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“Time” Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2026 Includes Pope Leo XIV, Luke Combs, and Olympian Alysa Liu

By bondsy Apr 16, 2026 | 5:22 AM

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It’s time for the 2026 TIME 100.  You know, “Time” magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world.  Here are the names you’d recognize:

Artists:  Luke Combs . . . Jennie from Blackpink . . . Keke Palmer . . . Noah Wyle . . . Dakota Johnson . . . Claire Danes . . . Benicio Del Toro . . . Jonathan Groff . . . Noah Kahan . . . Anderson .Paak . . . and Coco Jones.

 

Pioneers:  MrBeast and the Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro.

 

Titans:  Zoe Saldana . . . Ben Stiller . . . fashion designer Ralph Lauren . . . and Paramount boss David Ellison.

 

Icons:  Kate Hudson . . . Olympian Alysa Liu . . . Wagner Moura from “The Secret Agent” . . . Hilary Duff . . . Alan Cumming . . . Sterling K. Brown . . . Ethan Hawke . . . Chloe Kim . . . and Victoria Beckham.

 

Leaders:  Pope Leo XIV . . . Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum . . . Secretary of State Marco Rubio . . . President Donald Trump . . . New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani . . . Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney . . .

 

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu . . . China’s president Xi Jinping . . . California governor Gavin Newsom . . . and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey.

 

Innovators:  Nikki Glaser and women’s Team USA Ice Hockey captain Hilary Knight.

 

The honorees will be recognized at a Gala on April 23rd hosted by Nikki Glaser, with musical performances from Luke Combs and Coco Jones.