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Who Are the Most Influential People of 2006?


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Artists & Entertainers

This diverse galaxy of influential stars has won fans and spawned imitators around the globe

 

* J.J. Abrams

* George Clooney

* Dixie Chicks

* Ellen DeGeneres

* Nicolas Ghesquiere

* Wayne Gould

* Philip Seymour Hoffman

* Arianna Huffington

* Ang Lee

* Renzo Piano

* Rain

* Rachael Ray

* Jeff Skoll

 

* Kiki Smith

* Will Smith

* Zadie Smith

* Howard Stern

* Meryl Streep

* Reese Witherspoon

* Rob Pardo

* Daddy Yankee

* Tyra Banks

* Dane Cook

* Matt Drudge

* Stephen Colbert

 

Scientists & Thinkers

Whether by harnessing the power of the Internet or probing the mysteries of the mind, they have come up with the big ideas of our time

 

* Mike Brown

* Kelly Brownell

* Nancy Cox

* Richard Davidson

* Kerry Emanuel

* Jim Hansen

* Zahi Hawass

* Bill James

 

* John Jones

* Ma Jun

* Jim Yong Kim

* Steven Levitt

* Jacques Rossouw

* Andrew von Eschenbach

* Jimmy Wales

* Geoffrey West

 

Leaders & Revolutionaries

Dictators, democrats, holy men (and a TV host)—these are the people with the clout and power to change our world

 

* Muqtada al-Sadr

* Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

* Hugo Chavez

* George W. Bush

* John McCain

* Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

* Ayman al-Zawahiri

* Hillary Rodham Clinton

* Pope Benedict

* Condoleezza Rice

* Wen Jiabao

 

* Ehud Olmert

* Pervez Musharraf

* John Roberts

* Ismail Haniya

* Angela Merkel

* Jigme Singye Wangchuk

* Archbishop Peter Akinola

* Junichiro Koizumi

* Oprah Winfrey

* Bill & Melinda Gates

 

Heroes & Pioneers

Meet some global icons—actors, politicians, athletes, entertainers and others—who are using their influence to do the right thing

 

* Bono

* Michelle Wie

* Wynton Marsalis

* Angelina Jolie

* Bill Clinton & George H.W. Bush

* Steve Nash

* Orhan Pamuk

* Elie Wiesel

* Jan Egeland

 

* Joey Cheek

* Chen Guangcheng

* Ian Fishback

* Wafa Sultan

* Pernessa Seele

* Ralph Lauren

* Mukhtaran Bibi

* Paul Simon

* Al Gore

* Katie Couric

 

Builders & Titans

Innovation, grand plans, style and substance—that's what it takes to be influential in the world of business

 

* Vikram Akula

* Tom Anderson & Chris DeWolfe

* Franz Beckenbauer

* The Flickr Founders

* Sean Combs

* Jamie Dimon

* Brian France

* Tom Freston

* Huang Guangyu

 

* Omid Kordestani

* Eddie Lampert

* Patricia Russo

* Sheikh Mohammed

* Anne Mulcahy

* Nandan Nilekani

* Jim Sinegal

* Steve Wynn

* The Skype Guys

* Dieter Zetsche

 

http://www.time.com/time/2006/time100/

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