Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Influential People [1990]

Status EW Influential

101.5 is represented as #102. Some #s are groups of people. Missing: # 3 Diller, Barry # 4 Ross, Steve # 6 Pollock, Thomas #11 Holt, John C. #12 Ohga, Norhio #14 Riggio, Len #16 Daly, Robert #19 Sagansky, Jeff #23 Shaye, Robert #24 Morgado, Robert #25 Konowitch, Abbey #26 Newhouse, S.I. Jr. #29 Malone, John C. #30 Koppelman, Charles #31 Janklow, Mort #31 Nesbit, Lynn #34 Berg, Jeffrey #36 Lawyers #39 Ayeroff, Jeff #41 Evans, Joni #42 Straus, Roger #43 Ditolla, Al #45 Newberg, Esther #45 Urban, Amanda #47 Kassar, Mario #48 Gordon, Lawrence #50 Sinkler, Rebecca #53 Carsey, Marcy #53 Werner, Tom #57 Kingsley, Pat #58 Brown, Tony #59 Fuchs, Michael #61 Kaplan, Jane #62 Wylie, Andrew #63 Talese, Nan A #64 Cohn, Sam #65 Solomon, Russ #75 Mehta, Sonny #84 Follett, Ken #85 Heffner, Richard #94 Di, Michael Capua #95 Gordon, Barry #96 Allen, Herbert A jr #98 Lawson, Jennifer #99 Murphy, Ad #101 Morton, Peter

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29

1

Michael Eisner

Entrepreneur

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

62

2

Michael Ovitz

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

56

3

Barry Diller

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 1 votes)

66

5

Brandon Tartikoff

TV Executive

0% (0 of 0 votes)

59

7

Sumner Redstone

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 1 votes)

28

8

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor

33.33% (85 of 255 votes)

3

9

H. Wayne Huizenga

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

22

10

Roger Ebert

Critic

48.72% (133 of 273 votes)

39

10

Siskel and Ebert (Gene and Roger)

Critic

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

40

10

Gene Siskel

Critic

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

7

13

David Geffen

Entrepreneur

100% (2 of 2 votes)

32

15

Madonna (Ciccone)

Vocalist

31.58% (54 of 171 votes)

5

16

Bob Daly

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

61

16

Terry Semel

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

36

17

Ted Turner

Philanthropist

17.50% (7 of 40 votes)

1

18

Robert Iger

Entrepreneur

100% (3 of 3 votes)

4

20

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

23

21

Steven Spielberg

Filmmaker

45.83% (44 of 96 votes)

19

22

Clive Davis

Entrepreneur

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

57

26

S.I. 'Si' Newhouse

Publisher

0% (0 of 0 votes)

27

27

Ron Howard

Actor

39.73% (58 of 146 votes)

26

28

James L. Brooks

Filmmaker

40.0% (4 of 10 votes)

21

32

Rupert Murdoch

Entrepreneur

50.0% (56 of 112 votes)

41

33

Quincy Jones

Composer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

44

35

Joel Silver

Producer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

48

37

Tina Brown

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

30

38

Arsenio Hall

Comedian

32.17% (37 of 115 votes)

60

40

Roone Arledge

TV Executive

0% (0 of 0 votes)

65

44

Sydney Pollack

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

67

46

Russell Simmons

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

38

49

Oliver Stone

Filmmaker

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

45

51

Barry Levinson

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

31

52

Spike Lee

Filmmaker

31.70% (71 of 224 votes)

17

54

Bette Midler

Vocalist

52.67% (197 of 374 votes)

35

55

Oprah Winfrey

TV Personality

28.00% (217 of 775 votes)

12

56

Bruce Willis

Actor

59.09% (65 of 110 votes)

2

60

Antonio 'L.A.' Reid

Music Producer

100% (1 of 1 votes)

54

60

Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds

Music Producer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

33

66

Meryl Streep

Actress

30.77% (16 of 52 votes)

58

67

Annie Leibovitz

Photographer

0% (0 of 4 votes)

53

68

Steven Bochco

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

55

69

Ted Koppel

Commentator

0% (0 of 5 votes)

51

70

Don Hewitt

TV Executive

0% (0 of 0 votes)

20

71

M.C. Hammer

Vocalist

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

34

72

Woody Allen

Comedian

28.35% (74 of 261 votes)

11

73

Tom Cruise

Actor

60.0% (228 of 380 votes)

16

74

Goldie Hawn

Comedienne

53.66% (22 of 41 votes)

18

76

Mel Gibson

Actor

52.38% (11 of 21 votes)

46

77

Danielle Steele

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

47

78

Jean M. Auel

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

24

79

Stephen King

Author

44.65% (121 of 271 votes)

25

80

Rob Reiner

Actor

42.86% (51 of 119 votes)

10

81

Jack Nicholson

Actor

79.52% (66 of 83 votes)

15

82

Michael Jackson (Vocalist)

Vocalist

57.33% (524 of 914 votes)

9

84

Ken Follett

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

50

86

James Michener

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

87

Robert Redford

Actor

57.53% (42 of 73 votes)

42

88

Michael Douglas

Actor

0% (0 of 4 votes)

43

89

Suzanne De Passe

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

37

90

Jane Fonda

Actress

12.00% (1060 of 8835 votes)

13

91

Bill Cosby

Comedian

58.99% (397 of 673 votes)

49

92

Geraldine Laybourne

TV Executive

0% (0 of 0 votes)

6

93

Jerry Bruckheimer

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

52

93

Don Simpson

Producer

0% (0 of 1 votes)

8

97

Tommy Mottola

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

63

98

Tom Clancy

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

64

100

Peggy Charren

Advocate

0% (0 of 0 votes)