TIME's Man of the Year tradition started in 1927, allegedly because editors hastily concocted a reason to have Charles Lindbergh on the cover after omitting his trans-Atlantic flight from the magazine. Since Chuck's win, the title has been awarded 83 more times.
Here are 10 winners who were groups of people, generic people, or things.
An overview of every TIME's man, woman, or thing of the year since 1927.The Presurfer
