--- title: See Which 8 Health Pioneers Made the TIME 100 description: The 2014 TIME 100 list--the annual determination of people who influenced the world in the past year for better or worse--is here, and we highlight... canonical: https://time.com/74480/time-100-the-people-in-health-you-need-to-know/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-24T11:00:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:20.075Z article:section: Health og:title: See Which 8 Health Pioneers Made the TIME 100 og:description: The 2014 TIME 100 list--the annual determination of people who influenced the world in the past year for better or worse--is here, and we highlight... og:url: https://time.com/74480/time-100-the-people-in-health-you-need-to-know/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Which 8 Health Pioneers Made the TIME 100 twitter:description: The 2014 TIME 100 list--the annual determination of people who influenced the world in the past year for better or worse--is here, and we highlight... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # TIME 100: The People in Health You Need to Know by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Apr 24, 2014 11:00 AM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Apr 24, 2014 11:00 AM UTC The 2014 TIME 100 list–the annual determination of people who influenced the world in the past year for better or worse–is here, and we highlight the leaders making a difference in health. This year, TIME recognizes innovators who tackled issues from hunger and maternal health to marijuana and aging. * **Christy Turlington Burns**, an ambassador for maternal health. Burns founded Every Mother Counts, which provides poor countries with health education, medicine and emergency care. --- > “” --- * **Ertharin Cousin**, a Chicagoan who helps feed the world. As head of the U.N.’s World Food Program, Cousin is responsible for feeding over 100 million people each year. --- > “” --- * **Aliko Dangote**, doing well and doing good for Africa. Dangote is one of the richest men in Africa who also dedicates his time to ridding countries of infectious diseases. --- > “” --- * **Robert Lanza**, in the vanguard of stem-cell research. Dr. Lanza is the chief scientific officer at the biotech firm Advanced Cell Technology, and found a way to turn adult cells into stem cells that may soon be turned into new treatments, or cures, for diseases like diabetes and Alzheimer’s. --- > “” --- * **José Mujica**, the revolutionary who legalized pot. As Uruguay’s president, José “Pepe” Mujica signed a law making the country the first to legalize the production and sale of marijuana. --- > “” --- * **Arunachalam Muruganantham**, an unlikely health crusader. Muruganantham designed a simple machine to make sanitary napkins after seeing how hard it was for his wife to get access to affordable ones. --- > “” --- * **David Sinclair**, bringing us closer to reversing aging. Sinclair is a genetics professor at Harvard Medical School who discovered a compound that makes old cells act young again. --- > “” --- * **Alice Waters**, pioneer of good food for all. As a respected chef, Waters promotes accessible produce for everyone, including for the youngest eaters, with the Edible Schoolyard Project. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/74480/time-100-the-people-in-health-you-need-to-know/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/74480/time-100-the-people-in-health-you-need-to-know/"},"headline":"TIME 100: The People in Health You Need to Know","datePublished":"2014-04-24T11:00:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:20.075Z","description":"The 2014 TIME 100 list--the annual determination of people who influenced the world in the past year for better or worse--is here, and we highlight...","url":"https://time.com/74480/time-100-the-people-in-health-you-need-to-know/","keywords":["TIME 100","TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/74480/time-100-the-people-in-health-you-need-to-know/","name":"TIME 100: The People in Health You Need to Know"}}]}] ```