Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2008 (Complete List)

After a voting period that drew more than 200,000 votes, AskMen.com's Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2008 have been chosen, and the list is now revealed. This year, we presented our readers with a unique voting process: In addition to picking those candidates who had most influenced them, readers were given the tools to comment on how each candidate had influenced them. The final result is a list of men whose breadth of influence spans multiple industries and countries, and who have inspired everyday guys in a variety of ways. So, who had the biggest impact on the way men behave, buy and think?

1. Barack Obama



2. Steve Jobs
3. Michael Phelps
4. Robert Downey Jr.
5. Stephen Colbert
6. Gordon Ramsay
7. Christian Bale
8. Rob Kay
9. Cristiano Ronaldo
10. John McCain
11. Lorne Michaels
12. Tom Ford
13. Mark Zuckerberg
14. Dana White
15. Jon Stewart
16. Thom Yorke
17. Kanye West
18. Kobe Bryant
19. Ben Bernanke
20. LeBron James
21. Usain Bolt
22. George Clooney
23. Jonathan Ive
24. Lakshmi Mittal
25. David Beckham
26. Jimmy Kimmel
27. Liu Peng
28. Arnold Schwarzenegger
29. Junot Diaz
30. Rafael Nadal
31. Judd Apatow
32. Harvey Levin
33. Brad Pitt
34. Tiesto
35. Sam Houser
36. Andrew Farah
37. J.J. Abrams
38. Jacques Herzog
39. Heath Ledger
40. Brett Favre
41. Lewis Hamilton
42. David Simon/Ed Burns
43. Thom Browne
44. Ryan Seacrest
45. Sidney Crosby
46. Alex Rodriguez
47. Criss Angel
48. Lil Wayne
49. Kevin Rose

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