COVER
The People Who Shape Our World (The TIME 100)
Here's our list of the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming our world
Editing Condoleezza Rice and Other Tales (From The Editor)
This year's TIME 100 is a hefty issue packed with the people who define our times
The Joel 100 (The TIME 100)
Meet the Other 100 (The TIME 100)
These People Matter Most—to Me
Talk Back
With so many people to choose from this year, we want to hear your thoughts on our list of the world's most influential people this year. Who should have been included and wasn't? Were any of the people on our list more influential than others? Who should not have made it?
TIME 100
Ehud Olmert (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Israel Turns to The Inside Man
Jimmy Wales (Scientists & Thinkers)
The (Proud) Amateur Who Created Wikipedia
Jim Yong Kim (Scientists & Thinkers)
Treating the "Untreatable"
Stephen Colbert (Artists & Entertainers)
What's So Funny About This Guy?
Dieter Zetsche (Builders & Titans)
Act II for The Man Who Fixed Chrysler
Steve Wynn (Builders & Titans)
He Didn't Invent Las Vegas. He Just Makes It Work
Nandan Nilekani (Builders & Titans)
The Indian at the Center Of the Global Economy
The Skype Guys (Builders & Titans)
Telephone Revolutionaries
Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (Builders & Titans)
Dubai's Builder Of Big Dreams
Patricia Russo (Builders & Titans)
How She Acquired A French Accent
Omid Kordestani (Builders & Titans)
Meet the Other, Other Google Guy
Huang Guangyu (Builders & Titans)
The Richest Man in China
Brian France (Builders & Titans)
The Man Who Made NASCAR Fly
Jamie Dimon (Builders & Titans)
The Banker Who Thinks Big
Katie Couric (Heroes & Pioneers)
The New Anchor Is Shaking Up The News
Dane Cook (Artists & Entertainers)
Standing Out in the Art of Stand-Up
Mukhtaran Bibi (Heroes & Pioneers)
A Pakistani Rape Victim Fights Back
Tyra Banks (Artists & Entertainers)
Supermogul with A Business Model
Ralph Lauren (Heroes & Pioneers)
The Dream
Daddy Yankee (Artists & Entertainers)
Reigning Champ Of Reggaeton
Paul Simon (Heroes & Pioneers)
Bringing Depth and a Global Touch To Pop Music
Pernessa Seele (Heroes & Pioneers)
Her Best Weapon Is Faith
Wafa Sultan (Heroes & Pioneers)
A Daring Voice Calls For a New Islam
Ian Fishback (Heroes & Pioneers)
Blowing the Whistle on Torture
Joey Cheek (Heroes & Pioneers)
The Speedskater With a Heart of Gold
Jan Egeland (Heroes & Pioneers)
The World's Conscience
Elie Wiesel (Heroes & Pioneers)
He Taught Us How to Answer Evil
Franz Beckenbauer (Builders & Titans)
The Emperor of Soccer
Sean (Diddy) Combs (Builders & Titans)
Marketing the Realities of Urban Life
Steve Nash (Heroes & Pioneers)
Why the NBA Needs This Man
Bill Clinton & George H.W. Bush (Heroes & Pioneers)
Proving The Power Of Two
Angelina Jolie (Heroes & Pioneers)
Taking on Her Toughest Role
Wynton Marsalis (Heroes & Pioneers)
Saving New Orleans
Rob Pardo (Artists & Entertainers)
Architect of Virtual Worlds
Reese Witherspoon (Artists & Entertainers)
The Look of a Competitor
Michelle Wie (Heroes & Pioneers)
Golf's Teenage Sensation
Meryl Streep (Artists & Entertainers)
You Should Hear Her Sing
Howard Stern (Artists & Entertainers)
New King of Satellite
Zadie Smith (Artists & Entertainers)
Chronicler of Cultural Clash
Will Smith (Artists & Entertainers)
The Smart Mouth with a Sweet Heart
Bono (Heroes & Pioneers)
"I Knew That He Was Genuine"
Kiki Smith (Artists & Entertainers)
Delighting in the Debased
Jeff Skoll (Artists & Entertainers)
The Maker of Take-Action Movies
Rachael Ray (Artists & Entertainers)
Turning Up The Heat At Home
Geoffrey West (Scientists & Thinkers)
Master of Complexity
Andrew von Eschenbach (Scientists & Thinkers)
Entering the Fray at the FDA
Ma Jun (Scientists & Thinkers)
The Man Who Would Save the People's Water
Rain (Artists & Entertainers)
The Magic Feet from Korea
John Jones (Scientists & Thinkers)
The Judge Who Ruled for Darwin
Bill James (Scientists & Thinkers)
Baseball's Sultan of Stat
Zahi Hawass (Scientists & Thinkers)
The Guardian Of Egypt's Antiquities
Jim Hansen (Scientists & Thinkers)
The Wisdom of a Climate Crusader
Kerry Emanuel (Scientists & Thinkers)
The Man Who Saw Katrina Coming
Richard Davidson (Scientists & Thinkers)
East Meets West in His Laboratory
Nancy Cox (Scientists & Thinkers)
Heading Off the Next Flu Pandemic
Kelly Brownell (Scientists & Thinkers)
Battling America's Obesity Epidemic
Renzo Piano (Artists & Entertainers)
The Bellissimo Builder
Mike Brown (Scientists & Thinkers)
Pluto's Worst Nightmare
Orhan Pamuk (Artists & Entertainers)
Teller of the Awful Truth
Oprah Winfrey (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Telling America's Story
Ang Lee (Artists & Entertainers)
The Cross-Cultural Cowboy of Film
Junichiro Koizumi (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
The PM Who Shook Up Old Japan
Arianna Huffington (Artists & Entertainers)
The Woman Who Made a Sharp Left
Archbishop Peter Akinola (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
The Strength of a Lion
Angela Merkel (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Why Germans Are Smiling Again
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Artists & Entertainers)
The Actor Who Is Always "There"
John Roberts (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
The New Face Of America's Highest Court
Wayne Gould (Artists & Entertainers)
Sudoku's Typhoid Mary
Jim Sinegal (Builders & Titans)
Costco's Discount CEO
Pervez Musharraf (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Why Pakistan's Leader May Be The West's Best Bet for Peace
Wen Jiabao (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
China's Mr. Pragmatic Gets to Work
Nicolas Ghesquiere (Artists & Entertainers)
Meet Fashion's Double Threat
Condoleezza Rice (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Master of the Universe
Ellen DeGeneres (Artists & Entertainers)
The Bravest Comedian In Show Biz
Hillary Rodham Clinton (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
How She Is Reshaping U.S. Politics
Dixie Chicks (Artists & Entertainers)
Country's Defiant Darlings
Ayman al-Zawahiri (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
How He Became Bin Laden's No. 1
John McCain (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
The Maverick Gunning for the Oval Office
George Clooney (Artists & Entertainers)
Hollywood's Man of Mystery
Hugo Chavez (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Leading the Left-Wing Charge
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Africa's First Female President
Muqtada al-Sadr (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Iraq's Shadowy Power Broker
Eddie Lampert (Builders & Titans)
The Best Investor on Wall Street?
Tom Anderson & Chris DeWolfe (Builders & Titans)
How New Music Now Gets Heard
Anne Mulcahy (Builders & Titans)
Keeping Xerox Out of Trouble
Tom Freston (Builders & Titans)
The Ageless Hipster And His Pop Empire
The Flickr Founders (Builders & Titans)
Picturing the Web's Future
Jacques Rossouw (Scientists & Thinkers)
Women's Health Is His Passion
Vikram Akula (Builders & Titans)
Finding Novel Ways to Support India's Poor
Steven Levitt (Scientists & Thinkers)
Thinking Way, Way Outside The Box
George W. Bush (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Trying to Salvage an Administration
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Iran's High-Stakes Nuclear Gambler
Ismail Haniya (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Hamas' New Heavy
Chen Guangcheng (Heroes & Pioneers)
A Blind Man with Legal Vision
Matt Drudge (Artists & Entertainers)
Redefining What's News
J.J. Abrams (Artists & Entertainers)
The Double-Threat Storyteller
Jigme Singye Wangchuk (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
The Surprising King of Bhutan
Pope Benedict XVI (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
The New Pontiff Finds His Voice
Al Gore (Heroes & Pioneers)
America Takes a Fresh Look at "Ozone Man"
Bill & Melinda Gates (Leaders & Revolutionaries)
Giving Money and Hope to the World