HISTORY
World Figures
Most Persons of the Year (TIME)
This list features the people who have been TIME’s person of the year the most.
RANK | INDIVIDUAL | CAREER | PERSON OF THE YEAR | YEARS | LIFESPAN |
1 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Politician | 3 | 1932, 1934, 1941 | 1882–1945 |
2 | Joseph Stalin | Politician | 2 | 1939, 1942 | 1878–1953 |
3 | George C. Marshall | Military Leader | 2 | 1943, 1947 | 1880–1959 |
4 | Harry S. Truman | Politician | 2 | 1945, 1948 | 1884–1972 |
5 | Winston Churchill | Politician/Author | 2 | 1940, 1949 | 1874–1965 |
6 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Military Leader/Politician | 2 | 1944, 1959 | 1890–1969 |
7 | Richard Nixon | Politician | 2 | 1971, 1972 | 1913–1994 |
8 | Ronald Reagan | Politician/Actor | 2 | 1980, 1983 | 1911–2004 |
9 | Deng Xiaoping | Politician | 2 | 1978, 1985 | 1904–1997 |
10 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Politician | 2 | 1987, 1989 | 1931–2022 |
11 | Bill Clinton | Politician | 2 | 1992, 1998 | 1946–Present |
12 | The American Soldier | Military Representation | 2 | 1950, 2003 | N/A |
13 | George W. Bush | Politician | 2 | 2000, 2004 | 1946–Present |
14 | Barack Obama | Politician | 2 | 2008, 2012 | 1961–Present |
15 | Taylor Swift | Musician | 2 | 2017, 2023 | 1989–Present |
16 | Donald Trump | Politician | 2 | 2016, 2024 | 1946–Present |
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