Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2010 [May 2010]

Historical Accolades

Missing : J.T. Wang * Ron Bloom * Salam Fayyad * Jon Kyl * Annise Parker * Tidjane Thiam * Jenny Beth Martin * Christine Lagarde * Manmohan Singh * Bo Xilai * Mark Carney * Carol Keehan * Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan * Robin Li * P. Namperumalsamy * Nay Phone Latt * Chen Shu-chu * Didier Drogba * Graca Machel * Reem Al Numery * Sachin Tendulkar * Tristan Lecomte * Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw * Zahra Rahnavard * Chief Master Sergeant Tony Travis * Karls Paul-Noel * Valentin Abe * Malalai Joya * Will Allen * Valery Gergiev * Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik * David Chang * Chetan Bhagat * Han Han * Zaha Hadid * Douglas Schwartzentruber and Larry Kwak * Michael Pollan * Atul Gawande * Jaron Lanier * Victor Pinchuk * Deborah Gist * Kathleen Merrigan * Tim White * Lisa Jackson * Edna Foa * Jaime Lerner * Amy Smith * Matt Berg * Michael Sherraden * Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy * Tim Westergren

Vote Ranking  

1

Paul Volcker

Economist

100% (20 of 20 votes)

2

Jet Li

Actor

100% (2 of 2 votes)

3

Theodore Olson

Attorney

100% (1 of 1 votes)

4

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Economist

100% (2 of 2 votes)

5

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

World Leader

88.89% (8 of 9 votes)

6

Robert Pattinson

Actor

87.50% (7 of 8 votes)

7

Christine Lagarde

Politician

87.50% (7 of 8 votes)

8

Mike Mullen

Military Personnel

83.33% (5 of 6 votes)

9

Steve Jobs

Computer Tech

80.0% (4 of 5 votes)

10

Lea Michele

Actress

80.0% (20 of 25 votes)

11

James Cameron

Filmmaker

72.73% (16 of 22 votes)

12

Barack Obama

U.S. President

60.01% (4861 of 8100 votes)

13

Prince

Vocalist

59.76% (98 of 164 votes)

14

Ricky Gervais

Actor

57.14% (4 of 7 votes)

15

Stanley McChrystal

Military Personnel

56.25% (9 of 16 votes)

16

Sonia Sotomayor

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

54.12% (46 of 85 votes)

17

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

18

Sandra Bullock

Actress

51.72% (30 of 58 votes)

19

Jon Kyl

U.S. Senator

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

20

Carlton Cuse

Producer

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

21

Temple Grandin

Animal Expert

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

22

Banksy

Artist

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

23

Ben Stiller

Actor

46.32% (63 of 136 votes)

24

Conan O'Brien

TV Personality

45.68% (37 of 81 votes)

25

Glenn Beck

Radio Personality

44.83% (52 of 116 votes)

26

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. Senator

44.47% (193 of 434 votes)

27

Phil Mickelson

Golfer

44.44% (4 of 9 votes)

28

Neil Patrick Harris

Actor

42.86% (48 of 112 votes)

29

Lady GaGa

Vocalist

42.13% (99 of 235 votes)

30

Simon Cowell

TV Personality

37.82% (45 of 119 votes)

31

Serena Williams

Tennis Player

36.02% (210 of 583 votes)

32

Elton John

Musician

33.76% (160 of 474 votes)

33

Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva

World Leader

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

34

Nancy Pelosi

U.S. Congressman

33.09% (2638 of 7972 votes)

35

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

36

Elon Musk

Entrepreneur

31.94% (153 of 479 votes)

37

Yu-Na Kim

Figure Skater

30.77% (24 of 78 votes)

38

Oprah Winfrey

TV Personality

28.00% (217 of 775 votes)

39

Sarah Palin

Politician

20.49% (2077 of 10136 votes)

40

Ashton Kutcher

Actor

7.69% (3 of 39 votes)

41

Kathryn Bigelow

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

42

Damon Lindelof

Producer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

43

Liya Kebede

Model

0% (0 of 3 votes)

44

Scott Brown

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 2 votes)

45

Yukio Hatoyama

World Leader

0% (0 of 0 votes)

46

Mir-Houssein Mousavi

World Leader

0% (0 of 0 votes)

47

Graça Machel

World Leader

0% (0 of 0 votes)

48

Lee Kuan Yew

World Leader

0% (0 of 1 votes)

49

Sachin Tendulkar

Athlete

0% (0 of 0 votes)

50

Suzanne Collins (Author)

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

51

Manmohan Singh

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

52

Neill Blomkamp

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

53

Marc Jacobs

Designer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

54

Zaha Hadid

Architect

0% (0 of 0 votes)

55

Jenny Beth Martin

Advocate

0% (0 of 1 votes)

56

Amartya Sen

Economist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

57

David Boies

Attorney

0% (0 of 0 votes)