Washington, Dec 26 (ANI): President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has made it to Time magazine''s new list of ''People Who Mattered''.

Zardari ends 2008 as the President of a nuclear-armed nation threatened by Islamic militancy and on the verge of economic collapse.

Swimmer Michael Phelps also landed a place in the prestigious list because of his historic win at the Olympics this year.

Along with Rick Warren, pastor of a Lake Forest, Calif., church, who has written a self-help book that sold more than 30 million copies, UK leader Gordon Brown and George W Bush have also made the cut.

Hillary Clinton, Robert Downey Jr. and Tina Fey are also in the list.

Full List of ''People Who Mattered'':

* Ingrid Betancourt
* Rod Blagojevich
* Gordon Brown
* George W. Bush
* Hillary Clinton
* Robert Downey Jr.
* Tina Fey
* Richard Fuld Jr.
* Robert Gates
* Somaly Mam
* John McCain
* Stephenie Meyer
* Robert Mugabe
* Michael Phelps
* Mikheil Saakashvili
* The Somali Pirates
* Dara Torres
* Craig Venter
* Rick Warren
* Asif Ali Zardari (ANI)