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 The list also includes singers
Billie Eilish and Britney Spears, and Olympic
gymnast Simone Biles.
Harry and Meghan, who quit their royal duties
last year and moved from Britain to California,
are featured on one of seven worldwide covers
highlighting the honorees.
The photo shows the couple, who are titled the
Duke and Duchess of Sussex, dressed casually
with a background of trees.
Time magazine editor in chief Edward Felsenthal
said the 100 list features "extraordinary
leaders from around the world working to build a
better future" who "in a year of crisis have
leaped into the fray".
The 100 list, which is not ranked, included 54
women. It also comprised political figures such
as U.S. President Joe Biden, U.S. Vice President
Kamala Harris and former U.S. President Donald
Trump.
Harry and Meghan left Britain in 2020 to build
an independent life, launching their Archewell
Foundation as well as cutting lucrative deals
for producing TV shows and a podcast.
Chef Jose Andres, who funded the World Kitchen
nonprofit that partners with the Archewell
Foundation, wrote in a tribute that it would
have been safer for the couple to stay silent.
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 "That’s not what Harry and
Meghan do, or who they are...In a world where
everyone has an opinion about people they don’t
know, the duke and duchess have compassion for
the people they don’t know. They don’t just
opine. They run toward the struggle,” Andres
wrote.
Spears, 39, made the list for the first time in
a year that has seen her struggle to get rid of
a conservatorship that has controlled her
personal and business affairs for 13 come under
increasing scrutiny.
The "Stronger" singer was celebrated by reality
star Paris Hilton, who wrote that Spears
"embodies joy" despite her struggles. "So we
stand by hear and root for her as she turns pain
to purpose, her unwavering spirit stronger than
ever."
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion, writing about
seven-time Grammy winner Eilish who also got her
own cover, called the 19 year-old musician "a
unique soul" who "stands up for herself and
advocates for women everywhere."
The special issue of Time goes on sale on
Friday.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Angus
MacSwan)
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