Barack Obama, Phelps and Ronaldo: 2008 Most Influential Men + Complete List

Barack Obama is the 2008 Most Influential Men

For millions of young guys voting for the first time, Barack Obama isn’t a symbol of change — he is the emissary of their legacy. His arrival tells them that they aren’t doomed to inherit the archaic cynicism of their parents, but are free to entertain their own hopes and dreams.

More so than his opponent, if Barack Obama wins, those first-time voters who supported him stand poised to claim fair credit for a watershed event in their country’s history, and thus to assume a greater responsibility for shaping its future.

After all, American politics have not produced a candidate like him since 1960 — yet the comparisons with Camelot should end there; for Barack and the Obama family, there was no compound in Hyannis and no entitlements. His inspirational rise has revived another idea cynics tried to snuff out: that in America, how low you start out has no bearing on how high you can go.

Win or lose come November, Barack Obama reminds us that the American Dream is real — real enough to believe in, and that it has no room for cynics. askmen.com

Here’s the complete lists of names from ranke 49 – 1

Kevin Rose
Lil Wayne
Criss Angel
Alex Rodriguez
Sidney Crosby
Ryan Seacrest
Thom Browne
David Simon/Ed Burns
Lewis Hamilton
Brett Favre
Heath Ledger
Jacques Herzog
J.J. Abrams
Andrew Farah
Sam Houser
Tiesto
Brad Pitt
Harvey Levin
Judd Apatow
Rafael Nadal
Junot Diaz
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Liu Peng
Jimmy Kimmel
David Beckham
Lakshmi Mittal
Jonathan Ive
George Clooney
Usain Bolt
LeBron James
Ben Bernanke
Kobe Bryant
Kanye West
Thom Yorke
Jon Stewart
Dana White
Mark Zuckerberg
Tom Ford
Lorne Michaels
John McCain
Cristiano Ronaldo
Rob Kay
Christian Bale
Gordon Ramsay
Stephen Colbert
Robert Downey Jr.
Michael Phelps
Steve Jobs
Barack Obama