Markus 'Notch' Persson is currently sitting in second position on the 2013 edition of the TIME 100 Poll, putting him ahead of the likes of Barack Obama, Kim Jong Un, Jennifer Lawrence, Beyoncé and controversial pop group Pussy Riot.

In fact, the only person beating the Minecraft creator is Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who attracted significant international attention after rising to power last year by decreeing his actions were immune from legal challenges (this has since been annulled).

Interestingly though, Morsi is only beating Notch in terms of "Absolutely" votes; the Egyptian currently has 172,770 to Notch's 155,658. If you work out the net difference after subtracting the "No Way" votes though, Notch is actually currently sitting in first place with +137,352.

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