CANDIDATES
- OPRAH WINFREY
- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- BAN KI-MOON
- GORDON BROWN
- ZAHA HADID
- BILL GATES
- AISHWARYA RAI
- HO CHING
- NANCY PELOSI
- KATE MOSS
- ROSIE O'DONNELL
- JOHN ROBERTS
- ORHAN PAMUK
- MOQTADA AL-SADR
- SACHA BARON COHEN
- SIR RICHARD BRANSON
- GEORGE W. BUSH
- CLINT EASTWOOD
- KIRAN DESAI
- ALFONSO CUARON
- JOHN FLEMING
- KHALED HOSSEINI
- RICKY GERVAIS
- KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD
- HAMID KARZAI
- ANGELINA JOLIE
- NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE
- MARKOS MOULITSAS
- HOWARD STERN
- ERIC SHINSEKI
- ZENG JINYAN
- AHMED ABOUTALEB
- DAVID BECKHAM
- SUSAN DECKER
- HILLARY CLINTON
- STEVEN COHEN
- BOB DYLAN
- MANVENDRA SINGH GOHIL
- PARIS HILTON
- KIM JONG IL
- NELSON MANDELA
- DIKEMBE MUTOMBO
- KEITH OLBERMANN
- ALBERT OSTERHAUS
- ANGELA MERKEL
- GERRY ADAMS AND IAN PAISLEY
- OSAMA BIN LADEN
- TARCISIO BERTONE
- BEYONCE KNOWLES
- STEVE SPANGLER
- RICHARD DAWKINS
- DANE COOK
- FRIDA GIANNINI
- ANNA HAZARE
- KING JIGME SINGYE WANGCHUCK
- DEAN KARNAZES
- JONATHAN IVE
- JOHN MAYER
- DMITRY MEDVEDEV
- MULLAH DADULLAH
- SVANTE PÄÄBO
- BARACK OBAMA
- GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS
- GREGORY PERELMAN
- ALAN RUSBRIDGER
- ROBERT LANGER
- JIMMY WALES
- STEVE CHEN AND CHAD HURLEY
- SIDNEY CROSBY
- ABU HAMZA AL-MUHAJER, (a.k.a. Abu Ayyub al-Masri)
- MARY J. BLIGE
- MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
- DANIEL CRAIG
- JAN EGELAND
- ROGER FEDERER
- FRANÇOIS PINAULT
- ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR
- JOHN MURTHA
- VICTORIA HALE
- MATT GROENING
- FRESHLYGROUND
- HU JINTAO
- REM KOOLHAAS
- AMR KHALED
- JAY-Z
- LAKSHMI MITTAL
- DOUGLAS MELTON, KEVIN EGGAN AND GEORGE DALY
- MATTHEW OLUSEGUN AREMU OBASANJO
- JIM PRESS
- J.K. ROWLING
- AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI
- FERRAN ADRIA
- GEN. SONTHI BOONYARATGLIN
- CORY BOOKER
- LEONARDO DiCAPRIO
- SIMON COWELL
- MIKE FEINBERG and DAVE LEVIN
- SALMA HAYEK
- AL GORE
- SONIA GANDHI
- THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
- MICHAEL J. FOX
- ZALMAY KHALILZAD
- SUSAN MALONEY
- KENNETH LEWIS
- FATUMA NDANGIZA
- INDRA NOOYI
- KOEN OLTHUIS
- HENRY PAULSON
- RACHAEL RAY
- VLADIMIR PUTIN
- RICK RUBIN
- HENRY SY
- PETER SINGER
- ANDY SAMBERG
- YOUK CHHANG
- NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
- ANTHONY ATALA
- TIGER WOODS
- ALI SALEEM
- LOU DOBBS
- SANJAYA MALAKAR
- AMERICA FERRERA
- MICHAEL CHABON
- NORMAN FRANCIS
- ROBERT GATES
- INGVAR KAMPRAD
- GALEB MAGADLA
- MICHAEL LEWIS
- COLONEL H. R. MCMASTER
- FRANK MILLER
- NANDAN NILEKANI
- TZIPI LIVNI
- KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ
- MULLAH OMAR
- TOM ANDERSON and CHRIS DEWOLFE
- CARLO PETRINI
- RAIN
- MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI
- JON STEWART
- EDWARD WHITACRE
- MUHAMMAD YUNUS
- BERNARD ARNAULT
- MIKITA SASIM
- DAMON ALBARN
- JOSEPH "SEPP" BLATTER
- FELIPE CALDERON
- CROWN PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL
- HUGO CHAVEZ
- CARDINAL JOSEPH ZEN ZI-KIUN
- TOSHIHIKO FUJIMOTO
- THIERRY HENRY
- ROBIN LI
- JOHN MCCAIN
- SHIGERU MIYAMOTO
- JEAN NOUVEL
- FERDINAND PIËCH
- SHONDA RHIMES
- SÉGOLÈNE ROYAL
- MARK THOMPSON
- ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
- LAWRENCE WRIGHT
- PABLO ALVARADO
- FRANZ BECKENBAUER
- BILL CLINTON
- THOMAS CASSIDY
- GEORGE CLOONEY
- TONY DUNGY
- SIR JOHN HOUGHTON
- WADAH KHANFAR
- SERGIO MARCHIONNE
- CORMAC MCCARTHY
- GEN. PERVEZ MUSHARRAF
- ANNE MULCAHY
- JIMMY MILLER
- ROBERT MUGABE
- MANMOHAN SINGH
- KIEFER SUTHERLAND
- BENEDICT XVI
- KATSUAKI WATANABE
- CHRIS ANDERSON
- BONO
- SANTIAGO CALATRAVA
- KATIE COURIC
- MARGARET CHAN
- ELIZABETH EDWARDS
- PETER GELB
- BRAD PITT
- JEAN-MARIE LE PEN
- LIU QI
- INGRID MATTSON
- PHILIP ROSEDALE
- SHEIK HASSAN NASRALLAH
- TIMBALAND
- MARGARETA VAN DEN BOSCH
- RICK WARREN
- RALPH WHITWORTH
- JAMES BARTON
- STEPHEN COLBERT
- PEREZ HILTON (MARIO LAVANDEIRA)
- STEVE JOBS
- BARRY BONDS
- WARREN BUFFETT
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