The TIME 100

To help select the world's most influential people, we asked these newsmakers to offer their nominations for this year's list

J.J. Abrams
The director and Emmy Award-winning producer of ABC's series Lost is a past TIME 100 honoree
Geoffrey Canada , founder of the nonprofit Harlem Children's Zone, recognizes the potential of all children and gives them the support they desperately need. The children whose lives his work touches will be the inventors, dreamers, doctors and leaders you'll be reading about in years to come.

Charles Gibson
The anchor of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson serves on Princeton's board of trustees
Shirley Tilghman is the first female president of Princeton University. In addition to providing outstanding leadership of that institution, she is an accomplished molecular...

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