Last updated May 1 2008
Time 100: the world's most influential people
By Lee Harvey, MSN Search Editor
Find out more about the Time 100 2008 with Live Search (Image © AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Ever wondered which global figures do the most to shape the world in which we live? Today you can find out as Time Magazine releases its fifth annual Time 100 which names the planet's most influential people.

Rather than a conventional Top 100 chart, the Time 100 nominates the leading 20 figures in 5 specific categories: Artists and Entertainers; Heroes and Pioneers; Leaders and Revolutionaries; Builders and Titans; Scientists and Thinkers. Making the list is frequently mistaken as an honour. Time makes it very clear that people are recognised for changing the world, for better or for worse.

In the gallery below, Hotlist reveals two nominees from each of Time’s five categories. Click each thumbnail to find out more about each influential figure and for search links to other notable nominees within their category.




Time 100: Leaders and Revolutionaries: Dalai Lama (Image © Ashwini Bhatia)Time 100: Leaders and Revolutionaries: Barack Obama (Image © AP Photo Jae C Hong)Time 100: Artists and Entertainers: Miley Cyrus (Image © AP Photo/Evan Agostini)Time 100: Artists and Entertainers: Mariah Carey (Image © AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Time 100: Heroes and Pioneers: Kaka (Image © AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)Time 100: Heroes and Pioneers: Oscar Pistorius (Image © Tim Ockenden/PA Wire)Time 100: Builders and Titans: Radiohead (Image © AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron/FILE)Time 100: Builders and Titans: Karl Lagerfeld (Image © AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Time 100: Scientists and Thinkers: Michael Bloomberg (Image © AP Photo/Peter Kramer)Time 100: Scientists and Thinkers: Susan Solomon (Image © AP Photos/Jacques Brinon)
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