--- 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 > Sponsored content. 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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. 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. 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