Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Influential People [1991]

Status EW Influential

101.5 is represented as #102. Some #s are groups of people. Missing: # 2 Diller, Barry # 4 Sagansky, Jeff # 6 Nicholas, Nicholas J. Jr. # 6 Ross, Steve #11 Ohga, Norhio #12 Morgado, Robert #13 Littlefield, Warren #14 Fifield, Jim #15 Pollock, Thomas #15 Sheinberg, Sid #20 Freston, Tom #23 Koppelman, Charles #24 Newhouse, S.I. Jr. #25 Schulhof, Michael #26 Eugster, Jack #27 Ostin, Mo #27 Waronker, Lenny #29 Berg, Jeffrey #31 Davis, Martin S. #31 Jaffe, Stanley #32 Katzenberg, Jeffrey #33 Fuchs, Michael #34 Guber, Peter #35 Riggio, Len #36 Bloom, Jake (bloom/dekott/hergott) #36 Dekom, Peter #36 Hergott, Alan (bloom/dekott/hergott) #38 Janklow, Mort #38 Nesbit, Lynn #39 Levinson, Barry #40 Snyder, Richard #42 Krasnow, Robert #44 Mehta, Sonny #45 Malone, John C. #47 Brown, Tony #48 Shaye, Robert #52 Allen, Herbert A jr #53 Grann, Phyllis #54 Tanii, Akio #56 Carsey, Marcy #56 Werner, Tom #57 Kingsley, Pat #58 Josephson, Marvin #59 Boyett, Bob #59 Miller, Tom #60 Fine, Michael #60 Shalett, Michael #61 Sinkler, Rebecca #64 Vitale, Alberto #65 Harris, Susan (witt/thomas/harris) #65 Thomas, Tony (witt/thomas/harris) #65 Witt, Paul (witt/thomas/harris) #66 Holt, John C. #67 King, Roger #71 Newberg, Esther #71 Urban, Amanda #73 Bloodworth-Thomason, Linda #75 Mayhew, Alice #81 Grubman, Allen #85 Hammer, Michael #90 Abrahams, Jim #90 Zucker, Jerry #93 Demme, Jonathan #97 Mackintosh, Cameron #99 Branca, John #100 Koplovitz, Kay

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51

1

Michael Ovitz

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

64

2

Barry Diller

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 1 votes)

33

3

Michael Eisner

Entrepreneur

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

9

5

Tommy Mottola

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

37

7

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor

32.00% (80 of 250 votes)

63

8

Sumner Redstone

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 1 votes)

42

9

Ted Turner

Philanthropist

17.50% (7 of 40 votes)

4

10

H. Wayne Huizenga

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

22

13

Warren Littlefield

TV Executive

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

47

15

Sid Sheinberg

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

39

16

Madonna (Ciccone)

Vocalist

31.58% (54 of 171 votes)

21

17

Kevin Costner

Actor

50.0% (3 of 6 votes)

60

18

Joe Roth

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 1 votes)

5

19

Bob Daly

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

62

19

Terry Semel

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

1

21

Robert Iger

Entrepreneur

100% (3 of 3 votes)

35

22

Julia Roberts

Actress

32.61% (30 of 92 votes)

65

24

S.I. 'Si' Newhouse

Publisher

0% (0 of 0 votes)

23

28

Rupert Murdoch

Entrepreneur

49.55% (55 of 111 votes)

54

30

Peter Chernin

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

2

32

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

56

34

Peter Guber

Producer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

20

37

Michael Jackson (Vocalist)

Vocalist

57.33% (524 of 914 votes)

36

37

Janet Jackson

Vocalist

32.06% (134 of 418 votes)

49

39

Barry Levinson

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

3

41

Ron Meyer

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

53

43

Les Moonves

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

61

46

Roone Arledge

TV Executive

0% (0 of 0 votes)

24

49

Roger Ebert

Critic

48.72% (133 of 273 votes)

44

49

Siskel and Ebert (Gene and Roger)

Critic

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

45

49

Gene Siskel

Critic

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

28

50

Harvey Weinstein

Entrepreneur

40.27% (745 of 1850 votes)

40

50

Bob Weinstein

Entrepreneur

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

25

51

Steven Spielberg

Filmmaker

45.83% (44 of 96 votes)

7

55

David Geffen

Entrepreneur

100% (2 of 2 votes)

29

62

James L. Brooks

Filmmaker

40.0% (4 of 10 votes)

26

63

Stephen King

Author

44.65% (121 of 271 votes)

66

65

Susan Harris

Screenwriter

0% (0 of 0 votes)

8

68

Tim Burton

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)

50

69

John Hughes

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

27

70

Rob Reiner

Actor

42.86% (51 of 119 votes)

31

72

Jodie Foster

Actress

38.71% (12 of 31 votes)

67

73

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

Producer

0% (0 of 1 votes)

6

74

Diane English

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

58

76

Don Hewitt

TV Executive

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

77

Penny Marshall

Actress

66.67% (6 of 9 votes)

12

78

James Cameron

Filmmaker

72.73% (16 of 22 votes)

30

79

Ron Howard

Actor

39.73% (58 of 146 votes)

19

80

Roseanne Barr

Comedienne

58.43% (52 of 89 votes)

13

82

Peter Jennings

Commentator

71.43% (5 of 7 votes)

15

83

Lorne Michaels

TV Executive

63.64% (7 of 11 votes)

32

84

Martin Scorsese

Filmmaker

37.50% (3 of 8 votes)

55

86

Danielle Steele

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

41

87

Axl Rose

Musician

20.51% (8 of 39 votes)

38

88

Spike Lee

Filmmaker

31.70% (71 of 224 votes)

34

89

David Lynch

Filmmaker

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

46

90

F. Murray Abraham

Actor

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

59

90

David Zucker

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

69

90

Jerry Zucker

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

70

90

Jim Abrahams

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

10

91

Jack Nicholson

Actor

79.52% (66 of 83 votes)

18

92

Eddie Murphy

Comedian

59.13% (68 of 115 votes)

48

93

Jonathan Demme

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

16

94

Oprah Winfrey

TV Personality

61.61% (207 of 336 votes)

11

95

Danny Devito

Actor

72.73% (8 of 11 votes)

17

96

Billy Crystal

Comedian

59.77% (104 of 174 votes)

68

97

Cameron Mackintosh

Producer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

52

98

Tom Clancy

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

43

101

Oliver Stone

Filmmaker

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

57

102

Macaulay Culkin

Actor

0% (0 of 9 votes)