Meet the neighbors

Time Outs worldwide picked their own 40 peeps—here’s a look.

When Tony Elliott founded this magazine in London 40 years ago—with 70 pounds inhis pocket—he hardly thought he’d spawn editions in 26 cities worldwide (nor guidebooks for 50 destinations). The 21-year-old was just interested in what was cool—in the arts, at restaurants, in bars. Turns out, readers in New York were curious too—as were those in Chicago, Tel Aviv, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Mumbai, Sydney and more. To celebrate the ever-expanding brand’s anniversary, each edition has named its Top 40 “heroes” in this week’s issue. Above, you’ll find a sampling of the coolest (and weirdest) worldwide. For pics and interviews with Keira Knightley, Billy Corgan, Salman Rushdie and everyone’s favorite, Amitabh Bachchan, plus many more.

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1 Sir David Tang
(entrepreneur), Hong Kong
2 Wladimir Klitschko
(boxer), Kiev
3 Tom Stoppard
(playwright), London
4 Salman Rushdie
(writer), Mumbai
5 Michael Winterbottom
(filmmaker), London
6 Jaume Plensa
(sculptor), Barcelona
7 Calixto Bieito
(theater director),Barcelona
8 Elie Saab
(fashion designer), Beirut
9 Amitabh Bachchan
(actor), Mumbai
10 Roger Ebert
(film critic), Chicago
11 Anjali Gopalan
(gay-rights activist), Mumbai
12 Ion Caramitru
(director), Bucharest
13 Gia
(musician), Beijing

14 Michalis Hatzigiannis
(musician), Cyprus
15 Ivan Marchuk
(artist), Kiev
16 Mariska Majoor
(prostitute-rights activist), Amsterdam
17 Noor Adlan Bin Zulkifli
(Paralympian-coach), Kuala Lumpur
18 Rineke Dijkstra
(photographer), Amsterdam
19 Dana International
(musician), Tel Aviv
20 Vyacheslav Polunin
(clown), Moscow
21 Nuri Bilge Ceylan
(film director), Istanbul
22 Elif Safak
(writer), Istanbul
23 Andrei Arshavin
(footballer), St. Petersburg
24 Vivienne Tam
(designer), Hong Kong
25 Clive James
(writer–TV personality–raconteur), Sydney
26 Billy Corgan
(musician), Chicago
27 Keira Knightley
(actor), London

28 Mohammed Saeed Harib
(animator), Dubai
29 Dan Perjovschi
(artist), Bucharest
30 Donna Ong
(artist), Singapore
31 Ai Weiwei
(artist), Beijing
32 Helen Mirren
(actor), London
33 Dizzee Rascal
(rapper), London
34 Jorge Silva Melo
(director), Lisbon
35 Jing Quek
(photographer), Singapore
36 Sezen Aksu
(musician), Istanbul
37 Sergey “Shnur”Shnurov
(musician), St. Petersburg
38 Jorge Palma
(musician), Lisbon
39 Damien Hirst
(artist), London
40 Xander Zhou
(fashion designer), Beijing

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