Guess Who Was Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating Person of 2007?

Barbara Walters named Harry Potter scribe J.K. Rowling the most fascinating person of 2007 in her annual special Thursday.

Other honorees included Bill Clinton, Jennifer Hudson and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and disgraced shock jock Don Imus.

Victoria and David Beckham also made the list. Victoria — who has sported this controversial coif — opened up about her family's close relationship with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (see their holiday card here), claiming that Cruise has never tried to introduce them to Scientology (unlike Will Smith).

"They are the nicest family," Victoria said of Holmes and Cruise. "They have their beliefs, but they have never, ever tried to press those on us. We're friends. We have a laugh with them."

Justin Timberlake, who was also featured, gushed about his romance with Jessica Biel. (Is she the next Hollywood Icon? Click here to find out.) "So far, so great," he said of their relationship. (See what their body language says about them here.) Come back later to see a video!

Honoree Katherine Heigl — who recently called her hit film Knocked Up "sexist" — revealed she wasn't glad Isaiah Washington was fired from Grey's Anatomy. "I think Isaiah added an aspect to the show that was necessary and good for it, on some levels. But that's not to say I don't think what happened should have happened." [Washington infamously called co-star T.R. Knight, her bridesman in her upcoming wedding, a homophobic slur.]

Heigl — who just turned 29 — also opened up about her own real-life tragedy at 7 when a car accident left her brother brain dead.

"It was hard," she said. "And a lot of the story line that Izzie, my [Grey's] character, deals with have a lot to do with brain damage, and a lot to do with organ donation, and a lot to do with young people dying. And I'm just ... ready for them to stop doing that.

"You suddenly realize this world is so volatile," she said about her brother's death. "You have no idea, at any given time, that somebody you love and care about is gonna drop dead, or get hit by a car, or be in a terrible accident. "

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