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Old 09-05-2007, 11:02 PM
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Post J.K.Rowling on influential people list

USA Today has ranked J.K.Rowling as the 20th most influential person of the last 25 years. The piece, which marks 25 years of publication for the newspaper, features many well known names.

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20) J.K. Rowling, author

The first Harry Potter book, completed in 1995 and initially rejected by several publishing houses, launched a seven-volume series that absorbed children and adults in complicated fantasies spanning thousands of pages.
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1) Bill Gates, software entrepreneur
2) Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president
3) Oprah Winfrey, talk show host
4 & 5) Francis Collins & J. Craig Venter, mappers of the human genome
6) Osama bin Laden, terrorist
7) Stephen Hawking, physicist
8) Lance Armstrong, cyclist and cancer activist
9) Pope John Paul II, pontiff
10) Bono, rock musician and activist for Africa
11) Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader
12 & 13) Sergey Brin & Larry Page, co-founders of Google
14) George W. Bush, 43rd president
15) Sam Walton, retailing pioneer
16) Deng Xiaoping, Chinese leader
17) Michael Jordan, basketball star
18) Howard Schultz, Starbucks entrepreneur
19) Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid leader
20) J.K. Rowling, author
21 & 22) Bill & Hillary Clinton, 42nd president & N.Y. senator
23) Russell Simmons, hip-hop pioneer
24) Ryan White, the face of AIDS
25) Homer Simpson, Everyman
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JK Rowling has earned her place in that list! And... Homer SImpson? That's... wel.. interesting.
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Old 09-05-2007, 11:57 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Homer's in the list?

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Old 09-06-2007, 12:24 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Yeah!! She came in before Bill and Hilary Clinton, and that is quite an accomplishment (sp?)
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Old 09-06-2007, 12:26 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 09-06-2007, 01:09 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Well jk is definatly one of the most influencial people in the last 25 years but Homer..... *frowns* Im not that sure
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Old 09-06-2007, 01:10 AM   #7 (permalink)
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yah J.K.
its funny (but true) that osama is up there
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Old 09-06-2007, 01:33 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Im glad that she is on the list, she deserves it, but come on only #20??? she should be much higher than that...I mean, GEORGE BUSH beat her??? HOW????
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GO JK!!!! ranked higher than the Clintons!!!
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well,she deserved it.She sure is an influential figure for me.She brought out the creativeness in me n a dream to write.Congrats JO!

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That is quite the honor. She is placed among such wonderful (and some not-so-wonderful) names. But still, this is an amazing feat. Now all that remains to be acheived is to be considered the author of novels that are considered of "literary merit" so my literature teacher will let me write about them.
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Congratulations to Jo! It's a fantastic accomplishment to be honored such!
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I mean, GEORGE BUSH beat her??? HOW????
I'm guessing because he's the president and that's a fairly influential position to hold
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Good for her. Ummm, Homer??
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LOL - Go Homer!! It's fantastic that Jo made the list, that's a big achievement.
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bravo JK!!! *applauds*

woah! Deng Xiaoping??? O______O well, he did influence a lot of people but...I can't believe he got a higher rank than JK!!!
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She's in the 11th place..Not bad..Congratulations to her!!
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