the world's most influential people 2008 Posted on 9 September 2009 |

Leaders & Revolutionaries

Dalai Lama, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Hu Jintao, George W. Bush, Jacob Zuma, Anwar Ibrahim, Kevin Rudd, Bartholomew I, Ben Bernanke, Muqtada al-Sadr, Robert Gates, Michelle Bachelet, Sonia Gandhi, Baitullah Mehsud, Evo Morales, Ma Ying-jeou, Ashfaq Kayani

Heroes & Pioneers

Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey, Oscar Pistorius, Mia Farrow, Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong, Bob and Suzanne Wright, Peter Gabriel, Kaká, Sheik Mohammed al-Maktoum, Yoani Sánchez, Madeeha Hasan Odhaib, Randy Pausch, Lorena Ochoa, Tony Blair, Alexis Sinduhije, Aung San Suu Kyi, George Mitchell

Scientists & Thinkers
Michael Bloomberg, Craig Venter, Jill Bolte Taylor, Larry Brilliant, Jeff Han, Mehmet Oz, Nancy Brinker, Harold McGee, Peter Pronovost, Eric Chivian & Richard Cizik, Mary Lou Jepsen, Paul Allen, Nicholas Schiff, Mark Zuckerberg, Wendy Kopp, Shinya Yamanaka & James Thomson, Michael Griffin, Susan Solomon, Isaac Berzin

Artists & Entertainers
Lorne Michaels, Miley Cyrus, Robert Downey Jr., Herbie Hancock, Joel & Ethan Coen, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gelb, Mariah Carey, Khaled Hosseini, Elizabeth Gilbert, Rem Koolhaas, Judd Apatow, Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy, George Clooney, Tim Russert, Suze Orman, Stephenie Meyer, Tyler Perry, Tom Stoppard, Chris Rock, Takashi Murakami

Builders & Titans

Indra Nooyi, Ali al-Naimi, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Jobs, Radiohead, John Chambers, Jeff Bezos, Jay Adelson, Steve Ballmer, Jamie Dimon, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Lou Jiwei, Neelie Kroes, Jeffrey Immelt, Karl Lagerfeld, Lloyd Blankfein, Carlos Slim, Mo Ibrahim, Ratan Tata, Cynthia Carroll, Carine Roitfeld, Michael Arrington

On The Red Carpet
Joel Stein's TIME 100 Red Carpet