The 100 Most Influential People of 2020
PIONEERS
Megan Thee Stallion
byTaraji P. Henson
Giannis Antetokounmpo
byKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ibram X. Kendi
byAl Sharpton
Nathan Law
byChris Patten
Tomi Adeyemi
byJohn Boyega
Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir
byMae Jemison
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Julie K. Brown
byRonan Farrow
Cecilia Martinez
byCory Booker
Maya Moore
byBryan Stevenson
Chase Strangio
byLaverne Cox
Zhang Yongzhen
byPardis Sabeti
Tourmaline
byJanet Mock
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Waad al-Kateab
byRiz Ahmed
Abubacarr Tambadou
bySamantha Power
Gabriela Cámara
byJosé Andrés
Camilla Rothe
byEric Topol
Rebecca Gomperts
byCecile Richards
Ravindra Gupta
byAdam Castillejo
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Lauren Gardner
byLeana Wen
Shi Zhengli
byCarl Zimmer
Shiori Ito
byChizuko Ueno
ARTISTS
The Weeknd
byElton John
Ali Wong
byChrissy Teigen
Michael B. Jordan
byDenzel Washington
Selena Gomez
byAmerica Ferrera
J Balvin
byCamila Cabello
JoJo Siwa
byKim Kardashian West
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Halsey
byBTS
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
byTaylor Swift
Jennifer Hudson
byMary J. Blige
Yo-Yo Ma
byStevie Wonder
Dapper Dan
byMissy Elliott
Anaïs Mitchell
byAndré De Shields
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Michaela Coel
byLena Waithe
Bong Joon Ho
byTilda Swinton
LASTESIS
byNadya Tolokonnikova
Julie Mehretu
byDavid Adjaye
Ayushmann Khurrana
byDeepika Padukone
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LEADERS
Anthony Fauci
byJimmy Kimmel
Kamala Harris
byAyanna Pressley
Tsai Ing-wen
byTed Cruz
John Roberts
byAnthony Kennedy
Xi Jinping
byAmanda Bennett
Donald Trump
byBrian Bennett
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Caesar
byLynsey Addario
Angela Merkel
byUrsula von der Leyen
Joe Biden
byJim Clyburn
Jair Bolsonaro
byDan Stewart
Nancy Pelosi
byHakeem Jeffries
Narendra Modi
byKarl Vick
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