--- description: Malala Yousafzai, Pope Francis and Narendra Modi among the top 10 title: TIME Person of the Year Poll Crowded By Global Figures image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5fa8b35fc1683bb/69887330f887dc282ae93854/narendra-modi-india-time-person-of-the-year.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Person of the Year topic](/tag/person-of-the-year-2/) ## Person of the Year topic Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Global Figures Crowding Top 10 in TIME Person of the Year Poll  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 30, 2015 11:17 PM CUT  Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, gestures whilst speaking during the 37th Singapore Lecture held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015\. Modi's government, which in February pushed back its deadline for fiscal consolidation by a year to March 2018, faces a higher wage bill just as a sluggish economy and dwindling asset sales are weighing on revenue. Photographer: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg via Getty Images Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, gestures whilst speaking during the 37th Singapore Lecture held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015\. Modi's government, which in February pushed back its deadline for fiscal consolidation by a year to March 2018, faces a higher wage bill just as a sluggish economy and dwindling asset sales are weighing on revenue. Photographer: Nicky Loh/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 30, 2015 11:17 PM CUT World figures outnumber influential leaders in politics and entertainment in [the current top 10](http://time.com/4110428/person-of-the-year-readers-poll-results-2015/ "undefined") of [the TIME Person of the Year readers’ choice poll](http://time.com/4108617/person-of-the-year-poll-2015/ "undefined"). Although Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders continues to [lead the poll](http://time.com/4130113/bernie-sanders-time-person-of-the-year-poll/ "undefined"), global figures take five of the top ten spots in the final week of voting — [Malala Yousafzai in second](http://time.com/4129580/malala-yousafzai-time-person-of-the-year-poll/ "undefined") place, Pope Francis in third, “refugees” in fifth, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in eighth and German Chancellor Angela Merkel currently in tenth place. International leaders have been named most influential by the magazine in recent years; the Pope was TIME’s Person of the Year in 2013, and before that Russian President Vladimir Putin was chosen as Person of the Year in 2007. Voting on the readers’ choice poll ends Dec. 4 at 11:59 p.m., and the winner of the poll will be announced Dec. 7\. TIME’s editors will choose the Person of the Year, the person TIME believes most influenced the news this year for better or worse, but that doesn’t mean readers shouldn’t have their say. 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