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Beyonce, Putin & Jong Un feature on 'most influential' list

What do Beyonce, Cristiano Ronaldo, Vladimir Putin and Benedict Cumberbatch have in common? ...
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12.55 24 Apr 2014


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Beyonce, Putin & Jong Un feature on 'most influential' list

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What do Beyonce, Cristiano Ronaldo, Vladimir Putin and Benedict Cumberbatch have in common? They are all among 100 most influential people in the world, according to Time magazine.

Others to make it on the list include Pope Francis, Hillary Clinton and Pharrell Williams.

The list looks at the world's most influential men and women - not its most powerful.

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Time says that power, as we have seen this year, "can be crude and implacable, from Vladimir Putin's mugging of Crimea to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s summary execution of his uncle and mentor Jang Song Thaek".

"Those men made our list, but they are the outliers, and not just because we generally seek to celebrate the best work of the human spirit".

It says the vast majority of this year's list "reveals that while power is certain, influence is subtle".

The 2014 list includes a record number of women, at 41. It features people born on six continents, ranging in age from 16 to 78.

It also features influencers writing articles about one another - for instance, Justin Timberlake writes about Pharrell Williams, Malala Yousafzai (who also features on the list) writes a tribute to Hillary Clinton and Lupita Nyong’o penned the article about director Steve McQueen.

Read the full list here


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