London: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Wipro chairman Azim Premji and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai figure in a list of the world's 100 most powerful and influential people compiled by the 'Time' magazine.

In the list to be published tomorrow, Vajpayee finds mention alongwith world leaders US President George W Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Hu Jintao, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.

Interestingly, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is also included in the category of Leaders and Revolutionaries, the list available exclusively to The Independent on Sunday said.

The list is split into five categories - Leaders and Revolutionaries, Builders and Titans, Scientists and Thinkers, Heroes and Icons, Artists and Entertainers, with 20 names in each.

Yoga instructor B K S Iyengar is included in the Heroes and Icons category which also mentions Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi and the Dalai Lama among others.

Former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai shares the limelight in the Artists and Entertainers category with Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman, singer Norah Jones and author of the Harry Potter series J K Rowling.

Chairman of Wipro Ltd, which has just turned into a $ 1 billion firm, is clubbed with media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.