Washington DC: The
Times’ 100 Most Influential People of 2016 list is out and it features seven
Indians.
RBI governor Raghuram
Rajan, tennis star Sania Mirza, actor Priyanka Chopra, Google CEO Sundar Pichai,
environmentalist Sunita Narain and founders of Flipkart, Binny Bansal and
Sachin Bansal have been named by Time magazine in its list of the 100 Most Influential
People in the World.
Time’s annual list,
released on Thursday, listed the 100 people in five categories – Pioneers,
Titans, Artists, Leaders and Icons. The list includes Pioneers like composer
Lin Manuel-Miranda, Titans like founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg and
Priscilla Chan, Artists like comedian Mellisa McCarthy, Leaders like IMF head
Christine Lagarde and Icons like actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who are “exploring
the frontiers of art, science, society, technology and more.”
Narain was listed in
the Pioneers category, while Pichai and the Bansal duo were listed in the
Titans category. Rajan was listed in the Leaders category. Chopra was listed in
the Artist category, whereas Mirza was listed in the Icons category, thereby
ensuring that at least one Indian was included in each of the five categories.
Other prominent names
included in this year’s list are Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Adele, Usain
Bolt, Lewis Hamilton, Nicki Minaj, Karlie Kloss, Denis Mukwege, Ronda Rousey,
Christine Lagarde, Angela Merkel, Donald Trump, Tsai Ing-Wen, Sean Barry
MacFarland, Bernie Sanders, Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama, Aung San Suu Kyi,
Hillary Clinton, Queen Maxima, Dwayne Johnson, Lori Robinson, Vladimir Putin,
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Pope Francis, Gina Rodriguez, Nadia
Murad, Caitlyn Jenner, Charlize Theron, Oscar Issac, Ariana Grande, Idris Elba,
Kendrick Lamar, Elena Ferrante, among others.
Apart from the seven
Indians, several people of Indian origin have also found a spot on the list —
Raj Panjabi, Aziz Ansari and Nikki Haley.
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