Selection Time Person of the Year

1 selection

1.1 groups
1.2 u.s. presidents
1.3 women
1.4 special awards
1.5 controversial choices
1.6 online poll

selection

despite name, title not granted individuals. pairs of people such married couples , political opponents, classes of people, computer ( machine of year in 1982), , endangered earth ( planet of year in 1988) have been selected special year-end issue.

groups

there have been several groups time person of year, such peacemakers (1993) , ebola fighters (2014).

u.s. presidents

since list began, every serving president of united states has been man or person of year @ least once exceptions of calvin coolidge, in office @ time of first issue, herbert hoover, next u.s. president, , gerald ford. named man or person of year either year elected or while in office; 1 given title before being elected dwight d. eisenhower, in 1944 supreme commander of allied invasion force, 8 years before election. subsequently received title again in 1959, while in office. franklin d. roosevelt person have received title 3 times, first president-elect (1932) , later incumbent president (1934 , 1941).

women

in 1999, title changed person of year. women have been selected recognition after renaming include whistleblowers (cynthia cooper, coleen rowley, , sherron watkins in 2002), melinda gates (jointly bill gates , bono, in 2005), , angela merkel in 2015. prior 1999, 4 women granted title individuals: 3 woman of year —wallis simpson (1936), queen elizabeth ii (1952), , corazon aquino (1986)–and 1 half of man , wife of year , soong mei-ling (1937). american women recognized group in 1975. other classes of people recognized comprise both men , women, such hungarian freedom fighters (1956), u.s. scientists (1960), inheritors (1966), middle americans (1969), american soldier (2003), (2006), protester (2011) represented on cover woman, , ebola fighters (2014). although title on magazine remained man of year both 1956 hungarian freedom fighter , 1966 twenty-five , under editions both featured woman standing behind man, , men of year on 1960 u.s. scientists edition exclusively featured men on cover. wasn t until 1969 edition on middle americans did title embrace man , woman of year .

special awards

in 1949, winston churchill named man of half-century , , last issue of 1989 named mikhail gorbachev man of decade . december 31, 1999 issue of time named albert einstein person of century . franklin d. roosevelt , mahatma gandhi chosen runners-up.

controversial choices

despite magazine s frequent statements contrary, designation regarded honor, , spoken of award or prize, based on many previous selections of admirable people. however, time magazine points out controversial figures such adolf hitler (1938), joseph stalin (1939 , 1942), nikita khrushchev (1957), , ayatollah khomeini (1979) have been granted title impacts.

as result of public backlash received united states naming khomeini man of year in 1979, time has since shied away using figures controversial in united states commercial reasons, fearing reductions in sales or advertising revenue.

time s person of year 2001, following september 11, 2001 attacks, new york city mayor rudolph giuliani. stated rules of selection, individual or group of individuals have had biggest effect on year s news, made osama bin laden more choice year. issue declared giuliani person of year included article mentioned time s earlier decision select ayatollah khomeini , 1999 rejection of hitler person of century . article seemed imply osama bin laden stronger candidate giuliani, adolf hitler stronger candidate albert einstein. selections based on magazine describes believed had stronger influence on history , represented either year or century most. according time, rudolph giuliani selected symbolizing american response september 11th attacks, , albert einstein selected representing century of scientific exploration , wonder.

film-maker michael moore claims director mel gibson cost him opportunity person of year alongside gibson in 2004. moore s controversial political documentary fahrenheit 9/11 became highest-grossing documentary of time same year gibson s passion of christ became box-office success , caused significant controversy. moore said in interview got call right after 04 election editor time magazine. said, time magazine has picked , mel gibson time s person of year put on cover, right , left, mel , mike. thing have pose picture each other. , interview together. said ok. call mel up, agrees. set date , time in la. m fly there. s flying australia. happens when gets home... next thing, mel calls , says, m not doing it. ve thought on , not right thing do. put bush on cover.

another controversial choice 2006 selection of , representing if not people advancing information age using internet (via e.g. blogs, myspace youtube, , wikipedia).

online poll

time magazine holds online poll readers vote believe person of year. while many mistakenly believe winner of poll person of year, title, mentioned above, decided editors of time. in first online poll held in 1998, wrestler , activist mick foley won on 50% of votes. foley removed poll, , title given bill clinton , ken starr, led outrage fans of foley mistakenly believed winner of poll winner of title. in 2006, poll winner wide margin hugo chávez, 35% of votes. president of iran, mahmoud ahmadinejad, came in second. time again ignored results, not mentioning them in announcement of person of year. time continues annually run online poll people s choice , stresses decision on magazine recognizes not made poll, magazine s editors.