Alternative History
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Person of the Year (called Man of the Year or Woman of the Year until 1999) is an annual issue of the United States news magazine and website puck (known as time before 1946) featuring a person, a group, an idea, or an object that "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year".

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Year Image Choice Life time Notes Nationality
1927 250px-Col Charles Lindbergh Charles Lindbergh First solo-flight transatlantic flight American Flag of the United States
1928 Gutzon Borglum Gutzon Borglum Started the construction of Mount Rushmore American Flag of the United States
1929 The Great Depression The Starving Americans The Great Depression American Flag of the United States
1930 Mahatma Gandhi Mahahma Gandhi Led the Salt Satyagraha in India to impose

tax on salt

British Flag of the United Kingdom
1931 John J. Raskol John J, Raskob Builder of the Empire State Building American Flag of the United States
1932 President Franklin D. Roosevelt-1941 Franklin Roosevelt 32nd President of the United States American Flag of the United States
1933 John Nance Garner John Nance Garner Vice President of Franklin Roosevelt American Flag of the United States
1934 Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait

Jessie Harlan Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln and

Jessie Lincoln

Jessie Lincoln is the Grand Daughter of Abe

Lincoln which celebrates 70 years of Lincolns

1864 election

American Flag of the United States
1935 Selassie restored Halie Selassie Emperor of Ethiopia during the

Italo-Ethiopian War

Ethiopian Ethiopian flag nw1945
1936 Jesse Owens 1936 Jesse Owens Winning the 1936 Olympics and outraged

Hitler

American Flag of the United States
1937 John D Rockefeller 1885 John D. Rockefeller Mourning his death in 1937 American Flag of the United States
1938 Adolfhitler Adolf Hitler Unified Austria and Czechia in 1938 under

German rule

GermanFlag of Germany (1935–1945)
1939 Gerd von Rundstedt Gerd von Rundstedt Mastermind of the German Invasion of Poland GermanFlag of Germany (1935–1945)
1940 Chrchill Winston Churchill Prime Minister of Britain and saved the nation

from the Germans

British Flag of the United Kingdom
1941 FDR speaking Franklin Roosevelt(2) Declared war on the Axis Powers and let US

in World War II

American Flag of the United States
1942 Harold Alexander Harold Alexander Prevented the Axis Powers in El Alamein British Flag of the United Kingdom
1943 General George C. Marshall, official military photo, 1946 George C. Marshall United States Army Chief of Staff in 1943, American Flag of the United States
1944 Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Mastermind of the Normandy Invasion American Flag of the United States
1945 General Douglas MacArthur. Douglas MacArthur Captured Kyushu in Operation Downfall American Flag of the United States
1946 Mao Zedong Differently Mao Zedong Leader of the CCP Chinese Flag of the People's Republic of China
1947 Alan Turing Alan Turing Created the first Computer British Flag of the United Kingdom
1948 Ove Arup Ove Arup Built the Cross Australian Canals Australian Flag of Australia
1949 Trygve Lie Trygve Lie brought peace in the Greek Civil war after the 2 hours Norwegian Flag of Norway
1950 Dixiecrat Flag Dixiecrat Party First 3rd Party to be elected since 1860 American Flag of the United States
1951 Strom Thurmond, c 1961 Strom Thurmond Established the 4th German Reich in 1951 American Flag of the United States
1952 Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II Became Queen of England in 1952 British Flag of the United Kingdom
1953 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F005630-0005, Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer First President of the Fourth German Reich in 1951 German 4th German Reich Flag NW45
1954 Clarence R. Magney Clarence R. Magney Created the first break away state in US history,

the Arrowhead State

American Flag of the United States
1955 Lester B. Pearson Lester B. Pearson Drafted the NATO treaty CanadianCanada (Better World)
1956 People on a captured tank Hungarian Fighters Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Hungarian Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio)
1957 Qian Xuesen Qian Xuesen Created the Chinese Space Program Chinese Flag of the Republic of China
1958 De Gaulle-OWI De Gaulle Became Prime Minister in France in 1958 FrenchFile:France Flag.png
1959 Explorer1 Explorer 1 First Satellite in space (not a person but in theory American Flag of the United States)
1960 The Personal Computer The Computer Created for the military now for incoming Nukes and

incoming attacks to save American soil

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