--- description: These are TIME’s 100 most influential pioneers, leaders, titans, artists and icons of 2017 title: The 100 Most Influential People in the World image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt024bf3650d91094b/6988c3b0cd1bba3af7704d22/lede-pioneers-text1.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The 100 Most Influential People (20 Apr 2017) ## Pioneers *  [Samantha Bee](/collections/2017-time-100/4742710/samantha-bee/) byJane Curtin *  [Chance the Rapper](/collections/2017-time-100/4742682/chance-the-rapper/) byCommon *  [Constance Wu](/collections/2017-time-100/4742685/constance-wu/) byLena Dunham *  [Gavin Grimm](/collections/2017-time-100/4742687/gavin-grimm/) byJanet Mock *  [Kirsten Green](/collections/2017-time-100/4742703/kirsten-green/) byEmily Weiss *  [Bob Ferguson](/collections/2017-time-100/4742678/bob-ferguson/) byGeorge Takei *  [Ivanka Trump](/collections/2017-time-100/4742699/ivanka-trump/) byWendi Murdoch *  [Demis Hassabis](/collections/2017-time-100/4742686/demis-hassabis-2/) byRay Kurzweil *  [Barbara Lynch](/collections/2017-time-100/4742669/barbara-lynch/) byPadma Lakshmi *  [Hamdi Ulukaya](/collections/2017-time-100/4742698/hamdi-ulukaya/) byKenneth Roth *  [Jared Kushner](/collections/2017-time-100/4742700/jared-kushner-2/) byHenry Kissinger *  [Celina Turchi](/collections/2017-time-100/4742680/celina-turchi/) byTom Frieden *  [Jordan Peele](/collections/2017-time-100/4742702/jordan-peele/) byBarry Jenkins *  [Glenda Gray](/collections/2017-time-100/4742691/glenda-gray/) bySiobhan O'Connor *  [Yuriko Koike](/collections/2017-time-100/4742712/yuriko-koike/) byAnne Hidalgo *  [Conor McGregor](/collections/2017-time-100/4742684/conor-mcgregor/) byArnold Schwarzenegger *  [Riz Ahmed](/collections/2017-time-100/4742708/riz-ahmed/) byLin-Manuel Miranda *  [Guus Velders](/collections/2017-time-100/4742695/guus-velders/) byLeonardo DiCaprio *  [Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland, Carmen Perez and Linda Sarsour](/collections/2017-time-100/4742711/tamika-mallory-bob-bland-carmen-perez-linda-sarsour/) byKirsten Gillibrand *  [Natalie Batalha, Guillem Anglada-Escudé and Michaël Gillon](/collections/2017-time-100/4742707/natalie-batalha-guillem-anglada-escude-michael-gillon/) byAlan Stern ## Artists *  [Emma Stone](/collections/2017-time-100/4736213/emma-stone/) byBrie Larson *  [Colson Whitehead](/collections/2017-time-100/4736198/colson-whitehead/) byOprah Winfrey *  [Ed Sheeran](/collections/2017-time-100/4736211/ed-sheeran-2/) byTaylor Swift *  [Alicia Keys](/collections/2017-time-100/4736184/alicia-keys/) byKerry Washington *  [Ryan Reynolds](/collections/2017-time-100/4736221/ryan-reynolds/) byHelen Mirren *  [Donald Glover](/collections/2017-time-100/4736210/donald-glover/) byTina Fey *  [Leslie Jones](/collections/2017-time-100/4736219/leslie-jones/) byRussell Crowe *  [Ben Platt](/collections/2017-time-100/4736197/ben-platt/) byZac Efron *  [Ava DuVernay](/collections/2017-time-100/4736186/ava-duvernay/) byVenus Williams *  [Barry Jenkins](/collections/2017-time-100/4736189/barry-jenkins/) byKathryn Bigelow *  [Margot Robbie](/collections/2017-time-100/4736220/margot-robbie/) byMartin Scorsese *  [Sarah Paulson](/collections/2017-time-100/4736222/sarah-paulson/) byCate Blanchett *  [James Corden](/collections/2017-time-100/4736215/james-corden/) byElton John *  [John Legend](/collections/2017-time-100/4736217/john-legend/) byHarry Belafonte *  [Alessandro Michele](/collections/2017-time-100/4736178/alessandro-michele/) byJared Leto *  [Kerry James Marshall](/collections/2017-time-100/4736218/kerry-james-marshall/) byGrant Hill *  [Demi Lovato](/collections/2017-time-100/4736200/demi-lovato/) byArianna Huffington ## Leaders *  [Theresa May](/collections/2017-time-100/4736344/theresa-may/) byBill English *  [Narendra Modi](/collections/2017-time-100/4736335/narendra-modi/) byPankaj Mishra *  [Chuck Schumer](/collections/2017-time-100/4736322/chuck-schumer/) byHarry Reid *  [Donald Trump](/collections/2017-time-100/4736323/donald-trump-2/) byPaul Ryan *  [Elizabeth Warren](/collections/2017-time-100/4736325/elizabeth-warren/) byKamala Harris *  [Julian Assange](/collections/2017-time-100/4736329/julian-assange/) byJack Goldsmith *  [James Comey](/collections/2017-time-100/4736327/james-comey/) byJohn McCain *  [Kim Jong Un](/collections/2017-time-100/4736330/kim-jong-un/) byChristopher Hill *  [Reince Priebus](/collections/2017-time-100/4736339/reince-priebus/) byRahm Emanuel *  [Xi Jinping](/collections/2017-time-100/4736348/xi-jinping-3/) byJohn Kerry *  [Rodrigo Duterte](/collections/2017-time-100/4736340/rodrigo-duterte/) byCésar Gaviria *  [Stephen Bannon](/collections/2017-time-100/4736342/stephen-bannon/) byMichael Duffy *  [Theo Epstein](/collections/2017-time-100/4736343/theo-epstein/) byJohn Cusack TIME 100: The Most Influential People of 2017 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/"},"headline":"The 100 Most Influential People (20 Apr 2017)","description":"These are TIME’s 100 most influential pioneers, leaders, titans, artists and icons of 2017","url":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/","datePublished":"2026-07-21T07:08:58.357Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:08:57.350Z","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":95,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt024bf3650d91094b/6988c3b0cd1bba3af7704d22/lede-pioneers-text1.png?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/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/","name":"The 100 Most Influential People (20 Apr 2017)"}}]}] ```