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

Anwar al-Awlaki

By TIME STAFFThursday, Apr. 01, 2010
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Age: 38
Occupation: Al-Qaeda recruiter
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

The so-called bin Laden of the Internet, the American-born propagandist for extremist Islamic terrorism, now living in Yemen, a growing safe haven for al-Qaeda, has cultivated a growing following with just a Facebook page. He inspired both the suspected Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan and the suspected Northwest Airlines Flight 253 attacker Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

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