TIME’s Person of the Year through the years:
2025: The Architects of AI
2024: Donald Trump
2023: Taylor Swift
2022: Volodymyr Zelensky & The Spirit of Ukraine
2021: Elon Musk
2020: Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
2019: Greta Thunberg
2018: The Guardians & The War on Truth
2017: The Silence Breakers (Me Too)
2016: Donald Trump
2015: Angela Merkel
2014: Ebola Fighters
2013: Pope Francis
2012: Barack Obama
2011: The Protester
2010: Mark Zuckerberg
2009: Ben Bernanke
2008: Barack Obama
2007: Vladimir Putin
2006: You
2005: The Good Samaritans
2004: George W. Bush
2003: The American Soldier
2002: The Whistleblowers
2001: Rudy Giuliani
2000: George W. Bush