If the person of the year (reader's choice) is not a single person but something abstract, resolves to the single closest answer. Duplicate answers of single people will not be selected, but you are welcome to submit your own wording variants for answers like AI.

This question's close date will be adjusted as necessary to close just before the person of the year is expected to be announced.

Also note that under the latest update if you submit an answer to a free response prompt like this, you will get mana when someone new trades on it! 