AGE: 69
OCCUPATION: Al Jazeera commentator
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 1
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: Recruited by the new Al Jazeera English channel as its "key on-air talent," the veteran BBC newsman now hosts Frost Over the World. He also saw himself lionized for his legendary Nixon interviews in the hit play Frost/Nixon, soon to become a movie by Ron Howard.
CON: You'll have to watch his show on YouTube: no American cable net has made a deal with Al Jazeera English.