The TIME 100—our annual list of the most influential people in the world—is comprised of world leaders, great minds in science and technology, outstanding figures in the arts and other icons of the moment.
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Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on April 10
The winner of our reader poll will be announced April 14.
This year’s official TIME 100 list will be announced April 21.
In January, TIME was nominated for and won the American Society of Magazine Editors’ annual Best Cover contest for the May 11th issue, America, 1968 2015. TIME was one of four publications selected in the News & Politics category, hand-picked by top editors, art directors and photo editors across the country.
Every year, TIME editors select the individual or group with the most profound impact on our world, and in 2015, TIME named German Chancellor Angela Merkel Person of the Year. The choice received a massive amount of press pick-up, including skits on SNL, the Ellen Show and more, exemplifying TIME’s power to ignite a truly global conversation.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has won the online readers’ poll for TIME Person of the Year, topping some of the world’s best-known politicians, activists and cultural figures as the most influential person of 2015 among those who voted.
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TIME’s editors will choose the Person of the Year, but that doesn’t mean readers shouldn’t have their say. Vote for the person you think most influenced the news this year — for better or worse — in TIME’s Reader’s Poll. You can also vote in TIME’s face-off poll.
