Top 10 most influential men and women

Johanna Sigurdardottir

After Iceland's economy collapsed in October 2008, Sigurdardottir rode a wave of discontent all the way to the premiership. A former flight attendant and the world's first openly gay head of state, she must rebuild the nation's economy while boosting confidence abroad. She is trying to pay debts on Netherlands and England for Iceland.

She is on my list of the top 10 most influential people, because she has restructured Iceland's government, and is the first gay prime minister. This could be an inspiration for gay people to stand up for who they are.

More about Sigurdardottir: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/30/iceland-elects-gay-prime-minister

Kim Yu-Na

A Korean Figure skater, she has won many hearts of Koreans as she gained several medals for her nation. She managed waver Koreans away from the golf channel.

Kim Yu Na is on this list, as for many, she is an inspiration for her had work. She is an excellent figure skater, and she has also broken a world record this year. This sure is an excellent claim for being on this top 10 list.

More about Kim Yu Na: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/27/sports/la-sp-olympics-figures27-2010feb27

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is a 56 years old, extremely influential talk-show woman, who has hosted the Oprah Winfrey show for 24 years, has given so much inspiration for women world-wide. She used to be the only black billionaire.

Oprah Winfrey has faced all sorts of hardship in her life. She was born in a poor family, raped at the age of 9, and became pregnant at the age of 14. The baby died at infancy. She was once even considered about being given a seat in the senate.

More about Oprah Winfrey: http://www.oprah.com/index.html

James Cameron

He is the director of several famous movies such as The Terminator 1-2, Alien, and Titanic. The most recent movie he created is the Avatar, which has turned the movie industry upside down. He has entertained the world with movies with excellent story lines, and fancy side effects.

More about James Cameron: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000116/

Hillary Clinton

Hilary Clinton is a key member of America’s top diplomat. She has overseen made outreach to Iran, Nuclear talks with Russia, and several is defending human rights. Nothing more needs to be said about this fantastic individual.

More about Hilary Clinton: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/

Barack Obama

President Obama’s first year of presidency was rather difficult, as he struggled with two wars, right a listing economy, and enacts ambitious agendas. After winning a battle over health care, he became the first president in 40 years to enact a historic piece of social welfare legislation. He now faces the fight over financial re-regulation

More about Barack Obama: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html

Seth MacFarlane

He is the creator of Family guy, and American dad. He is the cartoon king, and has a large influence in the media. He has entertained and made the day for millions of people. Since laughter is the world’s greatest medicine. Seth MacFarlane, he should be on the list.

More about Seth MacFarlane: http://www.sethmacfarlane.net/

Jet Li

He is a Chinese actor, and he been helping China’s earthquake disaster relief and beyond. His program focuses on, not only supporting children who survived the disaster physically, but also helping them mentally. He believes that giving 1 dollar to everyone who are unfortunate would make a big difference. Both his actions and thoughts are more than enough to be on this list.

More on Jet Li: http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Li,_Jet/

Lindsey Vonn

Vonn became the first American Woman to win a gold medal in the downhill ski race, despite major shin injuries. She clinched her third straight world cup title. She is the second woman to accomplish this. Working with injuries in Olympics is nearly impossible, where every little things count. Lindsey Vonn has shown athletes around the globe to never give up.

More on Lindsey Vonn: http://www.lindseyvonn.com/

Han Han

A Chinese race-car driver, high school drop-out, and author, he made debates about the problems of Chinese education, and the strictness and rigidness of Chinese education. He is the most famous blogger in China, and in it, he pokes fun at incompetent politicians.

More on Han Han: http://paper-republic.org/authors/han-han/

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