Two people under the age of 20 made Time‘s annual Most Influential list.

Malala Yuosafzai, 16, has been one of Pakistan’s leading proponents for education and women’s rights in the uber-conservative Islamic country of Pakistan. She began her campaign at the age of 11, when she started writing a blog for the BBC chronicling her life under the Taliban. In 2012, she survived a Taliban-backed assassination attempt—when the would-be assassin boarded her school bus and shot her in the head. Gabrielle Giffords, a U.S. representative who herself survived an assassination attempt, wrote for Time, “In the face of oppression and bitter injustice, she demands education and opportunity. In the face of violence from the hands of cowards, she refuses to back down.”

Lydia Ko, a 17-year-old golfer from South Korea, was the other under-20 honoree. She’s the youngest person ever to win a professional golf event.

Other notable honorees on the 100-person Most Influential list include: Withelma “T” Ortiz Walker, a college student who as a child was victimized by sex traffickers, and now has become a leading voice against the human trafficking industry; Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, creators of Snapchat; Jason Collins, the first openly gay NBA player; singers Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams and Beyonce; and Pope Francis. (Time)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.