The world's most influential people

Rapper Kanye West. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Russian President Vladimir Putin. REUTERS/Anatoly Maltsev/Pool

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly. REUTERS/Bill Ingalls/NASA

Pakistani schoolgirl and joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai. REUTERS/Darren Staples

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. REUTERS/Adrien Helou

Actress and transgender activist Laverne Cox. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. REUTERS/KCNA

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. REUTERS/Dominick Reuter

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

U.S. President Barack Obama. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. REUTERS/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool

Actor Bradley Cooper. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

France's National Front political party leader Marine Le Pen. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. REUTERS/Nir Elias

Actress Reese Witherspoon. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Apple CEO Tim Cook. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Television personality Kim Kardashian. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Fashion designer Alexander Wang. REUTERS/Andrew Burton

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

NBA commissioner Adam Silver. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Musician Taylor Swift. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Businessman David Koch, named along with his brother Charles. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Director Richard Linklater. REUTERS/Phil McCarten

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo. REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni

Television host John Oliver. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Novelist Haruki Murakami. REUTERS/Petr Josek

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. REUTERS/Jason Redmond