--- description: Here's our list of the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming our world... title: The 2006 TIME 100 - TIME image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The 2006 TIME 100 Here's our list of the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming our world ## Leaders & Revolutionaries *  [Muqtada al-Sadr](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376222/muqtada-al-sadr-3/) byKenneth Pollack *  [Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376225/ellen-johnson-sirleaf-2/) byLaura Bush *  [Hugo Chavez](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376228/hugo-chavez/) byTim Padgett *  [George W. Bush](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376231/george-w-bush-2/) byJames Carney *  [John McCain](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376234/john-mccain-2/) byRalph Nader *  [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376237/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/) byAzadeh Moaveni *  [Ayman al-Zawahiri](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376240/ayman-al-zawahiri/) byPeter Bergen *  [Hillary Rodham Clinton](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376244/hillary-rodham-clinton-2/) byLindsey Graham *  [Pope Benedict XVI](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376247/pope-benedict-xvi-2/) byPeggy Noonan *  [Condoleezza Rice](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376251/condoleezza-rice-3/) byLeslie Gelb *  [Wen Jiabao](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376254/wen-jiabao/) byOrville Schell *  [Ehud Olmert](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376257/ehud-olmert/) byZev Chafets *  [Pervez Musharraf](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376260/pervez-musharraf/) byDaniel Benjamin *  [John Roberts](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376264/john-roberts-3/) bySandra Day *  [Ismail Haniya](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376267/ismail-haniya/) byDennis Ross *  [Angela Merkel](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376270/angela-merkel-7/) byMichael Elliott *  [Jigme Singye Wangchuck](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376273/jigme-singye-wangchuck/) byPico Iyer *  [Archbishop Peter Akinola](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376276/archbishop-peter-akinola/) byRick Warren *  [Junichiro Koizumi](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376279/junichiro-koizumi/) byIAN BURUMA *  [Oprah Winfrey](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376282/oprah-winfrey-8/) byCondoleezza Rice *  [Bill & Melinda Gates](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376285/bill-melinda-gates/) byTIME Staff ## Builders & Titans *  [Vikram Akula](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376288/vikram-akula/) byJulie Rawe *  [Tom Anderson & Chris DeWolfe](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376293/tom-anderson-chris-dewolfe/) bySharin Foo *  [Franz Beckenbauer](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376297/franz-beckenbauer/) byHenry A. Kissinger *  [The Flickr Founders](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376300/the-flickr-founders/) byJosh Quittner *  [Sean Combs](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376305/sean-combs/) byVivienne Tam *  [Jamie Dimon](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376308/jamie-dimon-4/) byDaniel Eisenberg *  [Brian France](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376311/brian-france/) byDarrell Waltrip *  [Tom Freston](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376314/tom-freston/) byJyoti Thottam *  [Huang Guangyu](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376317/huang-guangyu/) byJames McGregor *  [Omid Kordestani](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376320/omid-kordestani/) byDonny Deutsch *  [Eddie Lampert](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376323/eddie-lampert/) byDaniel Kadlec *  [Patricia Russo](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376326/patricia-russo/) byTIME Staff *  [Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376329/mohammed-bin-rashid-al-maktoum/) byScott Macleod *  [Anne Mulcahy](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376332/anne-mulcahy/) byDody Tsiantar *  [Nandan Nilekani](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376336/nandan-nilekani-3/) byThomas Friedman *  [Jim Sinegal](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376339/jim-sinegal/) byDaren Fonda *  [Steve Wynn](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376342/steve-wynn/) byJoel Stein *  [The Skype Guys](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376346/the-skype-guys/) byJames Gosling *  [Dieter Zetsche](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376349/dieter-zetsche/) byPeter Gumbel ## Artists & Entertainers *  [J.J. Abrams](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376353/j-j-abrams/) byTom Cruise *  [George Clooney](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376356/george-clooney-4/) byBelinda Luscombe *  [Dixie Chicks](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376359/dixie-chicks/) byRichard Corliss *  [Ellen DeGeneres](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376364/ellen-degeneres-2/) byBob Newhart *  [Nicolas Ghesquiere](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376367/nicolas-ghesquiere/) byKate Betts *  [Wayne Gould](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376371/wayne-gould/) byWill Shortz *  [Philip Seymour Hoffman](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376375/philip-seymour-hoffman/) byVanessa Redgrave *  [Arianna Huffington](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376379/arianna-huffington-3/) byAl Franken *  [Ang Lee](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376384/ang-lee/) byZiyi Zhang *  [Renzo Piano](/collections/the-2006-time-100/7376388/renzo-piano/) byRichard Rogers The 2006 TIME 100 - TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/the-2006-time-100/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/the-2006-time-100/"},"headline":"The 2006 TIME 100","description":"Here's our list of the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming our world...","url":"https://time.com/collections/the-2006-time-100/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:07:53.609Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:07:53.201Z","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":102,"itemListOrder":"Descending"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/the-2006-time-100/","name":"The 2006 TIME 100"}}]}] ```