--- description: Meet the Influencers: Conversations You Won't Forget title: Meet the Influencers: Conversations You Won't Forget image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbff58756179733d7/6988f340fb4eac50a5894c46/influencers-hero-shahidi-desktop.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Influencers 2017 ## 2017 Influencers *  [Margaret Atwood and Elisabeth Moss](/collections/influencers-2017/4934668/margaret-atwood-and-elisabeth-moss-2/) byTIME Staff ## 2016 Influencers *  [On Race, Body Image and Staying Humble](/collections/the-influencers/4928717/president-obama-and-misty-copeland/) byTIME Staff *  [The Prison Reformers](/collections/the-influencers/4920637/the-prison-reformers/) byTIME Staff *  [Art and Diplomacy](/collections/the-influencers/4920638/art-and-diplomacy/) byTIME Staff *  [Famous Friends With a Cause](/collections/the-influencers/4923465/famous-friends-with-a-cause/) byTIME Staff *  [Women Making Movies](/collections/the-influencers/4923775/women-making-movies/) byTIME Staff *  [Stories of Small Town America](/collections/the-influencers/4923777/stories-of-small-town-america/) byTIME Staff *  [Deepwater Horizon: Heroism and Tragedy](/collections/the-influencers/4923778/deepwater-horizon-heroism-and-tragedy/) byTIME Staff The Influencers 2017 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/influencers-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/influencers-2017/"},"headline":"Influencers 2017","description":"Meet the Influencers: Conversations You Won't Forget","url":"https://time.com/collections/influencers-2017/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:08:10.308Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:08:10.038Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":8,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbff58756179733d7/6988f340fb4eac50a5894c46/influencers-hero-shahidi-desktop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/influencers-2017/","name":"Influencers 2017"}}]}] ```