25 Possible Candidates
- Sarah Palin
- T. Boone Pickens
- Michael Phelps
- Gordon Brown
- Barack Obama
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Ben Bernanke
- Usain Bolt
- George W. Bush
- Hillary Clinton
- Tina Fey
- Google Guys (Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt and Larry Page)
- Damien Hirst
- Wen Jiabao
- Hu Jintao
- Steve Jobs
- Nouri al-Maliki
- John McCain
- Douglas Melton
- Robert Mugabe
- Henry Paulson
- Liu Qi
- J. Craig Venter
- Zhang Yimou
- Asif Ali Zardari
Videos
- Persons of the Year 1972: Nixon & Kissinger
- The Best Kept Secret in Journalism
- Person of the Year 1996: David Ho
- Person of the Year 2001: Rudy Giuliani
- Person of the Year: The YouTube Take
- Person of the Year 2007: Vladimir Putin
- Person of the Year 1991: Ted Turner
- A History in Covers: Person of the Year
- The 2008 Person of the Year Luncheon
Poll Results
Who Will Be Person of the Year 2008?
Barack Obama? Gordon Brown? Michael Phelps? Click through the pros and cons of our finalists for Person of the Year and vote for the candidates you think are most deserving.