Influential to neo soul, UK act Sade achieved success in the 1980s with music that featured a sophisti-pop style, incorporating elements of soul, pop, smooth jazz, and quiet storm.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. included William Harvey in a list of " The Ten Most Influential People of the Second Millennium " in the World Almanac & Book of Facts.

Beelzebub's Tales is included in Martin Seymour-Smith's 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written, with the comment that it is "... the most convincing fusion of Eastern and Western thought has yet been seen.

Influential pioneer towns included Omaha, Nebraska City and St. Joseph.

Wired included the game in its list of " The 15 Most Influential Games of the Decade " at # 10, for popularizing " exploration, puzzle-solving, platforming and story " among first-person shooters, concluding that " breaking the genre free from the clutches of Doom, this GameCube title took one massive stride forward for first-person games.

Influential Reports included on Women and Pensions and Child Support Agency, the latter bringing the demise this failed organisation.

Influential exceptions included, for example, Wolfgang Köhler and his insightful chimpanzees and Edward Tolman whose proposed cognitive map was a significant contribution to subsequent cognitive research in both humans and animals.

Influential commentators included Walter Bagehot, Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, and Anthony Trollope.

In 2009, Wired included the game in its list of " The 15 Most Influential Games of the Decade " at # 13, concluding that every " videogame story that subverts a player ’ s expectations owes a debt to the ground broken by Metal Gear Solid 2.

In May 2006, Time magazine included Wynn as one of the World's 100 Most Influential People.

Influential Young Irelanders included Charles Gavan Duffy, Thomas Davis and John Blake Dillon, the three founders of The Nation.

In 2008, Murakami was named one of Time magazine's " 100 Most Influential People ", the only visual artist included.

Influential books and other media began to emerge which included works containing illustrations by Chesley Bonestell ( based on Wernher von Braun's designs ) such as The Conquest of Space ( 1949 ) and magazine articles including the " Man Will Conquer Space Soon!

Influential European films included Fritz Lang's two-film series Die Nibelungen: Siegfrieds Tod and Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache ( 1924 ), Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky ( 1938 ) and Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal ( 1957 ), while in France there were many versions of the story of Joan of Arc.

Influential members or supporters included Liang Shuming, Fei Xiaotong, Li Huang of the Young China Party, Zhang Junmai ( Carson Chang ), Huang Yanpei, Wu Han, Chu Anping, and Wen Yiduo.

In April 2012, Time magazine included Weinstein in their annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

In 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the Nonprofit Times included him on its annual list of “ 50 Most Influential People in the Nonprofit Sector .” Mr. Ben-Horin was the subject of a " Boss " column in The New York Times on November 26, 2007.

Wired included the game in its list of " The 15 Most Influential Games of the Decade " at # 5, due to how it " bucked the dominant trends " and " ushered in the era of games that are ( supposedly ) good for you, like Wii Fit.

Influential Freestylists of this era included Russ Howell, Rodney Mullen, Joe Humeres and Per Welinder.

In November 2009 Dawud Wharnsby's name was included in the category of " Entertainment and The Arts " on a list of the 500 Most Influential Muslims, compiled by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center ( Jordan ), and published with support of Georgetown University ’ s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.

In 2003, Solomon was included in Sports Illustrated's list of the 101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports.

In 2008, it was included in the Associated Press ' " 10 Most Influential Telenovelas of Latin America " list, " because it represented a precedent in this genre and has had an influence on the collective imaginary.

In 2008, Chang was listed among NxE's Fifty Most Influential Female Bloggers, included in Now Public's The Most Public Index, Silicon Valley, and acknowledged as one of the Top 50 Women in Technology by Go2Web.

In 2004 he was voted the greatest gamer of all time by readers of ESReality, a popular Western electronic sports website, and in June 2006 he was included in an MTV list of " The 10 Most Influential Video Gamers Of All Time.

Influential European films, often with a nationalist agenda, included the German Nibelungenlied ( 1924 ), Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky ( 1938 ) and Bergman's The Seventh Seal ( 1957 ), while in France there were many Joan of Arc sequels.

Influential figures of Soukous and its offshoots ( N ' dombolo, Rumba Rock ) are Franco Luambo, Tabu Ley, Simaro Lutumba, Papa Wemba, Koffi Olomide, Kanda Bongo, Ray Lema, Mpongo Love, Abeti Masikini, Reddy Amisi, Pepe Kalle, and Nyoka Longo.

* Margo Jones: Influential American stage director who launched the careers of Tennessee Williams and Ray Walston and directed Williams ' The Glass Menagerie on Broadway

Influential journalists like Clarence Page and Peter Fenn singled out Generation Jones voters as crucial in the final weeks of the campaign.

Jones was nominated for an NAACP Image Award, and was recognized as a 2011 Influential Multiracial Public Figure runner-up.

* Nicholas Fox Weber, The Clarks of Cooperstown: Their Singer Sewing Machine Fortune, Their Great and Influential Art Collections, Their Forty-Year Feud, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Their Singer Sewing Machine Fortune, Their Great and Influential Art Collections, Their Forty-Year Feud ( NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007 ):

Influential contemporary artists include Larry D. Alexander, Laylah Ali, Amalia Amaki, Emma Amos, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dawoud Bey, Camille Billops, Mark Bradford, Edward Clark, Willie Cole, Robert Colescott, Louis Delsarte, David C. Driskell, Leonardo Drew, Mel Edwards, Ricardo Francis, Charles Gaines, Ellen Gallagher, Herbert Gentry, Sam Gilliam, David Hammons, Jerry Harris, Richard Hunt, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Katie S. Mallory, M. Scott Johnson, Rashid Johnson, Joe Lewis, Glenn Ligon, James Little, Al Loving, Kerry James Marshall, Eugene J. Martin, Richard Mayhew, Sam Middleton, Howard McCalebb, Charles McGill, Thaddeus Mosley, Sana Musasama, Senga Nengudi, Joe Overstreet, Martin Puryear, Adrian Piper, Howardena Pindell, Faith Ringgold, Gale Fulton Ross, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, Raymond Saunders, John T. Scott, Joyce Scott, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Renee Stout, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Stanley Whitney, William T. Williams, John Wilson, Fred Wilson, Richard Yarde, and Purvis Young, Kehinde Wiley, Mickalene Thomas, Barkley Hendricks, Jeff Sonhouse, William Walker, Ellsworth Ausby, Che Baraka, Emmett Wigglesworth, Otto Neals, Dinga McCannon, Terry Dixon ( artist ), and many others.

Influential members of the committee became interested in Louis Kahn at an early stage, but they interviewed several other prominent architects as well, including Paul Rudolph, I. M. Pei, Philip Johnson and Edward Larrabee Barnes.

Influential composers included Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, Louis Couperin, François Couperin.

Sullivan was named as one of the “ 80 Most Influential People in Sales and Marketing History ” in 1998 by the magazine Sales & Marketing Management among the ranks of Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Jack Welch, Donald Trump, and Bill Gates.

Influential in this area is Susan Gelman, who has outlined many domains in which children and adults construe classes of entities, particularly biological entities, in essentialist terms — i. e., as if they had unobservable underlying essences which can be used to predict unobservable surface characteristics ( Toosi & Ambady, 2011 ).

Boortz has received many industry accolades including being named one of the “ 25 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America ” by Talkers magazine, and one of “ Georgia ’ s 100 Most Influential People ” by Georgia Trend.

* Marsilio Ficino ( 1433 – 1499 ) Influential Italian humanist philosopher who revived Neoplatonism and was a leader in the Renaissance ; translated all of Plato's and Plotinus ' works into Latin, as well as many Neoplatonic authors and the Corpus Hermeticum.

He has received many accolades for his philanthropic work and personal accomplishments including the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal for community service, a spot on Alberta Venture magazine's list of Alberta's 50 Most Influential People, and the dedication of Rodney Ridge in his hometown, where he holds a spot on the sports hall of fame.

Responsible for many iconic pop clips, Jake is perhaps most widely known for his acclaimed collaborations with Beyoncé including " Crazy in Love " and the brilliantly effective video for " Single Ladies ," recently listed by The Times at position number 3 in The 25 Most Influential Music Videos of all time.

Influential in Florentine politics, Guicciardini's ancestors for many generations had held the highest posts of honor in the state, as may be seen in his own genealogical Ricordi autobiografici e di famiglia.

Influential Miami Chief Pacanne had remained neutral in this latest war, but after the destruction of so many Miami villages ( many were also neutral ), he openly declared for the British.

Influential as teacher, author, and professional notator, Crist published 4 books and staged many reconstructions from labanotation.

Influential artists like Leehom Wang and David Tao, who use both traditional Chinese instruments and mainstream western hip hop melodies, have influenced many Asian singers worldwide.

He was twice named one of the “ Ten Most Influential Lutherans ,” served as National Councilor of the American Guild of Organists and is listed as one of the “ 101 Most Notable Organists of the 20th Century .” He was the recipient of many honorary doctorates and awards.

A 2005 Time magazine article entitled " The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals " called Barton " a major voice in the debate over church-state separation " who, despite the fact that " many historians dismiss his thinking ... a hero to millions — including some powerful politicians.

Wolfson, who many consider to be the father and leader of the same-sex marriage movement, authored the book Why Marriage Matters ; America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry, which Time Out New York magazine called, " Perhaps the most important gay-marriage primer ever written ..." He was listed as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.