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"It's hard to imagine there ever being anyone quite like him again," said Barbara Walters as she named Steve Jobs the most fascinating person of 2011. It was the first time she's ever given such an honor to a person who is not alive. Here's the entire list:

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• Steve Jobs
• Herman Cain
• Simon Cowell
• Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson from the ABC TV show Modern Family
• Katy Perry
• The Kardashians
• Donald Trump
• Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees
• Amanda Knox
• Pippa Middleton

[via ABC]

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