17 Surprising Facts About
Time Magazine's People Of The Year
Since
1927, many surprising, controversial, awful, and awesome figures have graced
the year-end covers of Time magazine.
1. Charles Lindbergh was
the first Man of the Year in 1927. Today, this cover has an asking price of
$499 on eBay.
2. The PotY is not an
endorsement. Adolf Hitler, Stalin, King Faisal/OPEC, and Ayatollah Khomeini
were all featured at some point. Hitler's 1938 cover (left) depicted him in a
desecrated cathedral playing an organ while his victims dangled from above.
3. After his 1931 PotY
feature, French PM Pierre Laval headed the Vichy regime and helped deport
foreign Jews to Nazi camps. He was later arrested under Charles de Gaulle (1958
PotY), found guilty of treason, and executed by firing squads.
4. Franklin D. Roosevelt
has been featured as Person of the Year the most number of times (1932, 1934,
and 1941).
5. Women have been
chosen six times as Person of the Year. In 1975, feminism and U.S. women were
collectively featured. The last Women of the Year were the whistleblowers in
2002.
6. American soldiers
were PotY during the Korean War and Iraq War. During World War II, all PotY
were generals and statesmen.
7. The 1956 PotY cover
is awesome.
8. "Young
People" were the People of the Year in 1966. Collective PotYs were the
fashion in the '60s and '70s (e.g., "Middle Americans" in 1969). Note how the faces stagger on this
cover, though.
9. This mask is
unacceptable (1970 cover for West German chancellor Willy Brandt).
10. Them newfangled
computer machines had a ball in 1982.
11. Endangered Earth
narrowly beat out Pluto in 1988 as Planet of the Year. Good thing Earth is so totally safe
now.
12. Einstein was Person
of the Century in 2000. Scientists have been selected for four years, including
U.S. Scientists, U.S. Astronauts, and AIDS researcher David Ho.
13. 1999 — Jeff Bezos's
head is still idling in a UPS center somewhere, waiting to be signed.
14. You are no longer
Person of the Year.
15. The "Like"
button was Person of the Year 2010.
16. The Apocalypse is the
Person of the Year in 2012.
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