 votes)

14

Timothy Geithner

Politician

66.67% (10 of 15 votes)

15

Paul Kagame

World Leader

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

16

Oprah Winfrey

TV Personality

61.61% (207 of 336 votes)

17

Rick Warren

Religious Figure

60.0% (6 of 10 votes)

18

Twitter

Internet Website

59.72% (215 of 360 votes)

19

Jeff Bezos

Entrepreneur

59.64% (99 of 166 votes)

20

Tina Fey

Comedienne

59.55% (106 of 178 votes)

21

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.34% (4700 of 7920 votes)

22

Joy Behar

Comedienne

59.23% (693 of 1170 votes)

23

Chesley B. Sullenberger III

Aviator

58.33% (35 of 60 votes)

24

Michelle Obama

First Lady

55.83% (613 of 1098 votes)

25

Sherri Shepherd

Comedienne

52.73% (29 of 55 votes)

26

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

27

Suze Orman

Financier

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

28

A.R. Rahman

Songwriter

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

29

Rafael Nadal

Tennis Player

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

30

Jack Dorsey

Entrepreneur

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

31

Brad Pitt

Actor

49.37% (78 of 158 votes)

32

Angela Merkel

World Leader

48.39% (15 of 31 votes)

33

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. Senator

44.99% (193 of 429 votes)

34

Tiger Woods

Golfer

44.90% (22 of 49 votes)

35

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

TV Reality Show Contestant

44.26% (54 of 122 votes)

36

Kate Winslet

Actress

44.07% (26 of 59 votes)

37

John Legend

Vocalist

37.01% (188 of 508 votes)

38

Xi Jinping

World Leader

35.29% (66 of 187 votes)

39

Rush Limbaugh

Radio Personality

35.11% (112 of 319 votes)

40

Penelope Cruz

Actress

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

41

Stella McCartney

Designer

33.33% (5 of 15 votes)

42

Kaka

Soccer Player

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

43

M.I.A.

Vocalist

33.33% (2 of 6 votes)

44

Paul Krugman

Commentator

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

45

Barbara Walters

Commentator

32.79% (20 of 61 votes)

46

Tom Hanks

Actor

32.35% (22 of 68 votes)

47

Ted Kennedy

U.S. Senator

31.65% (213 of 673 votes)

48

Manny Pacquiao

Boxer

29.61% (69 of 233 votes)

49

Jay Leno

Comedian

29.58% (42 of 142 votes)

50

Sarah Palin

Politician

20.49% (2077 of 10136 votes)

51

Ted Turner

Philanthropist

17.50% (7 of 40 votes)

52

T. Boone Pickens

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

53

Dmitry Medvedev

World Leader

0% (0 of 0 votes)

54

George Clooney

Actor

0% (0 of 5 votes)

55

Jeff Kinney

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

56

Tessa Ross

Producer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

57

Jamie Dimon

Financier

0% (0 of 0 votes)

58

Richard Phillips

Hero

0% (0 of 0 votes)

59

Nate Silver

Commentator

0% (0 of 0 votes)

60

Joshua Allen

Dancer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

61

Werner Herzog

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

62

Tavis Smiley

TV Personality

0% (0 of 0 votes)

63

Paul Ekman

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

64

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

Military Personnel

0% (0 of 0 votes)

65

Michael Eavis

Farmer

0% (0 of 0 votes)