There were no Napoleons, Gandhis, Aristotles or Einsteins changing the world in 2012, but we can at the very least say that it was a year in which people existed. If that sounds underwhelming, remember that we were all supposed to be crushed by now under a Mayan calendar or something, so the fact that humanity is still trucking along technically counts as a success.

CLICK: The Top 8 People of 2012 (For Better And Worse), via Cracked: