The 2011 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes that you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed (with Rain as the 2011 readers' choice), users can continue to vote for their favorites until the final list, selected by our editors, is revealed on Thursday, April 21st

TIME 100 Candidates

Malcolm Gladwell

By TIME StaffMonday, Apr. 04, 2011
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Neville Elder

Age: 47
Occupation: Writer
Previous TIME 100 appearances: 1

Tackling everything from how athletes develop skill to how different societies regard alcohol consumption, the New Yorker writer's knack for spinning complex social-science theories into accessible journalism has earned him legions of fans — as well as a fair dose of flack for what critics deride as formulaic pop science. Most widely known as the author of the best-selling books Blink and The Tipping Point, the English-born Canadian has made his name by using complex numbers and big ideas to explain ordinary phenomena.

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