Person of the Year 2008
Runners-Up
People Who Mattered
Fond Farewells
- William F. Buckley, 1925-2008
- George Carlin, 1937-2008
- Cyd Charisse, 1921-2008
- Arthur C. Clarke, 1917-2008
- Michael Crichton, 1942-2008
- Mahmoud Darwish, 1942-2008
- Michael DeBakey, 1908-2008
Adrian Kantrowitz, 1918-2008 - Anne d'Harnoncourt, 1943-2008
- Bo Diddley, 1928-2008
- Mark Felt, 1913-2008
- Bobby Fischer, 1943-2008
- Gary Gygax, 1938-2008
- Jörg Haider, 1950-2008
- Grace Hartigan, 1922-2008
- Isaac Hayes, 1942-2008
- Jesse Helms, 1921-2008
- Charlton Heston, 1923-2008
- Edmund Hillary, 1919-2008
- Eartha Kitt, 1927-2008
- Heath Ledger, 1979-2008
- Sherman Lee, 1918-2008
- Mildred Loving, 1939-2008
- Bernie Mac, 1957-2008
- Miriam Makeba, 1932-2008
- Jim McKay, 1921-2008
- Anthony Minghella, 1954-2008
- Imad Mughniyah, 1962-2008
- Paul Newman, 1925-2008
- Odetta, 1930-2008
- Bettie Page, 1923-2008
- Randy Pausch, 1960-2008
- Harold Pinter, 1930-2008
- Suzanne Pleshette, 1937-2008
- Sydney Pollack, 1934-2008
- Dith Pran, 1942-2008
- Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008
- Tim Russert, 1950-2008
- Yves Saint Laurent, 1936-2008
- Tony Snow, 1955-2008
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1918-2008
- Suharto, 1921-2008
- Studs Terkel, 1912-2008
- Jørn Utzon, 1918-2008
- David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 1918-2008
Person of the Year Videos
Pictures of the Year 2008
- Hard Working Man
- Security
- Quiet Moment
- Meeting
- Search
- The Phelps Surge
- Line in the Sand
- Grim Numbers
- Busy Man
- Holy Man
- Dispersed
- Riot
- Victim
- Untended
- Grief
- News
- Beware
- Close Encounter
- Earthfall
- Peaceful Street
- Prayer
- Protest
- Peloton
- Man in the Middle
- Limelight
- Full Speed Ahead
- Young Republicans
- Tearful
- Adrift
- Front Lines
- Looting and Shooting
- On Fire
- Hurricane
- Washed Away
- Pancaked
- Killer Disease
- Mother and Child
- Temporary
- High Flying Artist
- Seeing is Believing
- Main Event
- Straight Up
- Exit
- Competitive Streak
- Big Fan
- Downtime
- Shoe Leather
- Victory Walk
In one of the craziest elections in American history, Barack Obama overcame a lack of experience, a funny name, two candidates who are political institutions and the racial divide to become the 44th President of the United States