Time Magazine People of the Year

Historical Accolades

The U.S. Army represents the 1950 selection of The Fighting Men. The United States and Women represent the 1975 selection of U.S. Women. The United States Represents the 1960 selection of U.S. Scientists. Men and Women represent 'You' for 2006 Missing: Computer (1982) * Curtice, Harlow (1955) * Freedom Fighter (1956) * Ho, David (1996) * Johnson, Hugh s. (1933) * P'ing, Hsiao (1978) * Peacemakers (1993) * The Protester (2011) * Middle-class (1969) * Byrnes, James F (1946) * United States Scientists (1960) * Young People (1966) * Young, Owen-D. (1929)

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

87

1927

Charles Lindbergh

Aviator

0% (0 of 0 votes)

88

1928

Walter Chrysler

Automaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

108

1929

Owen D. Young

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

35

1930

Mahatma Gandhi

Diplomat

51.43% (18 of 35 votes)

91

1931

Pierre Laval

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

44

1932

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

U.S. President

48.53% (346 of 713 votes)

45

1934

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

U.S. President

48.53% (346 of 713 votes)

113

1935

Haile Selassie (Ras Tafari)

Monarch

0% (0 of 3 votes)

6

1936

Wallis Simpson

Royalty

100% (1 of 1 votes)

114

1937

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

Politician

0% (0 of 1 votes)

10

1938

Adolf Hitler

World Leader

69.55% (1124 of 1616 votes)

67

1939

Josef Stalin

World Leader

35.06% (27 of 77 votes)

55

1940

Winston Churchill

World Leader

43.24% (16 of 37 votes)

46

1941

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

U.S. President

48.53% (346 of 713 votes)

68

1942

Josef Stalin

World Leader

35.06% (27 of 77 votes)

92

1943

George Marshall

Military Personnel

0% (0 of 1 votes)

70

1944

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

50

1945

Harry S Truman

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

103

1946

James F. Byrnes

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

93

1947

George Marshall

Military Personnel

0% (0 of 1 votes)

51

1948

Harry S Truman

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

56

1949

Winston Churchill

World Leader

43.24% (16 of 37 votes)

13

1950

United States Army

Military Personnel

60.06% (403 of 671 votes)

22

1950

United States Marine Corps

Military Personnel

59.11% (120 of 203 votes)

1

1951

Mohammad Mosaddegh

World Leader

100% (1 of 1 votes)

28

1952

Queen Elizabeth II Windsor

Monarch

57.96% (91 of 157 votes)

86

1953

Konrad Adenauer

World Leader

0% (0 of 0 votes)

37

1954

John Foster Dulles

Politician

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

27

1957

Nikita Khrushchev

World Leader

58.33% (7 of 12 votes)

90

1958

Charles De Gaulle

World Leader

0% (0 of 1 votes)

71

1959

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

19

1960

United States

Location

59.55% (374 of 628 votes)

57

1961

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

U.S. President

42.17% (132 of 313 votes)

36

1962

Pope John XXIII

Religious Figure

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

76

1963

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Advocate

29.61% (106 of 358 votes)

52

1964

Lyndon Baines Johnson

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

89

1965

William Westmoreland

Military Personnel

0% (0 of 1 votes)

53

1967

Lyndon Baines Johnson

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

38

1968

Jim Lovell

Astronaut

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

97

1968

William Anders

Astronaut

0% (0 of 1 votes)

98

1968

Frank Borman

Astronaut

0% (0 of 1 votes)

104

1970

Willy Brandt

World Leader

0% (0 of 1 votes)

25

1971

Richard Milhous Nixon

U.S. President

58.51% (275 of 470 votes)

26

1972

Richard Milhous Nixon

U.S. President

58.51% (275 of 470 votes)

58

1972

Henry Kissinger

U.S. Secretary of State

42.06% (135 of 321 votes)

95

1973

John J. Sirica

Judge

0% (0 of 0 votes)

102

1974

King Faisal of Saudi Arabia

Monarch

0% (0 of 0 votes)

18

1975

United States

Location

59.55% (374 of 628 votes)

33

1975

Billie Jean King

Tennis Player

53.26% (49 of 92 votes)

63

1975

Women

God's Gift to Man (Genesis)

37.14% (26 of 70 votes)

83

1975

Betty Ford

First Lady

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

105

1975

Barbara Jordan

U.S. Congressman

0% (0 of 2 votes)

107

1975

Susan Brownmiller

Advocate

0% (0 of 0 votes)

12

1976

James Earl Carter

U.S. President

60.11% (315 of 524 votes)

3

1977

Anwar Sadat

World Leader

100% (1 of 1 votes)

34

1979

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

World Leader

52.65% (149 of 283 votes)

42

1980

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

48.60% (243 of 500 votes)

94

1981

Lech Walesa

Politician

0% (0 of 4 votes)

5

1983

Yuri Andropov

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

43

1983

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

48.60% (243 of 500 votes)

96

1984

Peter Ueberroth

Sports Executive

0% (0 of 3 votes)

4

1985

Deng Xiaoping

Politician

100% (3 of 3 votes)

85

1986

Corazon Aquino

World Leader

5.26% (1 of 19 votes)

81

1987

Mikhail Gorbachev

World Leader

8.33% (3 of 36 votes)

118

1988

Earth

Astronomical Object

0% (0 of 1 votes)

82

1989

Mikhail Gorbachev

World Leader

8.33% (3 of 36 votes)

65

1990

George Herbert Walker Bush

U.S. President

37.04% (100 of 270 votes)

79

1991

Ted Turner

Philanthropist

17.50% (7 of 40 votes)

72

1992

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

78

1994

Pope John Paul II

Religious Figure

26.32% (10 of 38 votes)

16

1995

Newt Gingrich

U.S. Congressman

60.0% (69 of 115 votes)

117

1997

Andy Grove

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

2

1998

Kenneth Starr

Attorney

100% (4 of 4 votes)

73

1998

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

17

1999

Jeff Bezos

Entrepreneur

59.64% (99 of 166 votes)

40

2000

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

11

2001

Rudy Giuliani

Mayor

64.80% (727 of 1122 votes)

7

2002

Coleen Rowley

Advocate

100% (1 of 1 votes)

39

2002

Sherron Watkins

Entrepreneur

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

116

2002

Cynthia Cooper (Advocate)

Advocate

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

2003

United States Army

Military Personnel

60.06% (403 of 671 votes)

41

2004

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

29

2005

Bono

Vocalist

57.50% (46 of 80 votes)

99

2005

Bill Gates

Computer Tech

0% (0 of 7 votes)

115

2005

Melinda Gates

Philanthropist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

23

2006

Men

Vibrator Replacement

59.05% (62 of 105 votes)

64

2006

Women

God's Gift to Man (Genesis)

37.14% (26 of 70 votes)

32

2007

Vladimir Putin

World Leader

53.37% (2325 of 4356 votes)

20

2008

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.34% (4700 of 7920 votes)

101

2009

Ben Bernanke

Economist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

24

2010

Mark Zuckerberg

Entrepreneur

59.03% (85 of 144 votes)

8

2011

Tea Party

Organization

83.71% (149 of 178 votes)

62

2011

Occupy Movement

Advocate

38.95% (37 of 95 votes)

110

2011

David Webb

Radio Personality

0% (0 of 1 votes)

21

2012

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.34% (4700 of 7920 votes)

49

2013

Pope Francis I

Religious Figure

47.55% (68 of 143 votes)

100

2014

Jerry Brown (Doctor)

Doctor

0% (0 of 7 votes)

112

2014

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

Organization

0% (0 of 0 votes)

47

2015

Angela Merkel

World Leader

48.39% (15 of 31 votes)

69

2016

Donald Trump

U.S. President

34.83% (6312 of 18120 votes)

9

2017

Terry Crews

Actor

75.00% (9 of 12 votes)

30

2017

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

54

2017

Megyn Kelly

Commentator

44.63% (54 of 121 votes)

60

2017

Rose McGowan

Actress

41.49% (39 of 94 votes)

61

2017

Angelina Jolie

Actress

39.30% (90 of 229 votes)

66

2017

Selma Blair

Actress

36.00% (9 of 25 votes)

75

2017

Alyssa Milano

Actress

30.66% (256 of 835 votes)

80

2017

Rachel McAdams

Actress

15.38% (2 of 13 votes)

84

2017

Ashley Judd

Actress

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

109

2017

Tarana Burke

Advocate

0% (0 of 7 votes)

106

2018

Jamal Khashoggi

Commentator

0% (0 of 6 votes)

111

2018

Maria Ressa

Commentator

0% (0 of 5 votes)

77

2019

Greta Thunberg

Advocate

26.92% (7 of 26 votes)

48

2020

Joe Biden

U.S. President

47.63% (64241 of 134876 votes)

59

2020

Kamala Harris

U.S. Vice President

42.01% (786 of 1871 votes)

74

2021

Elon Musk

Entrepreneur

31.94% (153 of 479 votes)

15

2022

Volodymyr Zelensky

World Leader

60.04% (801 of 1334 votes)

31

2023

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)