President of the United States, who won re-election solidly in 2012 but faces daunting challenges, from budget battles to stopping Iran’s nuclear program
The 2013 TIME 100 Poll
Voting for inclusion in the TIME 100 issue is now closed. The final list, selected by our editors, will be revealed on Thursday, April 18th
Full List
The Candidates
- Ben Affleck
- Roger Ailes
- Bashar Assad
- Tammy Baldwin
- David and Victoria Beckham
- Benedict XVI
- Fatou Bensouda
- Ben Bernanke
- Beyoncé
- Jeff Bezos
- Joe Biden
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Michael Bloomberg
- Usain Bolt
- Cory Booker
- David Bowie
- John Brennan
- Sergey Brin
- Connie Britton
- Warren Buffett
- Emad Burnat
- David Cameron
- Sister Simone Campbell
- Robert Cantu
- Robert Caro
- Jackie Chan
- Jessica Chastain
- Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani
- Chen Guangcheng
- Perry Chen
- Yao Chen
- Chris Christie
- Bill Clinton
- Hillary Clinton
- Tom Coburn
- David Coleman
- Bryan Cranston
- Andrew Cuomo
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Paula Deen
- Jack Dorsey
- Kim Dotcom
- Gabby Douglas
- Dr. James Downing
- Mario Draghi
- Lena Dunham
- David Einhorn
- Daniel Ek
- Rahm Emanuel
- Jimmy Fallon
- Mo Farah
- Julian Fellowes
- Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
- Gillian Flynn
- Neil Gaiman
- Melinda Gates
- Gabby Giffords
- Julia Gillard
- Vince Gilligan
- Roger Goodell
- John Green
- Jon Hamm
- Steve Hannah
- Sheila Heti
- François Hollande
- Sara Horowitz
- Tony Hsieh
- Jony Ive
- Peter Jackson
- E.L. James
- LeBron James
- Jay-Z
- Sharon Jones
- Kim Jong Un
- Mindy Kaling
- Arvind Kejriwal
- John Kerry
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng
- Michael Kors
- Paul Krugman
- Oh-Hyun Kwon
- Wayne LaPierre
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Li Na
- George Lucas
- Jenna Lyons
- Seth MacFarlane
- Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
- Hilary Mantel
- Marissa Mayer
- Melissa McCarthy
- Mary Meeker
- Angela Merkel
- Seth Meyers
- Heba Morayef
- Piers Morgan
- Mohamed Morsi
- Haruki Murakami
- Elisabeth Murdoch
- Andy Murray
- Elon Musk
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Enrique Peña Nieto
- Barack Obama
- Michelle Obama
- Frank Ocean
- Alexis Ohanian
- Rand Paul
- Nancy Pelosi
- Jonah Peretti
- Markus “Notch” Persson
- Michael Phelps
- Pope Francis
- Psy
- Matthew Quick
- Harper Reed
- Pussy Riot
- John Roberts
- Samuel Rodriguez
- Dilma Rousseff
- Karl Rove
- Marco Rubio
- Sheryl Sandberg
- George Saunders
- Dan Savage
- Eric Schmidt
- Claressa Shields
- Ben Silbermann
- Nate Silver
- Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Evan Spiegel
- Nancy Spinner and Ian Krantz
- Michael Strahan
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Kevin Systrom
- Quentin Tarantino
- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
- Justin Timberlake
- Travis Tygart
- Lindsey Vonn
- Christoph Waltz
- Elizabeth Warren
- Mary Jo White
- Serena Williams
- Teresa Woodruff
- Jason Wu
- Xi Jinping
- Don Yeomans
- Malala Yousafzai
Poll Results