who was time magazine's first man of the year

Love or hate him, there’s no way you can ignore the impact Narendra Modi has had on the local and global arena. The first Person of the Year was aviator Charles Lindbergh, in 1927. women's magazine announced Tuesday that the U2 frontman and humanitarian would be the first man in its 36-year history to be honored alongside its annual Women of the Year list. Every year, Time chooses the person who they think has had the most effect on the things that have happened in that year (whether those things were good or bad). There’s no denying that the Modi wave has turned into a tsunami which has eclipsed everything in its wake. The Person of the Year may be an enemy of the United States, like Adolf Hitler (1938) or Joseph Stalin (19). India is the world’s most populous democracy and in many ways influences the lives of everyone scattered across the globe. Since 1927, TIME has named a person who, for better or worse, has most influenced the news over the past year. Since 1927, TIME magazine has named one individual, who for better or worse, has influenced the news and people’s lives over the past year. Other than Gandhi, no Indian has won this award.Įarlier, Ferguson voters had overtaken Modi after a grand jury’s decision to indict the white police officer who killed Michael Brown – an unarmed police officer.

Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi were chosen as runners-up. The Decemissue of Time named Albert Einstein the ‘Person of the Century’.

In fact, Gandhi was runner-up in TIME Magazine’s Person of the Century Award.

Who was time magazine's first man of the year