Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2004 [April 2004]

Historical Accolades

Missing: John Abizaid * Ferran Adria * Arthur Agatston * Louise Arbor * Bernard Arnault * Sepp Blatter * John Bogle * Lord John Browne * Hernando de Soto (Economist) * Luisa Diogo * Niall Ferguson * Joschka Fischer * Toshihiko Fukui * Julie Garberding * Jurgen Habermas * Nicholas Hytner * B.K.S. Iyengar * Abigail Johnson * Korean Cloners * Bernard Kouchner * Ken Kutaragi * Aung San Suu Kyi * Eric Lander * Jong-Wook Lee * Bernard Lewis * Bjorn Lomborg * Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva * Hideo Nakata * Bruce Nauman * David Neeleman * Hiroshi Okuda * Lindsay Owen-Jones * Steven Pinker * Samantha Power * Azim Premji * Paula Radcliffe * Tariq Ramadan * Paul Ridker * Jeff Sachs * Belinda Stronach * Jill Tarter * Daniel Vasella * Edward Witten * Evan Wolfson * Wu Yi

Vote Ranking  

1

Samantha Power

Diplomat

100% (11 of 11 votes)

2

Aung San Suu Kyi

Advocate

100% (2 of 2 votes)

3

Al-Jazeera

TV Network

100% (3 of 3 votes)

4

Frank Gehry

Architect

100% (3 of 3 votes)

5

Sean Penn

Actor

100% (8 of 8 votes)

6

Ali Husaini Sistani

Religious Figure

100% (3 of 3 votes)

7

Hu Jintao

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

8

Yao Ming

Basketball Player

100% (1 of 1 votes)

9

Meg Whitman

Entrepreneur

100% (12 of 12 votes)

10

Jerry Bruckheimer

Entrepreneur

100% (1 of 1 votes)

11

Michael Dell

Computer Tech

100% (2 of 2 votes)

12

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

World Leader

100% (1 of 1 votes)

13

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

World Leader

88.89% (8 of 9 votes)

14

Steve Jobs

Computer Tech

80.0% (4 of 5 votes)

15

Osama Bin Laden

Terrorist

69.80% (1301 of 1864 votes)

16

John Kerry

U.S. Senator

68.05% (164 of 241 votes)

17

Oprah Winfrey

TV Personality

61.61% (207 of 336 votes)

18

Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi

Terrorist

59.24% (830 of 1401 votes)

19

J.K. Rowling

Author

58.33% (7 of 12 votes)

20

Bono

Vocalist

57.50% (46 of 80 votes)

21

Vladimir Putin

World Leader

53.59% (2345 of 4376 votes)

22

Mel Gibson

Actor

52.38% (11 of 21 votes)

23

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

24

Kim Jong Il

World Leader

52.13% (331 of 635 votes)

25

Bjorn Lomborg

Author

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

26

Peter Jackson

Filmmaker

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

27

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

28

Rupert Murdoch

Entrepreneur

49.55% (55 of 111 votes)

29

Lance Armstrong

Athlete

45.16% (14 of 31 votes)

30

Tiger Woods

Golfer

44.90% (22 of 49 votes)

31

Nicole Kidman

Actress

43.06% (31 of 72 votes)

32

Katie Couric

Commentator

42.86% (3 of 7 votes)

33

Condoleezza Rice

U.S. Secretary of State

42.11% (24 of 57 votes)

34

David Beckham

Soccer Player

42.01% (71 of 169 votes)

35

Mark Burnett

Producer

39.02% (723 of 1853 votes)

36

Simon Cowell

TV Personality

37.82% (45 of 119 votes)

37

Nelson Mandela

World Leader

34.50% (59 of 171 votes)

38

Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva

World Leader

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

39

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

40

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor

32.00% (80 of 250 votes)

41

Norah Jones

Musician

31.51% (23 of 73 votes)

42

Aishwarya Rai

Actress

30.0% (6 of 20 votes)

43

Pope John Paul II

Religious Figure

26.32% (10 of 38 votes)

44

Sandra Day O'Connor

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

23.08% (9 of 39 votes)

45

Warren Buffett

Financier

21.21% (7 of 33 votes)

46

Dalai Lama

Religious Figure

14.29% (1 of 7 votes)

47

Google

Internet Website

13.04% (3 of 23 votes)

48

Bill Belichick

Football Coach

7.69% (3 of 39 votes)

49

Charlie Kaufman

Screenwriter

0% (0 of 0 votes)

50

Bill Gates

Computer Tech

0% (0 of 7 votes)

51

Carly Fiorina

Economist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

52

Guy Laliberte

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

53

Shirin Ebadi

Attorney

0% (0 of 1 votes)

54

H. Lee Scott

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 0 votes)

55

Linus Torvalds

Computer Tech

0% (0 of 0 votes)

56

Howard Schultz

Entrepreneur

0% (0 of 1 votes)

57

OutKast

Musicians

0% (0 of 3 votes)

58

Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan

Monarch

0% (0 of 0 votes)

59

Kofi Annan

U.N. Secretary General

0% (0 of 1 votes)

60

John Galliano

Designer

0% (0 of 0 votes)