Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century
Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century Jump to navigation Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century is a compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people, published in Time magazine in 1999. The idea for such a list started on February 1, 1998, with a debate at a symposium in Hanoi , Vietnam . The panel participants were former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather , historian Doris Kearns Goodwin , former New York governor Mario Cuomo , then–Stanford Provost Condoleezza Rice , publisher Irving Kristol , and Time managing editor Walter Isaacson . In a separate issue on December 31, 1999, Time recognized Albert Einstein as the Person of the Century. List categories