Time unveils 100 Most Influential People of 2009

The FLU is HERE!
The most inFLUential people that is!

This is the most awaited list of 2009 and finally Time magazine gives us the 100 people who greatly influenced the lives of people all over the globe. Well ok not everyone has been motivated or moved by some of them but surely by their amazing ideas, small-actions or ground-breaking works on the society the world was once again affected... Without further a due people all over the world I give you your 100 most influential people of 2009!

This List is of no particular order or ranking but rather I will by category (as seen in Time magazine May 11,2009 issue, Thanks dad for the magazine! ^^)

Leaders and revolutionaries:

President Barack Obama

1. Gordon Brown
2. Hilary Clinton
3. Thomas Dart
4. Norah al-Faiz
5. Joaquín Guzmán
6. Boris Johnson
7. Paul Kagame
8. General Ashfaq Kayani
9. Edward Kennedy
10. Christine Lagarde
11. Avigdor Leiberman
12. Nouri al Maliki
13. General David McKierman
14. Angela Merkel
15. Barack Obama
16. Nicolas Sarkozy
17. Wang Qishan
18. Elisabeth Warren
19. Xi Jinping
20. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Builders and Titans:

Microblog Creators The Twitter Guys

1. Sheila Bair
2. Robin Chase
3. Jamie Dimon
4. Timothy Geithmer
5. Jack Ma
6. Bernie Madoff
7. Stella McCartney
8. Alexander Medvedev
9. Moot
10. Allan Mulally
11. Nandan Nilekani
12. Suze Orman
13. T. Boone Pickens
14. Brad Pitt
15. Tessa Ross
16. Carlos Slim
17. Ted Turner
18. The Twitter Guys
19. Meredith Whitney
20. Lauren Zalaznick

Artists and Entertainers:

Artist Zac Efron

1. Penélope Cruz
2. Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio
3. Gustavo Dudamel
4. Zac Efron
5. Tina Fey
6. Tom Hanks
7. Werner Herzog
8. Sam and Dan Houser
9. Judith Jamison
10. William Kentridge
11. Jeff Kinney
12. Lang Lang
13. John Legend
14. Jay Leno
15. Rush Limbaugh
16. M.I.A.
17. A.R. Rahman
18. Travis Smiley
19. 'The View' Ladies
20. Kate Winslet

Heroes and Icons:

Pound for Pound Boxer Manny Pacquiao

1. Leonard Abess
2. Seth Berkley
3. Jeff Bezos
4. George Clooney
5. Michael Eavis
6. Lance Corporal Brady Gustafon
7. Van Jones
8. Somaly Mam
9. Hadizatou Mani
10. Rafael Nadal
11. Michelle Obama
12. Manny Pacquiao
13. Suraya Pakzad
14. Sarah Palin
15. Captain Richard Phillips
16. Sister Mary Scullion
17. Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger
18. Rick Warren
19. Oprah Winfrey
20. Tiger Woods

Scientists and Thinkers:

Speechwriter Jon Favreau

1. Shai Agassi
2. Dan Barber
3. Nicholas Christakis
4. Steven Chu
5. Paul Ekman
6. Jon Favreau
7. Roland Fryer
8. Connie Hedegaard
9. Barbara Hogan
10. Paul Krugman
11. Martin Lindstrom
12. Armory Lovins
13. Doug Melton
14. Dambisa Moyo
15. Yoichiro Nambu
16. Daniel Nocera
17. Nouriel Roubini
18. Stephan Schuster and Webb Miller
19. David Sheriff
20. Nate Silver

Well That's your 100 Most Influential People of 2009. Time also has an arranged list of these people on their site thanks to the incredible Joel Stein! check it out here.

You. What's your top 100? and who should be in the list on 2010? have you got your guesses? I got mine. Can't wait to catch the next top 100. Thank you Time Magazine.

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