Time Magazine's People Who Matter [2008]

Historical Accolades

Barack Obama was selected as Time's Person of 2008. Runners-up are ranked 2-4. Other people who mattered throughout the year are ranked 0.

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

Vote RankingList Ranking  

2

0

Gordon Brown

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

0

Robert Mugabe

World Leader

100% (3 of 3 votes)

4

0

Robert Gates

Politician

66.67% (4 of 6 votes)

5

0

Rick Warren

Religious Figure

63.64% (7 of 11 votes)

6

0

Tina Fey

Comedienne

59.55% (106 of 178 votes)

8

0

Rod Blagojevich

U.S. Governor

52.59% (71 of 135 votes)

9

0

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

10

0

Michael Phelps

Swimmer

51.16% (22 of 43 votes)

11

0

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

12

0

Robert Downey, Jr.

Actor

33.67% (101 of 300 votes)

13

0

John McCain

U.S. Senator

32.10% (26 of 81 votes)

15

0

Dara Torres

Swimmer

5.56% (1 of 18 votes)

16

0

Ingrid Betancourt

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

7

1

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.47% (4725 of 7945 votes)

17

2

Henry Paulson

Politician

0% (0 of 1 votes)

1

3

Nicolas Sarkozy

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

14

4

Sarah Palin

Politician

20.49% (2077 of 10136 votes)