Who was the youngest ever TIME Person of the Year?
The youngest individual ever to be named TIME’s Person of the Year is climate activist Greta Thunberg. She was selected in 2019 at the age of 16.
The magazine lauded her efforts to raise awareness about the looming threat of climate change, writing: “Her message is one the Boomers would have recognized in the 1960s: Our elders have sold us out. The system isn’t working. The time to act is now. Perhaps even more drastically than it did in 1966, the world is changing, and the young are the ones who see what’s happening.”
The previous record-holder for youngest recipient was aviator Charles Lindbergh, who was chosen in 1927 at the age of 25.
Source: TIME | Date Updated: March 9, 2021