Time Magazine's People Who Matter [2011]

Historical Accolades

Time's Person of 2011 was The Protester (including those participating in the Arab spring and Occupy movement). Person of the Year Runners-Up are ranked 2-5. Other people who mattered throughout the year are ranked 0. Missing: Al-Shabab * Anonymous * Tim Cook * Dr. Dieter Egli * Fukushima 50 * Vince Gilligan * Dr. Robert Grant * Reed Hastings * Anna Hazare * Robert Howarth * Anthony Ingraffea * Lisa Jackson * Salva Kiir * Bill McKibben * Dr. Virginia A. Moyer * Richard Muller * The Protester (1) * Michael Woodford * Daniel Yiergen

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  

1

0

Hu Jintao

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

2

0

Trey Parker

Animator

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

0

Joe Paterno

Football Coach

100% (1 of 1 votes)

4

0

Nicolas Sarkozy

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

5

0

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Economist

100% (2 of 2 votes)

6

0

Matt Stone

Animator

90.0% (9 of 10 votes)

7

0

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

World Leader

88.89% (8 of 9 votes)

8

0

Mike Mullen

Military Personnel

83.33% (5 of 6 votes)

9

0

Lionel Messi

Soccer Player

81.82% (18 of 22 votes)

10

0

Novak Djokovic

Tennis Player

75.00% (3 of 4 votes)

11

0

Scott Walker

U.S. Governor

75.00% (3 of 4 votes)

12

0

Kim Kardashian

Socialite

70.11% (732 of 1044 votes)

13

0

Dirk Nowitzki

Basketball Player

65.08% (477 of 733 votes)

14

0

Jerry Sandusky

Football Coach

61.20% (1923 of 3142 votes)

15

0

Newt Gingrich

U.S. Congressman

60.0% (69 of 115 votes)

16

0

Casey Anthony

Murderer (Alleged)

60.0% (63 of 105 votes)

17

0

Jeff Bezos

Entrepreneur

59.64% (99 of 166 votes)

18

0

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.34% (4700 of 7920 votes)

19

0

Louis C.K.

Comedian

58.33% (84 of 144 votes)

21

0

Gabrielle Giffords

U.S. Congressman

54.05% (40 of 74 votes)

22

0

Mitt Romney

U.S. Senator

52.38% (55 of 105 votes)

23

0

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

24

0

Amy Chua

Educator

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

25

0

Rupert Murdoch

Entrepreneur

49.55% (55 of 111 votes)

26

0

Aaron Rodgers

Football Player

48.82% (145 of 297 votes)

27

0

Angela Merkel

World Leader

48.39% (15 of 31 votes)

28

0

Tim Tebow

Football Player

47.83% (11 of 23 votes)

29

0

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. Senator

44.99% (193 of 429 votes)

30

0

Michele Bachmann

U.S. Congressman

41.63% (219 of 526 votes)

32

0

Charlie Sheen

Actor

35.24% (37 of 105 votes)

34

0

Mark Ruffalo

Actor

29.60% (161 of 544 votes)

35

0

Adele

Musician

29.17% (28 of 96 votes)

36

0

Warren Buffett

Financier

21.21% (7 of 33 votes)

37

0

Kristen Wiig

Comedienne

16.67% (1 of 6 votes)

38

0

Herman Cain

Entrepreneur

12.82% (5 of 39 votes)

39

0

Jon Corzine

U.S. Senator

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

40

0

Rick Perry

U.S. Governor

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

41

0

George R.R. Martin (Writer)

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

42

0

Eric Cantor

U.S. Congressman

0% (0 of 0 votes)

44

0

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

World Leader

0% (0 of 0 votes)

45

0

Silvio Berlusconi

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

31

2

William H. McRaven

Military Personnel

38.68% (41 of 106 votes)

43

3

Ai Weiwei

Architect

0% (0 of 0 votes)

20

4

Paul Ryan

U.S. Congressman

55.56% (5 of 9 votes)

33

5

Kate Middleton

Royalty

30.38% (79 of 260 votes)