The first annual special issue of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people (or pairs), was on newsstands on 2004-04-20. 20 people or pairs were listed in five categories. See also TIME Magazine's Person of the Year and Most important people of the 20th century (http://www.time.com/time/time100/). 8:17 am, August 6, 1945, Japanese time. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Person of the Year is an annual issue of U.S. newsmagazine TIME that features a profile ostensibly on the man, woman, couple, group, idea, place, or machine that for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year. ...

Leaders and revolutionaries

• George W. Bush — president of the USA.
• Abu al-Zarqawi — Islamic terrorist.
• Condoleezza Rice — U.S. national security adviser.
• Wu Yi — Chinese vice premier and health minister.
• Vladimir Putin — leader of the Russian Federation.
• Kim Jong-il — leader of North Korea.
• Recep Tayyip Erdogan — prime minister of Turkey.
• Atal Behari Vajpayee — former prime minister of India.
• Kofi Annan — secretary-general of the United Nations.
• Bill Gates — co-founder of Microsoft.
• Luisa Diogo — prime minister of Mozambique.
• John Kerry — USA senator and Democratic party presidential candidate.
• Toshihiko Fukui — governor of the bank of Japan.
• John Abizaid — general of the USA army and Commander-in-Chief of CENTCOM.
• Ali Husaini Sistani — Iraqi Muslim leader.
• Osama bin Laden — Saudi terrorist.
• Bill Clinton & Hillary Clinton — former president of the USA & senator.
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — president of Brazil.
• Hu Jintao — president of the People's Republic of China.
• John Paul II — Pope.

Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – Present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the... Seal of the President of the United States, official impression The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... Abu Musab al_Zarqawi in one of eight photos from Rewards for Justice, all undated. ... Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Terrorism is a controversial term with multiple definitions. ... Condoleezza Condi Rice (born November 14, 1954), is the second United States Secretary of State in the administration of President George W. Bush. ... The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, serves as the chief advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues. ... Vice-premier Wu Yi Wú Yí (吴仪) (born 1938 in Wuhan city, Hubei, China) is one of four vice-premiers of the State Council and the Minister of Public Health of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... Term of office: December 31, 1999 – Preceded by: Boris Yeltsin Succeeded by: Date of birth: October 7, 1952 Place of birth: Leningrad, U.S.S.R. First Lady: Liudmila Putina Political party: None Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин  pronunciation; born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and... List of Presidents of Russia Boris Yeltsin1 ( July 10, 1991 – December 31, 1999) two terms. ... Chairman Kim Jong-il (born February 16, 1942) has been the ruler of North Korea since 1994. ... The Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea is the supreme commander of the North Korean military, and is the most powerful person in the country. ... Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born February 26, 1954) became prime minister of Turkey on March 14, 2003. ... A prime minister is the leading member of the cabinet of the top level government in a parliamentary system of government of a country, alternatively A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or semi-presidential system whose duty is to execute the directives of the President and... Atal Bihari Vajpayee (often wrongly spelt Behari; अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी in Devnagari) (born December 25, 1924) was the Prime Minister of India in 1996 and again from 1998 until May 19, 2004. ... Order: 7th Secretary-General Term of Office: January 1, 1997–present Predecessor: Boutros Boutros-Ghali Successor: incumbent Born: April 8, 1938 Place of birth: Kumasi, Ghana Kofi Atta Annan (born April 8, 1938) is a Ghanian diplomat and the seventh and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. ... The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ... Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955), commonly known as Bill Gates, is an American businessman and a microcomputer pioneer. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT) headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. ... Luisa Dias Diogo (born April 11, 1958) has been Prime Minister of Mozambique since February 2004. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Seal of the Senate The Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Toshihiko Fukui (福井俊彦 Fukui Toshihiko, b. ... A governor is also a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... The Bank of Japan has its headquarters in this building in Tokyo. ... General Abizaid John P. Abizaid (born April 1, 1951) is a general in the United States Army and the Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), overseeing American military operations in a 25-country region, from the Horn of Africa to Central Asia, covering much of the Middle East. ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ... Commander-in-Chief (in NATO-lingo often C-in-C or CINC pronounced sink) is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ... Emblem of the United States Central Command. ... Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani (Arabic: السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني Persian: سید علی حسینی سیستانی), born approximately August 4, 1930, is a Grand Ayatollah, a Shia marja and currently an important person in relation to the occupation of Iraq. ... Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... In common usage, leadership generally refers to: the position or office of an authority figure, such as a President [1] a position of office associated with technical skill or experience, as in a team leader or a chief engineer a group of influential people, such as a union leadership [2... Osama bin Laden Usāmah bin Muhammad bin `Awad bin Lādin (born March 10, 1957) (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عود بن لادن), commonly known as Osama bin Laden (أسامة بن لادن), is the figurehead of al-Qaeda, an Islamist movement that has been involved in attacks against civilians and military... Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born... Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947), was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as the wife of President Bill Clinton. ... Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born October 6, 1945) is a left-wing Brazilian politician. ... This is a list of the Presidents of Brazil. ... Hú Jǐntāo (born December 21, 1942) became General Secretary of the Communist Party of China on November 15, 2002. ... The President of the Peoples Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国主席 pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Zhǔxí) is the head of state of the Peoples Republic of China. ... His Holiness Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ...

Builders and titans

• Sergey Brin & Larry Page — co-founders of Google.
• Warren Buffett — CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
• Michael Dell — CEO of Dell.
• Carly Fiorina — CEO of Hewlett-Packard.
• John Browne — chief executive of BP.
• Rupert Murdoch — media mogul.
• Lee Scott — CEO of Wal-Mart.
• Lindsay Owen-Jones — chairman and CEO of L'Oréal.
• Meg Whitman — CEO of eBay.
• Steve Jobs — CEO of Apple Computer.
• Howard Schultz — Starbucks.
• The Al Jazeera team — satellite television channel.
• Azim Premji — chairman of Wipro.
• David Neeleman — CEO of JetBlue Airways.
• Hiroshi Okuda & Fujio Cho — chairman/president of Toyota
• Daniel Vasella — chairman CEO of Novartis.
• Belinda Stronach — CEO of Magna International and politician.
• Bernard Arnault — LVMH.
• Abigail Johnson — president of Fidelity Investments.
• Sepp Blatter — president of FIFA.

Sergey Brin (born August 1973 in Moscow, Russia) is an American entrepreneur. ... Lawrence Larry E. Page (born March 26, 1973 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is one of the founders of Google internet search engine. ... Google, Inc. ... Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is a wealthy American investor and businessman. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Berkshire Hathaway ( NYSE: BRKa) is a company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. ... poop on school ... Dell, Inc. ... Carly Fiorina Cara Carleton Sneed Carly Fiorina (born September 6, 1954 in Austin, Texas) was CEO (1999 — 2005) and Chairman of the Board (2000 — 2005) of Hewlett-Packard (HP), an American technology company. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... John Browne (Lord Browne of Madingley) (b. ... BP (formerly British Petroleum and briefly known as BP Amoco) (NYSE: BP) is a petroleum company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Shell, ExxonMobil, and Total). ... Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch (born March 11, 1931), Australian-born American media proprietor, is the major shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, one of the worlds largest and most influential media corporations. ... A media proprietor is a person who controls, either through personal ownership or a dominant position in a public company, a significant part of the mass media. ... H. Lee Scott, Jr. ... Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ... Lindsay Owen-Jones was born in Wallasey, UK, on March 17, 1946, to a Welsh family, and is the current chief executive of the cosmetics manufacturer LOréal. ... The Chairman of the board is the leader of a corporate board of directors, see chairman. ... The LOréal Group ( PAR: 120321), headquartered in Clichy, France, is the worlds leading company in cosmetics and beauty. ... Meg Whitman Margaret C. Whitman, also known as Meg Whitman, (born August 4, 1956) has been the President and CEO of the online auction company eBay since March 1998. ... eBay Inc. ... Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the CEO of Apple Computer and a leading figure in the computer industry. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... Howard Schultz is an American businessman and entrepreneur most widely known as chief executive officer and chairman of Starbucks. ... For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck A Starbucks coffee shop in Leeds, England Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is a large multinational chain of coffee shops, often serving desserts, with a reputation in the US as a center for socializing, particularly among students and young urban professionals. ... Al Jazeera logo Al Jazeera (الجزيرة), meaning The Island or The (Arabian) Peninsula (whence also Algiers) is an Arabic television channel based in Qatar. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of orbiting communications satellites located 37,000 km (22,300 miles) above the earths surface. ... For the geographical meanings of this word, see channel (geography). ... Azim Premji (born July 24, 1945) is an Indian businessman, and the richest person in the country (from 1999 to 2004 according to Forbes). ... ... David G. Neeleman (born 1959?) founder and CEO JetBlue airlines. ... JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) is an American low-cost airline. ... Toyota redirects here. ... Novartis, a pharmaceutical company, had its origins in the merger of the CIBA-Geigy and Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland. ... Belinda Stronach Belinda Stronach (born May 2, 1966 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian businessperson, politician and a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons. ... Magna International Inc. ... Bernard Arnault, born March 5, 1949, is a French businessman and one of the richest men in the world. ... Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (usually shortened to LVMH) is the worlds largest luxury goods company. ... Abigail Johnson (born 7th January 1962) runs Fidelity Investments together with her father Edward Johnson. ... Fidelity Investments is a privately-held financial services company, comprising a large family of mutual funds, their distributors and investment advisors, and a retail brokerage. ... Joseph Sepp Blatter (born March 10, 1936, Wallis, Switzerland) was elected president of FIFA in June 8, 1998, succeeding Dr. João Havelange (Brazil). ... FIFA logo (usage restricted): For the Good of the Game Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of the sport of association football (called simply football or soccer). ...

Artists and entertainers

• Nicole Kidman — actor.
• Charlie Kaufman — screenwriter.
• Frank Gehry — architect.
• Hideo Nakata — film director.
• Norah Jones — singer.
• Simon Cowell — American Idol judge.
• Sean Penn — actor.
• John Galliano — chief fashion designer at Christian Dior.
• Jerry Bruckheimer — producer.
• Ferran Adria — chef.
• Nicholas Hytner — stage director.
• J. K. Rowling — author.
• Guy Laliberté — creator of Cirque du Soleil.
• Ken Kutaragi — president and CEO of Sony Computers.
• Aishwarya Rai — actress and model.
• Andre Benjamin & Antwan Patton — members of the Hip hop group OutKast.
• Mark Burnett — executive producer of Survivor and The Apprentice.
• Katie Couric — co-anchor of The Today Show.
• Bruce Nauman — artist.
• Peter Jackson — film director.

Nicole Kidman Nicole (Mary) Kidman (born June 20, 1967) is an Australian actress and singer. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Charles Stuart Kaufman (born November 1, 1958 in New York City) is an accomplished screenwriter, identified by Premiere magazine as one of the 100 most powerful people in Hollywood. ... Screenwriters, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... The Gehry tower in Hannover Frank Owen Gehry (born Ephraim Goldberg on February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his sculptural approach to building design. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... Hideo Nakata (中田秀夫 Nakata Hideo, born July 19, 1961) is a Japanese film director. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Norah Jones Norah Jones (born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979; she changed her name officially to Norah Jones at age 16) is an American multi-Grammy Award winning pianist and singer-songwriter whose career was launched with her successful 2002 debut album Come Away With Me, a... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Simon Philip Cowell (born October 7, 1959 in Brighton, England) is a British A&R (artist and repertoire) executive for BMG Records, but is probably best known as a judge on Pop Idol and American Idol television programs. ... A promotional poster for the fourth season of American Idol, in International Plaza Mall in Tampa. ... Sean Penn winning the 2004 Oscar for the Best Actor Sean Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American film actor. ... John Galliano (born 1960, in Gibraltar) is a British fashion designer. ... Fashion design is the art dedicated to the creation of wearing apparel and lifestyle. ... Christian Dior ( January 21, 1905 – October 24, 1957) was an influential French fashion designer. ... Jerry Bruckheimer Jerome Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945) is an American film and television producer. ... A chef (also executive chef or chef de cuisine), from the French for chief or head person, is the executive in charge of a kitchen, responsible for recipe and menu creation, staff training, and overseeing all cooking. ... Nicholas Hytner (born May 7, 1956) is an award-winning British theatrical and opera producer and director. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed... Joanne Rowling, OBE, (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing), is a British fiction writer. ... The subject of this article might not be notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia. ... Dralion 2004 Cirque du Soleil (French for Circus of the Sun) is an entertainment company founded by Guy Laliberté, a former fire-eater, in 1984 and based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Widely acknowledged as the creator of the PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi (born August 8, 1950) is currently the President and CEO of SCEI, the videogames division of the Sony Corporation. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (NYSE: SNE) is a consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... Aishwarya Rai on the cover of TIME Asia Aishwarya Rai (Kannada: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ, Hindi: ऐश्वर्या राय; born on November 1, 1973) is an actress from India. ... Italian model Francesca Dani. ... André 3000 (born André Benjamin on May 27, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an African American hip hop artist and producer; one half of the successful and avant-garde hip-hop duo OutKast. ... Big Boi (born Antwan André Patton on February 1, 1975 in Savannah, Georgia) is an African American hip hop artist and producer; one half of the successful and avant-garde hip-hop duo OutKast. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Big Boi (left) and André 3000 (right) possess musical styles that are often as different as their fashion senses. ... Mark Burnett (born July 17, 1960) is a British-born American television producer, best known for the reality television series Survivor and the Eco Challenge adventure race, as well as for The Apprentice, The Restaurant, and The Casino. ... Survivor can mean different things in different contexts. ... The winning contestant of the original American series of The Apprentice becomes the head of one of Donald Trumps companies. ... Katie Couric with troops at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia Katherine Anne Couric, better known as Katie Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American television journalist. ... The Today Show (officially called Today) is currently, a long-running morning news show airing on the NBC television network in the United States. ... Bruce Nauman (born 1941) is a contemporary American artist. ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ... Peter Jackson in Wellington (New Zealand) Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961), is a film writer, director and producer born in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand to Bill and Joan Jackson. ...

Scientists and thinkers

• Julie Gerberding — Director of the US Centers for Disease Control.
• Eric Lander — scientist.
• Bernard Lewis — historian and author.
• Sandra Day O'Connor — justice of the USA Supreme Court.
• Joschka Fischer — foreign minister of Germany.
• Jong-Wook Lee — physician.
• Paul Ridker — scientist and researcher.
• Bjørn Lomborg — author.
• Samantha Power — author of A Problem from Hell.
• Woo Suk Hwang & Shin Yong Moon — cloners.
• Jürgen Habermas — philosopher.
• Edward Witten — physicist.
• Hernando de Soto — economist.
• Niall Ferguson — historian.
• Linus Torvalds — creator of the Linux kernel.
• Steven Pinker — experimental psychologist.
• Louise Arbour — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
• Tariq Ramadan — philosopher and Islamic theoretician.
• Jeffrey Sachs — director of The Earth Institute.
• Jill Tarter — director of the center for research, SETI.

Julie Gerberding is the director of the Centers for Disease Control since July 2003. ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta is recognized as the lead United States agency for protecting the public health and safety of people by providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships with state health departments and other organizations. ... Eric S. Lander (b. ... A scientist is a person who is expert in an area of science and who uses the scientific method in research. ... Prof. ... History is a term for information about the past. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Justice Sandra Day OConnor Justice Sandra Day OConnor (born March 26, 1930) has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1981. ... Seal of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest federal court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States to interpret and decide questions of federal law, including the... Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin Joschka Fischer (born April 12, 1948 near Crailsheim) has been the German foreign minister and deputy chancellor in the red-green coalition since 1998. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister that helps to form foreign policy for sovereign nations. ... ... Research is an active, diligent and systematic process of inquiry in order to discover, interpret or revise facts, events, behaviours, or theories, or to make practical applications with the help of such facts, laws or theories. ... Bjørn Lomborg Bjørn Lomborg (born January 6, 1965) is a Danish political scientist and former director of the Institute for Environmental Assessment in Copenhagen. ... Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. ... Habermas speaking with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, 2004 Jürgen Habermas (born June 18, 1929 in Düsseldorf, Germany) is a philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory. ... A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. ... Edward Witten at Harvard University Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and one of the leading researchers in string theory (M-theory). ... The word physicist should not be confused with physician, which means medical doctor. ... Hernando de Soto (born 1941 in Arequipa) is a Peruvian economist, author of The Other Path (1986) and The Mystery of Capital (2000). ... Economics (deriving from the Greek words οίκω [oeko], house, and νέμω [nemo], distribute) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources through measurable variables. ... Niall Ferguson Niall Ferguson (April 18, 1964—), born in Glasgow in Scotland, is a well-known and widely-published British historian of modern imperialism. ... Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28, 1969) began the development of Linux, an operating system kernel, and today acts as the project coordinator (or Benevolent Dictator for Life). ... The Linux mascot Tux created by Larry Ewing In computing, the Linux kernel is a free Unix-like operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991 and subsequently improved with the assistance of developers around the world. ... Steven Pinker (born September 18, 1954, in Montreal, Canada) is a psychologist at Harvard University and a writer of popular science books. ... Louise Arbour (Canadian Press file photo) Louise Arbour (born February 10, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian judge. ... The purpose of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights involves the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide through direct contact with individual governments and the provision of technical assistance where appropriate. ... Tariq Said Ramadan (born 1962 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Francophone Swiss Muslim academic and scholar. ... Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey D. Sachs (born 1954 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American economist known for his work as an economic advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Africa. ... Jill Tarter is the current director of the Center for SETI Research. ... The SETI Institute has received limited telescope time at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. ...

Heroes and icons

• Shirin Ebadi — human rights activist.
• Lance Armstrong — champion cyclist.
• Mel Gibson — film director.
• Evan Wolfson — campaigner for same-sex marriage.
• Bernard Kouchner — humanitarian.
• Arthur Agatston — nutrionist.
• Tenzin Gyatso — Dalai Lama.
• Paula Radcliffe — athlete.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger — actor and politician.
• Oprah Winfrey — television show presenter.
• Tiger Woods — golfer.
• Bono — rock star; peace and AIDS activist.
• David Beckham — football player.
• B.K.S. Iyengar — Yoga instructor.
• Rania — queen of Jordan.
• John Bogle — founder of the Vanguard mutual fund complex and creator of the first index fund.
• Bill Belichick — coach of the New England Patriots.
• Yao Ming — basketball player.
• Nelson Mandela — former president of South Africa.
• Aung San Suu Kyi — Burmese pro-democracy activist.

Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شیرین عبادی; born 1947) is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. ... Lance Armstrong (born September 18, 1971) is an American cyclist from Plano, Texas. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Mel Gibson Mel Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-born Australian-reared actor, director and producer best known for acting in the Mad Max movie series, the Lethal Weapon series, Braveheart and directing The Passion of the Christ. ... Same-sex marriage (also called gay marriage, marriage equality, and often just marriage by its proponents, and—usually by its opponents—homosexual marriage) refers to a marriage between two individuals of the same gender (for other forms of same-sex unions distinct from marriage, see the articles linked in that... Bernard Kouchner, born on November 1, 1939 in Avignon is a French politician and a doctor. ... Humanitarianism is the view that all people should be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve as human beings, and that advancing the well-being of humanity is a noble goal. ... The South Beach diet was developed by a cardiologist, Arthur Agatston, practicing in the Miami, Florida area. ... Tenzin Gyatso is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama. ... The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933) In Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lamas are a sequence of leaders, since 1391, from the Gelug school. ... Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe (December 17, 1973) is an English long-distance runner. ... An athlete is a person possessing above average physical skills (strength, agility, and endurance) and thus seen suitable for physical activities, in particular, contests. ... Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California, with the gubernatorial seal in the background. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi) is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the United States. ... Tiger Woods giving a driving demonstration aboard the USS George Washington Eldrick Tiger Woods (born December 30, 1975, Cypress, California), is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. ... Bono Paul David Hewson (born May 10, 1960, Dublin, Ireland), nicknamed Bono Vox, stage name Bono, is the lead singer of the Irish rock band, U2. ... The concept of peace ranks among the most controversial in our time. ... AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, sometimes written Aids) is a global, human epidemic. ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... B.K.S. Iyengar, founder of Iyengar Yoga, is one of the most respected yoga teachers in the world. ... Hatha Yoga posture Yoga is a form of mysticism that developed on the Indian subcontinent in the Hindu cultural context. ... King Abdullah with Queen Rania Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah (born Rania Al-Yasin on August 31, 1970), is the Queen of Jordan and wife of King Abdullah II. She is known for her business savvy, elegance and outspokenness. ... John C. (Jack) Bogle (b. ... An index fund is a type of passively managed mutual fund that seeks to track the performance of a benchmark market index such as the S&P 500. ... William Stephen Belichick (born April 16, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee) is the head coach of the New England Patriots, a team in the National Football League. ... In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ... Conference AFC Division East Founded 1960 Home Field Gillette Stadium City Foxborough, Massachusetts Colors Red, white, blue, and silver Head Coach Bill Belichick All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 344-349-9 The New England Patriots are a National Football League team based in Foxborough... yao ming is an idiot ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, (born 18 July 1918), before becoming President of South Africa, was one of its chief anti-apartheid activists, and was also an anti-apartheid saboteur. ... Aung San Suu Kyi Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (ေအာင္ဆန္းဆုဳကည္) (born June 19, 1945 in Rangoon, Burma, now known as Yangôn, Myanmar) is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist in Myanmar. ...

See also

• Time Magazine
• Person of the Year
• List of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century
• List of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2005