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List of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century

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The List of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century (called the "TIME 100" for short) is a list of the 20th century's most influential politicians, artists, innovators, scientists and icons, compiled by TIME Magazine. It consists of a total of 100 people, 20 each in five different groups; furthermore, from these, Albert Einstein

The list was started with a debate at a symposium at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center on February 1 1998 (participants: CBS news anchor Dan Rather, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, former New York governor Mario Cuomo, Condoleezza Rice, neoconservative publisher Irving Kristol and TIME managing editor Walter Isaacson ) and ultimately published on June 14 1999 in a special TIME magazine issue titled "TIME 100: Heroes & Icons of the 20th Century".

Contents

The list

Leaders and revolutionaries

Artists and entertainers

Builders and titans

Scientists and thinkers

Heroes and icons

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Last updated: 05-21-2005 23:47:58