People on Time Covers 2021

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant and commercial astronaut. She joined SpaceX's first private spaceflight Inspiration4, which launched on September 16, 2021

American writer. Her debut novel The Mothers (2016) was a New York Times best-seller as was her second novel, The Vanishing Half (2020).

American politician who is president of the United States. He served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 and represented Delaware in the US Senate from 1973 to 2009.

American artistic gymnast. The most decorated American gymnast in history, she is widely considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time. She withdrew from 4 out of 5 events at the Olympics.

In 2021, director of Jackson Women's Health Organization, Mississippi's only abortion clinic and the focus of the Dobbs decision.

American and French actor. Starred in Beautiful Boy (2018), Bones and All (2022), Dune (2021) and Wonka (2023)

American fashion designer and the founder of the label Telfar. He won the 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, the CFDA American Accessories 2019, and the CFDA American Accessories 2020.

American singer and songwriter. Singles include "Bad Guy" and "No Time to Die" (James Bond film) She wrote and performed "What Was I Made For?" for the film, Barbie.

African-American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota during an arrest on May 25, 2020.

English primatologist and anthropologist. She is considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees.

American poet and activist. She was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015. She rose to fame in 2021 for writing and delivering her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of Joe Biden.

American product manager, data engineer and scientist, and whistleblower. She disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission and The Wall Street Journal in 2021.

Member of the British royal family. As the younger son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales, he is fifth in the line of succession to the British throne. Pictured on the cover with his African American wife

Korean-American poet, writer, and professor who has published three volumes of poetry. The autobiographical Minor Feelings demonstrated what it is like living as part of a marginalized community in the capitalist United States of America.

Asian-American businessman, electrical engineer, and the co-founder, president and CEO of Nvidia Corporation.

American entrepreneur, pilot, philanthropist, and commercial astronaut. He is the founder of Draken International, a private air force provider and the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, a payment processor. He was the commander of Inspiration4, a private spaceflight using SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience.

17 year old Central Islip high school student - The Lost Year

English and Albanian singer and songwriter. Her debut UK singles inlcuded "Be the One", "IDGAF", and "New Rules". She won a Grammy in 2019 for the single "Electricity" and another Grammy in 2020 for the album, Future Nostalgia.

Finnish politician who served as prime minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023.

Businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, product architect and former chairman of Tesla, Inc. World's richest man. Person of the Year.

Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. She is a four-time Grand Slam singles champion, with two Australian Open and two US Open titles.

American commercial astronaut, geology professor, artist, author, and science communicator. She became the first female commercial spaceship pilot on the all-civilian Inspiration4 orbital spaceflight, 15 September 2021. As pilot of the Inspiration4's SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule, Proctor became the first African-American woman to pilot a spacecraft.

Nigerian-American economist, who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. Notably, she is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General.

Canadian actress. She is known for her leading role as high school student Devi Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy series Never Have I Ever (2020–2023).

English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.

American data engineer, Air Force veteran, and commercial astronaut. He flew to orbit on Inspiration4, a private spaceflight

English actress who starred in Titanic. She also starred in Revolutionary Road, The Reader, Divergent, and the Dressmaker

American businessman and philanthropist. He co-founded the social media service Facebook, and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is executive chairman, chief executive officer and controlling shareholder.