2009 Time 100

The following is a list of the 2009 Time 100 selections.[1] The Time 100 is an annual list designating the 100 most influential people in the world. Time readers contributed to the selection by an online vote of over 200 finalists.[2][3]

Contents

Leaders & Revolutionaries

The following persons were listed in the 2009 Time 100 in the Leaders & Revolutionaries category:[4][5]

  1. Edward Kennedy
  2. Gordon Brown
  3. Christine Lagarde
  4. Thomas Dart
  5. Avigdor Lieberman
  6. Joaquín Guzmán
  7. Nouri al-Maliki
  8. Hillary Rodham Clinton
  9. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
  10. Boris Johnson
  11. Norah al-Faiz
  12. Elizabeth Warren
  13. Paul Kagame
  14. Nicolas Sarkozy
  15. Angela Merkel
  16. Wang Qishan
  17. Xi Jinping
  18. David D. McKiernan
  19. Ashfaq Kayani
  20. Barack Obama

Builders & Titans

The following persons were listed in the 2009 Time 100 in the Builders & Titans category:[5][6]

  1. Biz Stone, Evan Williams, and Jack Dorsey
  2. T. Boone Pickens
  3. Ted Turner
  4. Tessa Ross
  5. Carlos Slim
  6. Brad Pitt
  7. Meredith Whitney
  8. Suze Orman
  9. Lauren Zalaznick
  10. Timothy Geithner
  11. Nandan Nilekani
  12. Stella McCartney
  13. Jamie Dimon
  14. Sheila Bair
  15. moot (Christopher Poole)
  16. Alexander Medvedev
  17. Alan Mulally
  18. Robin Chase
  19. Jack Ma
  20. Bernard Madoff

Artists & Entertainers

The following persons were listed in the 2009 Time 100 in the Artists & Entertainers category:[5][7]

  1. Rush Limbaugh
  2. M.I.A.
  3. Sam and Dan Houser
  4. Kate Winslet
  5. Werner Herzog
  6. William Kentridge
  7. Penélope Cruz
  8. Lang Lang
  9. John Legend
  10. Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio
  11. Gustavo Dudamel
  12. Jeff Kinney
  13. Tavis Smiley
  14. The View
  15. Zac Efron
  16. Tina Fey
  17. Tom Hanks
  18. Jay Leno
  19. A.R. Rahman
  20. Judith Jamison

Heroes & Pioneers

The following persons were listed in the 2009 Time 100 in the Heroes & Pioneers category:[5][8]

  1. Michelle Obama
  2. Chesley Sullenberger
  3. Richard Phillips
  4. Seth Berkley
  5. Michael Eavis
  6. Leonard Abess
  7. Hadizatou Mani
  8. Rick Warren
  9. Van Jones
  10. Somaly Mam
  11. Rafael Nadal
  12. Suraya Pakzad
  13. Jeff Bezos
  14. Tiger Woods
  15. George Clooney
  16. Brady Gustafson
  17. Sister Mary Scullion
  18. Oprah Winfrey
  19. Sarah Palin
  20. Manny Pacquiao

Scientists & Thinkers

The following persons were listed in the 2009 Time 100 in the Scientists & Thinkers category:[5][9]

  1. Nouriel Roubini
  2. Amory Lovins
  3. Jon Favreau
  4. Dambisa Moyo
  5. Dan Barber
  6. Yoichiro Nambu
  7. Roland Fryer
  8. Martin Lindstrom
  9. Barbara Hogan
  10. David Sheff
  11. Steven Chu
  12. Paul Krugman
  13. Connie Hedegaard
  14. Daniel G. Nocera
  15. Stephan Schuster and Webb Miller
  16. Nicholas Christakis
  17. Doug Melton
  18. Paul Ekman
  19. Shai Agassi
  20. Nate Silver

Notes

  1. ^ "The Most Influential People in The World". Time. 2009. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1894410,00.html. Retrieved 2011-07-24. 
  2. ^ "The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists". Time. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1883644,00.html. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  3. ^ Levitt, Steven D. (2009-03-23). "Time's 100 Most Influential People". Freakonomics.com. http://www.freakonomics.com/2009/03/23/times-100-most-influential-people/. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
  4. ^ Schwarzenegger, Arnold (2009). "Leaders & Revolutionaries". Time. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893847,00.html. Retrieved 2011-07-24. 
  5. ^ a b c d e "The 2009 TIME 100: In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people who most affect our world". Time. 2009. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1894410,00.html. Retrieved 2011-07-24. 
  6. ^ Kutcher, Ashton (2009). "Builders & Titans". Time. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893837,00.html. Retrieved 2011-07-24. 
  7. ^ Beck, Glenn (2009). "Artists & Entertainers". Time. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893836,00.html. Retrieved 2011-07-24. 
  8. ^ Winfrey, Oprah (2009). "Heroes & Pioneers". Time. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1894289,00.html. Retrieved 2011-07-24. 
  9. ^ Krugman, Paul (2009). "Scientists & Thinkers". Time. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893209,00.html. Retrieved 2011-07-24. 

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