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2013: Pope Francis
2012: Barack Obama
2011: The Protester
2010: Mark Zuckerberg
2008: Barack Obama
2007: Vladimir Putin
2005: The Good Samaritans: Bill Gates, Bono, Melinda Gates
2004: President George W. Bush
2003: The American Soldier
2002: The Whistleblowers
2001: Rudy Giuliani
2000: President George W. Bush
1999: Jeff Bezos
1998: Kenneth Starr ad Bill Clinton
1997: Andrew Grove
1994: Pope John Paul II
TIME COVERS - THE 90'S
1991: Ted Turner
1989: Mikhail Gorbachev
1987: Mikhail Gorbachev
1986: Corazon Aquino
1985: Deng Xiaoping
1984: Peter Ueberroth
1983: President Ronald Reagan and Yuri Andropov
1981: Lech Wałęsa
1980: President Ronald Reagan
1979: Ayatollah Khomeini
1978: Deng Xiaoping
1977: Anwar Sadat
1975: American Women
1973: John Sirica
1972: President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger
1971: President Richard Nixon
1970: Willy Brandt
1969: The Middle Americans
1968: The Apollo 8 astronauts
1967: President Lyndon B. Johnson
1965: William Westmoreland
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
1963: Martin Luther King, Jr.
1962: Pope John XXIII
1961: President John F. Kennedy
1960: U.S. Scientists
1959: President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1958: Charles de Gaulle
1957: Nikita Khrushchev
1955: Harlow Curtice
1954: John Foster Dulles
1953: Konrad Adenauer
1952: Queen Elizabeth II
1951: Mohammad Mossadegh
1950: The American Fighting Man
1949: Winston Churchill
1948: President Harry S. Truman
1946: James F. Byrnes
1945: President Harry S. Truman
1944: Dwight D. Eisenhower
1943: George Marshall
1942: Joseph Stalin
1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940: Winston Churchill
1939: Joseph Stalin
1938: Adolf Hitler
1937: Chiang Kai-shek and Soong May-ling
1936: Wallis Simpson
1935: Haile Selassie
1934: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933: Hugh S. Johnson
1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1931: Pierre Laval
1930: Mahatma Gandhi
1929: Owen D. Young
1928: Walter Chrysler
TIME Man of the Year 1927: Charles Lindbergh
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TIME Person of the Year 2014 Magazine Cover: The Ebola Fighters 141222
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2013: Pope Francis
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2012: Barack Obama
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2011: The Protester
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2010: Mark Zuckerberg
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2008: Barack Obama
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2007: Vladimir Putin
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2005: The Good Samaritans: Bill Gates, Bono, Melinda Gates
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2003: The American Soldier
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1981: Lech Wałęsa
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1978: Deng Xiaoping
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1977: Anwar Sadat
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1975: American Women
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1973: John Sirica
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1971: President Richard Nixon
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1970: Willy Brandt
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1969: The Middle Americans
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1968: The Apollo 8 astronauts
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1965: William Westmoreland
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1964: Lyndon B. Johnson
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1962: Pope John XXIII
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1961: President John F. Kennedy
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1960: U.S. Scientists
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1959: President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1958: Charles de Gaulle
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1957: Nikita Khrushchev
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1955: Harlow Curtice
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1954: John Foster Dulles
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1953: Konrad Adenauer
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1952: Queen Elizabeth II
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1951: Mohammad Mossadegh
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1950: The American Fighting Man
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1949: Winston Churchill
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1948: President Harry S. Truman
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1946: James F. Byrnes
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1945: President Harry S. Truman
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1944: Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1943: George Marshall
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1942: Joseph Stalin
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1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1940: Winston Churchill
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1939: Joseph Stalin
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1938: Adolf Hitler
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1937: Chiang Kai-shek and Soong May-ling
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1936: Wallis Simpson
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1935: Haile Selassie
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1934: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1933: Hugh S. Johnson
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1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1931: Pierre Laval
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1930: Mahatma Gandhi
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1929: Owen D. Young
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1928: Walter Chrysler
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TIME Man of the Year 1927: Charles Lindbergh
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