‘Time’s’ 100 Most Influential People, See Who Made The List
Time released its annual 100 Most Influential People list for 2016 on Thursday, April 21, recognizing and celebrating the pioneers, artists, icons, and leaders.
Time editor Nancy Gibbs explained why the people who made the list were chosen.
“They each embody a breakthrough: they broke the rules, broke the record, broke the silence, broke the boundaries to reveal what we’re capable of. They are seekers, with a fearless willingness to be surprised by what they find,” Gibbs said. “The people on the list, each in their own way, have lessons to teach. We can debate those lessons; we don’t have to endorse them or agree with them. But the influence of this year’s TIME 100, to my mind, is that down to the last person, they have the power to make us think. And they are using it.”
Ariana Grande has been listed in the 2016 TIME “Top 100 Most Influential People” list in the artists category! pic.twitter.com/6lBEpIXmtt
— ArianaGrande Updates (@AriAlwaysUpdate) April 21, 2016
The list includes a variety of people including four presidential candidates: Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and Republican candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Barack Obama made the list for the 11th time, along with Secretary of State John Kerry, House Speaker Paul Ryan, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, and Republican National Committee Reince Priebus.
The youngest on the list is Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky, 19, while the oldest is 87-year-old artist Yayoi Kusama.
Amazing to see @JahaENDFGM named on @TIME top 100 most influential people. Congrats you’re an inspiration Jaha! https://t.co/cBv0dIzHxn
— Katherine Sladden (@katsladden) April 21, 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicki Minaj, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christine Lagarde, and Priyanka Chopra were chosen to appear on the six world-wide covers of the magazine.
Check out Time’s complete 100 Most Influential People list for 2016 below.
Pioneers
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Kip Thorne
- Kathy Niakan
- Gina Rodriguez
- Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Raj Panjabi
- Alan Stern
- Christiana Figueres
- Marc Edwards
- Mona Hanna-Attisha
- Mussie Zerai
- Lee Berger
- Nadia Murad
- Dan Carder
- Hope Jahren
- Felix Kjellberg
- Roy Choi
- Sunita Narain
- Palmer Luckey
- Laura Esserman
- Shelley Hwang
- Caitlyn Jenner
- Aziz Ansari
Titans
- Tim Cook
- Binny Bansal
- Sachin Bansal
- Yuri Milner
- Mohammed bin Nayef
- Katie Ledecky
- Dwayne Johnson
- Pope Francis
- Sundar Pichai
- Wang Jianlin
- Kathleen Kennedy
- Eli Broad
- Stephen Curry
- Priscilla Chan
- Mark Zuckerberg
Artists
- Kendrick Lamar
- Gael García Bernal
- Taraji P. Henson
- Melissa McCarthy
- Elena Ferrante
- Riccardo Tisci
- Ryan Coogler
- Ariana Grande
- Idris Elba
- Bjarke Ingels
- Oscar Isaac
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Guo Pei
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Mark Rylance
- Charlize Theron
- Yayoi Kusama
- Priyanka Chopra
Leaders
- Kim Jong Un
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- Vladimir Putin
- Paul Ryan
- Diana Natalicio
- Lori Robinson
- Lester Holt
- Queen Máxima
- Ted Cruz
- François Hollande
- Darren Walker
- James Comey
- Raghuram Rajan
- Hillary Clinton
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Sergio Moro
- Justin Trudeau
- Xi Jinping
- Barack Obama
- Mauricio Macri
- Jaha Dukureh
- Reince Priebus
- Tsai Ing-wen
- Sean MacFarland
- Bernie Sanders
- Nikki Haley
- Jin Liqun
- Donald Trump
- Angela Merkel
- John Kerry
- Christine Lagarde
Icons
- Nicki Minaj
- Lewis Hamilton
- Usain Bolt
- Marilynne Robinson
- Karlie Kloss
- Jordan Spieth
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Adele
- Tu Youyou
- Denis Mukwege
- Sania Mirza
- Ronda Rousey
- Leonardo DiCaprio
Obviously, those who made the list were excited to say the least. Many of them took to social media to share their gratitude.
“Evicted at 14, broke by 24, but regardless of how tough things got, I always felt if I worked harder and smarter than the next guy – I’d have a real shot at life,” Dwayne Johnson wrote in an Instagram post. “That’s who I am. My DNA and still my daily code. Thank you @TIMEMagazine for selecting me as one of the 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL IN THE WORLD. I’m honored and privileged.”
What a way to start the day! #Time100‘s list of achievers! Humbled, overwhelmed and feeling so blessed! pic.twitter.com/oFp9pGlHLI
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) April 21, 2016
JUST WOW!!! RT Taraji P. Henson is on @TIME‘s list of the world’s most influential people #TIME100 https://t.co/GzALgkoRgI via @TIMEWorld
— Taraji P. Henson (@TherealTaraji) April 21, 2016
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