The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

2010 Candidates

Jay Leno

By TIME STAFFThursday, Apr. 01, 2010
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Age: 59
Occupation: Late-night talk-show host
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 1

While he joked on the air about getting "fired" from The Jay Leno Show, most workers would love to get fired so well: he walked back into the job he never wanted to leave, as host of The Tonight Show. Despite an ugly public fight and the ire of Conan O'Brien fans, he returned to late-night No. 1 again — though with David Letterman closer than when Leno left.

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