Barbara Walter’s Past Most Fascinating Person of the Year

•    1993- Hillary Rodham Clinton (First Lady)

•    1994- Nelson Mandela (President of South Africa)

•    1995- Alan Greenspan (Chairman of the Reserve Board)

•    1996- Jerry Springer (Talk Show Host)

•    1997- Prince William of Wales (second in line to the British throne)

•    1998- Mother Teresa

•    1999- Lance Armstrong (Tour de France winner)

•    2002- Laura Bush (First Lady)

•    2003- Hillary Rodham Clinton (US senator)

•    2004- Karl Rove (political consultant)

•    2005- Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State)

•    2006- Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House)

•    2007- JK Rowling (author)

•    2008- Barack Obama (44th President of the United States)

•    2009- Michelle Obama (First Lady)

•    2010- David Petraeus (US Army general)

•    2011- Steve Jobs (Apple, Inc. co-founder)

•    2012- David Petraeus (US Army general)