TIME asked who you thought should be on the list of the 100 most influential people of the year. Over 200 candidates were given a rating of 1 to 100. And your #1 choice? Shigeru Miyamoto! The video game designer had almost 2 million votes, over 200,000 more than runner-up, Rain. After a tight race at the top, Stephen Colbert came in third place with over 900,000 votes.
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Rank
Name
Avg. Rating
Total Votes
1 Shigeru Miyamoto 72 1,766,424 2 Stephen Colbert 69 921,161 3 Rain 67 1,511,725 4 Noam Chomsky 65 48,715 5 Tyler Perry 61 239,376 6 Heidi Klum 58 26,559 7 Tyra Banks 58 16,873 8 Neil deGrasse Tyson 57 208,775 9 Al Gore 57 26,234 10 Mike Huckabee 56 18,163 11 George Clooney 56 16,612 12 Will Smith 55 24,652 13 Tiger Woods 55 21,735 14 Bono 54 18,588 15 Eliot Spitzer 53 12,892 16 David Beckham 52 15,026 17 Shinya Yamanaka 52 11,964 18 Jimmy Wales 52 7,222 19 Nelson Mandela 51 93,240 20 Google Guys 51 19,475 21 Bruce Springsteen 51 18,327 22 Oscar Pastorius 51 15,269 23 Matt Damon 51 9,488 24 John Kufuor 51 9,283 25 Mandeeha Hasan Odhaib 51 6,396 26 Jon Stewart 50 352,047 27 Bill Gates 50 19,418 28 Coen Brothers 50 11,334 29 Julia Roberts 50 10,277 30 Natalie Portman 49 15,453 31 Liu Xiang 49 12,919 32 Michael Cera 49 12,596 33 Angela Merkel 49 8,446 34 Wendy Kopp 49 8,119 35 Barack Obama 48 171,053 36 Ben Bernanke 48 16,474 37 Chris Rock 48 13,578 38 Craig Venter 48 12,325 39 Pervez Mussharraf 48 11,966 40 Warren Buffett 48 11,917 41 Paul Allen 48 11,822 42 Lance Armstrong 48 11,401 43 Jeff Bezos 48 10,637 44 Nikki Finke 48 10,244 45 Caroline Kennedy 48 9,745 46 Radiohead 47 17,344 47 Michael Phelps 47 10,344 48 Kristin Halvorsen 47 7,835 49 Stephenie Meyer 46 215,096 50 Nancy Pelosi 46 8,601 51 Sonia Gandhi 46 8,064 52 Nicholas Negroponte 46 8,021 53 Ayaan Hirsi Ali 46 5,802 54 Vladimir Putin 45 28,274 55 High School Musical Cast 45 23,599 56 John McCain 45 21,945 57 Tina Fey 45 20,032 58 Mark Zuckerberg 45 17,056 59 Pope Benedict XVI 45 12,408 60 Amy Poehler 45 10,709 61 Aung San Suu Kyi 45 10,190 62 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 45 10,088 63 Madonna 44 74,957 64 Brad Pitt 44 30,755 65 Wen Jiabao 44 15,168 66 Arnold Schwarzenegger 44 14,181 67 Rupert Murdoch 44 11,089 68 The MySpace Men 44 10,610 69 Ratan Tata 44 9,695 70 Wu Yi 44 6,151 71 Britney Spears 43 249,536 72 Richard Branson 43 13,639 73 Khaled Hosseini 43 9,798 74 Patric Verrone 43 8,289 75 Jay Adelson 43 6,662 76 Sidney Crosby 43 6,022 77 Nicolas Sarkozy 42 11,481 78 Michael Bloomberg 42 10,992 79 Daniel Day Lewis 42 8,533 80 Ang Lee 42 8,212 81 Jay-Z 42 7,896 82 Gordon Brown 42 7,892 83 Alexis Sinduhije 42 5,617 84 Craig Newmark 42 4,865 85 Lewis Hamilton 41 11,388 86 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 41 10,998 87 Sarah Silverman 41 10,604 88 Joan Blades 41 7,343 89 Joseph Stiglitz 41 5,810 90 Katsuaki Watanabe 41 5,680 91 David Axelrod 41 4,858 92 Julia Gerberding 41 4,793 93 Anwar Ibrahim 40 42,379 94 M.I.A. 40 10,361 95 Condoleezza Rice 40 10,027 96 Ken Bruns 40 7,457 97 Jeffrey Sachs 40 4,505 98 Judd Apatow 39 17,890 99 Mehmet Oz 39 12,022 100 Eli Manning 39 12,006 101 Kim Jonh Il 39 11,666 102 Steve Balmer 39 11,561 103 Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner 39 10,249 104 Carlos Slim 39 9,532 105 Jeremiah Wright 39 6,732 106 Garry Kasparov 39 5,009 107 Ma Ying-Jeou 39 4,386 108 Tony Blair 38 14,678 109 Suze Orman 38 10,468 110 Jean Claude-Trichet 38 8,219 111 Vinod Kholsa 38 6,136 112 Muqtada al-Sadr 37 17,883 113 Diablo Cody 37 11,406 114 JJ Abrams 37 11,054 115 Mo Ibrahim 37 9,536 116 Hugo Chavez 37 9,504 117 Ali al-Naimi 37 9,212 118 David Sedaris 37 8,935 119 John Roberts 37 6,764 120 David Petraeus 36 11,814 121 Peter Gabriel 36 11,482 122 Simon Cowell 36 9,804 123 Lou Jiwei 36 9,281 124 Tim Piper 36 8,974 125 King Abdullah 36 8,555 126 Rem Koolhaus 36 8,187 127 Liu Qi 36 8,097 128 Hamid Karzai 36 7,939 129 Charles Gibson 36 7,434 130 Klaus Schwab 36 6,765 131 Guy Laliberte 36 4,735 132 Jacob Zuma 35 18,596 133 Kevin Rudd 35 8,856 134 Raul Castro 35 8,306 135 Michael Dell 35 6,329 136 will.I.am 35 6,208 137 Tzipi Livni 35 5,773 138 Robert Gates 34 22,108 139 Mia Farrow 34 15,485 140 Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy 34 13,451 141 George Mitchell 34 12,899 142 Ray Odierno 34 10,317 143 Harold McGee 34 10,049 144 Robert Downey Jr. 34 9,676 145 Peter Gelb 34 8,161 146 Miley Cyrus 33 28,348 147 General Kiyani 33 13,765 148 Lorena Ochoa 33 12,326 149 Shlomo Ben-Ami 33 4,125 150 Oprah Winfrey 32 53,321 151 Isabel Caro 32 8,829 152 Ian McEwan 32 7,056 153 H. Lee Scott Jr. 32 6,689 154 Dimitry Medvedev 32 6,680 155 Ichiro Suzuki 32 4,853 156 Yousaf Raza Gilani 32 4,205 157 Ellen Page 31 71,466 158 George W. Bush 31 33,783 159 Hu Jintao 31 33,121 160 Chad Hurley and Steve Chen 31 13,558 161 Matt Drudge 31 10,002 162 James Cramer 31 9,232 163 Hassan Nasrallah 31 8,722 164 David Frost 31 5,788 165 Andrea Jung 31 5,447 166 Christopher Hitchens 30 11,245 167 Joyce Carol Oates 30 10,135 168 Elizabeth Gilbert 30 8,770 169 Prince Charles 30 7,821 170 Tom Stoppard 30 7,648 171 Prince al-Waleed 30 6,662 172 Tom Friedman 30 5,033 173 Frank Rich 30 4,979 174 Steve Jobs 29 66,252 175 Amy Winehouse 29 15,017 176 Adam Moss 29 9,367 177 Mark Ronson 29 9,166 178 Manny Ramirez 29 8,567 179 Novak Djokovic 29 8,054 180 Lloyd Blankfein 29 7,268 181 David Simon 29 7,057 182 Jamie Dimon 29 4,558 183 Ho Ching 29 4,332 184 Hillary Clinton 28 181,934 185 Baitullah Mehsud 28 17,532 186 Stella McCartney 28 10,527 187 Rex Tillerson 28 6,794 188 Shelly Lazarus 28 4,948 189 Alex Rodriquez 27 8,949 190 Iggulden Brothers 27 8,428 191 David Brooks 27 5,657 192 Philip Rosedale 27 5,357 193 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari 26 29,287 194 Ayman al-Zawahiri 26 6,301 195 Wang Jianzhou 26 5,320 196 Roger Federer 25 179,638 197 Perez Hilton 25 162,640 198 Ai Weiwei 25 12,427 199 Nick Denton 25 8,937 200 Robert Polet 25 5,369 201 Cecily von Ziegesar 24 9,276 202 Rhonda byrne 23 6,371 203 Carine Roitfeld 22 5,632 204 Tomas Maier 22 5,544 205 Mark Penn 22 5,051 206 Dalai Lama 21 67,463 207 Chip Kidd 21 7,445 |