Here are some people I Found fascinating in 2013 . All list in no particular order . Order defined your mind.

1. NELSON MANDELA:
The last of great legends, Nelson passed away this year . A pressent day Mahatama who had a huge impact on our lives with his life- long crusade against aparthied .Where do they make men like him any more? Mandela will live on for generation to come!

2. MALALA YOUSAFZAI:
The youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, 16- year old Malala Yousafzai is pakisthani school student and women's right activist. Shot in head for defying the Taliban , Malala fought back to become one of the most inspering and elevating stories of the year . Condemned by her own country , she stays true to tradition.
3. SACHIN TENDULKAR:
I admire this cricket legend not just for his prowess at game, but also for having managed percptions and walked away with his image and dignity intact from a game mired in controversy . Sachin create records , challenged himself and the world , averted controversy , and rose above all that was dirty with the game.

4. ANGELA MERKEL:
From a scientist to one of Europe's most powerful women , Angela Markel's story is an inspring one.

5. HILLARY CLINTON:
I admired her not at all for standing by her husband Bill Clinton when he was caught with his pants down , but for using the opportunity to get back at him in the only way every women should -by becoming bigger and greater than him ! .

6. NARENDRA MODI:
A charismatic personality and great speaker , Narendra Modi has the ability to carry whole audience, particularly the youth and intelligentsia with him.

7. ARVIND KEJRIWAL:
I have my reservations, bu the fast remains that this man outstripped all expectations and managed to walk his talk !. Arvind and his Aam Aadmi Party created history , even if he benifited more from the protest vote rather than popular vote!

8. EDWARD ENOWDEN:
what do you say about the men who put Super power one the defensive? The iconic whistle-blower Snowden shook the world this june when he showed all that the NSA was hoovering all plhone metadata in the US - the most important leak in American History.

9.JHUMPA LAHIRI:
Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa , Indian origin American Author with her realistic , meaningful writing was in the news again this year with The Lowland , a book being talked about deepky meaningful compexity of emotions the author brings to play.

10. MERYL STREEP: 
Streep has received 17 Academy Award nominations, winning three, and 28 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight, more nominations than any other actor in the history of either award. Her work has also earned her two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, five New York Film Critics Circle Awards, two BAFTA awards, two Australian Film Institute awards, five Grammy Award nominations, and a Tony Award nomination, amongst several others. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American culture through performing arts, the youngest actor in each award's history. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2010 National Medal of Arts.