Don Draper #1 on AskMen.com’s Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2009 . A total of half a million votes were casted and the result can’t be random! Who is Don Draper? He’s a fictional character on AMC’s Mad Men. Now, I didn’t see this one coming, did you? (Please find the top 10 of the Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2009 below.)

more photos of the top most influential men of 2009 after the jump…

Don Draper may be a fictional character on AMC’s Mad Men, but he’s just as real as any other public personality you can think of. Celebrities are brands, with carefully constructed images, and most of us are just as likely to have a beer with Don Draper as with anybody else on this list.

“In a turbulent 2009, men are seeking the stability of tradition in the masculine qualities that they imagine their fathers and grandfathers to have had,” says James Bassil, Editor-in-Chief of AskMen.com. “The character of Don Draper brings all these traits together, and in doing so speaks directly to the modern man. He’s a man whose time has come.”

The list assembles a diverse collection of men from around the world and from a variety of industries including entertainment, politics, technology, and sports. All the honorees had a direct effect on the way men see the world, and notably in 2009, many reflect classic values that are most meaningful to the male identity today.

The top 49 most influential men in order are:

1 Don Draper

2 Usain Bolt

3 Barack Obama

4 Mark Zuckerberg

5 Simon Cowell

6 Michael Jackson

7 Steve Jobs

8 Roger Federer

9 Peyton Manning

10 Dana White

See the entire list of 2009’s Top 49 Most Influential Men complete with profiles at AskMen.com.

For the 2008 list we had President Obama topping the list; Steve Jobs taking Spot # 2 and Michael Phelps Spot #3.

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