The Onion's 20 People Who Mattered in 2010

Historical Accolades

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This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

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4

1

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.47% (4725 of 7945 votes)

12

2

Nicole Polizzi (Snooki)

TV Reality Show Contestant

30.30% (100 of 330 votes)

9

3

Julian Assange

Advocate

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

5

4

Mark Zuckerberg

Entrepreneur

59.03% (85 of 144 votes)

8

5

Mel Gibson

Actor

52.38% (11 of 21 votes)

7

6

Jan Brewer

U.S. Governor

58.33% (7 of 12 votes)

1

7

Tony Hayward

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

13

8

Manmohan Singh

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

9

Liu Xiaobo

Advocate

0% (0 of 2 votes)

15

10

Silvio Berlusconi

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

16

11

Kathryn Bigelow

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

2

13

Landon Donovan

Soccer Player

100% (6 of 6 votes)

3

14

Terry Jones (Preacher)

Religious Figure

100% (1 of 1 votes)

6

15

Elena Kagan

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

58.33% (56 of 96 votes)

11

19

LeBron James

Basketball Player

37.04% (340 of 918 votes)

10

20

Glenn Beck

Radio Personality

44.83% (52 of 116 votes)