<P> In 1949 , Winston Churchill was named `` Man of the Half - Century '' , and the last issue of 1989 named Mikhail Gorbachev as `` Man of the Decade '' . The December 31 , 1999 issue of Time named Albert Einstein the `` Person of the Century '' . Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi were chosen as runners - up . </P>
<P> In 1949 , Winston Churchill was named `` Man of the Half - Century '' , and the last issue of 1989 named Mikhail Gorbachev as `` Man of the Decade '' . The December 31 , 1999 issue of Time named Albert Einstein the `` Person of the Century '' . Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi were chosen as runners - up . </P>
who has been designated as the man of the decade by the time magazine
who has been designated as the man of the decade by the time magazine
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev