Since 1927, many surprising, controversial, awful, and awesome figures have graced the year-end covers of Time magazine.
Charles Lindbergh was the first Man of the Year in 1927. Today, this cover has an asking price of $499 on eBay.
The PotY is not an endorsement. Adolf Hitler, Stalin, King Faisal/OPEC, and Ayatollah Khomeini were all featured at some point. Hitler's 1938 cover (left) depicted him in a desecrated cathedral playing an organ while his victims dangled from above.
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After his 1931 PotY feature, French PM Pierre Laval headed the Vichy regime and helped deport foreign Jews to Nazi camps. He was later arrested under Charles de Gaulle (1958 PotY), found guilty of treason, and executed by firing squads.
Franklin D. Roosevelt has been featured as Person of the Year the most number of times (1932, 1934, and 1941).
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