Person Of The Year

, 1927 ; The American Fighting-Man , 1950 ; Ayatollah Khomeini , 1979 ; The Computer , 1982 ; Rudy Giuliani , 2001 ]] HISTORY The tradition of selecting a Man of the Year began in 1927, when ''Time'' editors contemplated what they could write about during a slow news week. Primarily, they sought to remedy an editorial embarrassment from earlier that year when the magazine did not put aviator Charles Lindbergh on its cover following his historic trans-Atlantic flight. At the end of the year, they came up with the idea of a cover story about Charles Lindbergh being the "Man of the Year." Since then, a person, group of people (either a team of select individuals or a demographic category), or in two special cases, an invention and the planet Earth, has been selected for a special issue at the end of every year. In 1999, the title was changed to ''Person of the Year.'' However, the only women to win the renamed award were those in 2002 who were recognized as "The Whistleblowers" and, jointly with in 1986, Queen Elizabeth II in 1952, Soong Mei-ling in 1937 and Wallis Simpson in 1936. However women would also be included in several groups, namely Hungarian Freedom Fighter in 1956, U.S. scientists in 1960, Twenty-Five And Under in 1966, The Middle Americans in 1969, and of course, American Women in 1975. Since 1927, every President Of The United States has been a Person of the Year at least once with the exceptions of Calvin Coolidge , Herbert Hoover and Gerald Ford . The December 31 , 1999 issue of ''TIME'' named Albert Einstein the ''Person of the Century''. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mohandas Gandhi were chosen as runners-up. CONTROVERSY The title is frequently mistaken as being an honor. Many, including some members of the American media, continue to wrongly perpetuate the idea that the position of "Person of the Year" is a reward or prize, despite the magazine's frequent statements to the contrary. Part of the confusion stems from the fact that many admirable people have been given the title—perhaps the majority. Thus, journalists will frequently describe a new person of the year as having "joined the ranks" of past winners such as Martin Luther King . The fact that people such as Adolf Hitler have been granted the title as well is often less well-known. and Melinda Gates on the cover of TIME, with U2 lead singer Bono , as Persons of the Year 2005.]] There was a massive public backlash in the United States after ''Time'' named Ayatollah Khomeini as Man of the Year in 1979 . Since then, ''Time'' has generally shied away from choosing controversial candidates. ''Time'''s Person of the Year 2001 — in the wake of the September 11, 2001 Attacks — was New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani . It was a somewhat controversial result; many thought that Giuliani was deserving, but many others thought that the rules of selection ("the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest effect on the year's news") made the obvious choice Osama Bin Laden . They cited previous choices such as Adolf Hitler to demonstrate that Person of the Year did not necessarily mean "best human being of the year." It is interesting to note that the issue which declared Rudolph Giuliani as Person of the Year included an article that mentioned ''Time's'' earlier decision to make Ayatollah Khomeini as Man of the Year in 1979 and the 1999 rejection of Hitler as "Person of the Century." The article seemed to imply that Osama bin Laden ''was'' a stronger candidate than Giuliani for Person of the Year and Hitler was a stronger candidate than Albert Einstein for Person of the Century, but they were not ultimately selected due to what the magazine described as their "negative" influence on history. According to stories in respected newspapers, ''Time'''s editors anguished over the choice, reasonably fearing that selecting the Al-Qaeda leader might offend readers and advertisers. Bin Laden had already appeared on its covers on October 1 , November 12 , and November 26 . Many readers expressed dissatisfaction at the idea of seeing his face on the cover again. In the end, Giuliani's selection led some to criticize that ''Time'' had failed to uphold its own declared standards. In recent years, the choices for Person of the Year have also been criticized for being too Americentric , which is a departure from the original tradition of recognizing foreign political leaders and thinkers. Until Bono received the title in 2005, Time had gone over a decade without recognizing a non-American individual. The magazine's '' Time For Kids '', targeted at grade school and junior high students, has recently begun selecting a "person of the year" independent of the main magazine's selection. In 2005, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was named. PEOPLE OF THE YEAR was the first Man of the Year]] (1902–1974) (first person chosen) (1875–1940) (1874–1962) (1869–1948) (1883–1945) (1882–1945) (1882–1942) (1882–1945) (''2nd time'') (1892–1975) (1896–1986) (first female chosen) (1887–1975) and Soong May-ling (1898–2003) (first couple chosen) (1889–1945) (1879–1953) (1874–1965) (1882–1945) (''3rd time'') (1879–1953) (''2nd time'') (1880–1959) (1890–1969) (1884–1972) (1879–1972) (1880–1959) (''2nd time'') (1884–1972) (''2nd time'') (1874–1965) (''2nd time'') ("Man of the Half-Century") ]] (first "abstract" chosen) (1882–1967) (b. 1926) (1876–1967) (1888–1959) (1893–1962) (1894–1971) (1890–1970) (1890–1969) (''2nd time'') s (represented by Linus Pauling , Isidor Rabi , Edward Teller , Joshua Lederberg , Donald A. Glaser , Willard Libby , Robert Woodward , Charles Draper , William Shockley , Emilio Segre , John Enders , Charles Townes , George Beadle , James Van Allen and Edward Purcell ) (1917–1963) (1881–1963) (1929–1968) (1908–1973) (1914–2005) (1908–1973) (''2nd time'') (b. 1928), Jim Lovell (b. 1928), William Anders (b. 1933) , 1969 cover of TIME Magazine with the Apollo 8 crew]] ns (1913–1992) (1913–1994) (1913–1994) (''2nd time'') and Henry Kissinger (b. 1923) (1904–1992) (1906–1975) (represented by Betty Ford , Carla Hills , Ella Grasso , Barbara Jordan , Susie Sharp , Jill Conway , Billy Jean King , Susan Brownmiller , Addie Wyatt , Kathleen Byerly , Carol Sutton and Alison Cheek ) (b. 1924) (1918–1981) (1904–1997) (1902–1989) (1911–2004) (b. 1943) (first non-human "abstract" chosen) (1911–2004) (''2nd time'') and Yuri Andropov (1914–1984) (b. 1937) (1904–1997) (''2nd time)'' (b. 1933) (b. 1931) ("Planet of the Year") (b. 1931) (''2nd time'') ]] (b. 1924) (b. 1938) (b. 1946) (b. 1918), F.W. De Klerk (b. 1936), Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), and Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995) (1920–2005) (b. 1943) (b. 1952) (b. 1936) (b. 1946) (''2nd time'') and Kenneth Starr (b. 1946) (b. 1964) (b. 1946) (b. 1944) s; Cynthia Cooper of Worldcom (b. 1963), Sherron Watkins of Enron (b. 1959), and Coleen Rowley of the FBI (b. 1954) (b. 1946) (''2nd time'') (b. 1960), Bill Gates (b. 1955), and Melinda Gates (b. 1964) COVERS
	Image:1101250420 400jpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Walter_Chrysler" class="copylinks">Walter Chrysler , 1928
	Image:Time Jan 6 1930jpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Owen_Young" class="copylinks">Owen Young , 1929
	Image:1101301103 400jpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Haile_Selassie_I_of_Ethiopia" class="copylinks">Haile Selassie I Of Ethiopia , 1930
	Image:1933jpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Hugh_S_Johnson" class="copylinks">Hugh S Johnson , 1933
	Image:Stalintime2jpeg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Joseph_Stalin" class="copylinks">Joseph Stalin , 1939
	Image:Winstonchurchilltimemagazinejpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Winston_Churchill" class="copylinks">Winston Churchill , 1940
	Image:American Fighting Man TimejpgThe	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Military_of_the_United_States" class="copylinks">American Fighting Man , 1950
	Image:Mossadegh Timejpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Mohammed_Mossadegh" class="copylinks">Mohammed Mossadegh , 1951
	Image:Time Jan 2 1956jpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Harlow_Curtice" class="copylinks">Harlow Curtice , 1955
	Image:Pope John XXIIIjpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Pope_John_XXIII" class="copylinks">Pope John XXIII , 1962
	Image:January 3, 1969 Time Magazine Coverjpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Apollo_8" class="copylinks">Apollo 8 crew, 1968
	Image:Willy Brandt Timejpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Willy_Brandt" class="copylinks">Willy Brandt , 1970
	Image:Faisal Timejpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Faisal_bin_Abdelaziz_Al_Saud" class="copylinks">Faisal Bin Abdelaziz Al Saud , 1973
	Image:Reagan-MOTYjpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Ronald_Reagan" class="copylinks">Ronald Reagan , 1980
	Image:Lech Walesa Time1jpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Lech_Wałęsa" class="copylinks">Lech Wałęsa , 1981
	Image:1101850107 400jpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Peter_Ueberroth" class="copylinks">Peter Ueberroth , 1984
	Image:Cory Aquino - Woman Of The Yearjpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Cory_Aquino" class="copylinks">Cory Aquino , 1986
	Image:TIME Gorbachevjpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Mikhail_Gorbachev" class="copylinks">Mikhail Gorbachev , 1987
	Image:1101920106 400jpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Ted_Turner" class="copylinks">Ted Turner , 1991
	Image:Jeff Bezos TIME Person Of The Year 1999jpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Jeff_Bezos" class="copylinks">Jeff Bezos , 1999
	Image:1101011231 400jpg	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Rudolph_Giuliani" class="copylinks">Rudolph Giuliani , 2001
	Image:American Soldier TimejpgThe	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Military_of_the_United_States" class="copylinks">American Soldier , 2003
	Image:TIME Cover Persons Of The Year 2005jpgThe Good Samaritans	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vrhbosna/Bono" class="copylinks">Bono , Bill Gates , and Melinda Gates 2005

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