Big StoriesOMelhorde2016The People You Needed To Read About In 2016From the world's greatest gymnast to the world's youngest dictator, these were some of our favorite profiles of the year.By by Steve KandellBuzzFeed News Features DirectorPosted on December 26, 2016, 9:23 pmTwitterFacebookLink How The World's Greatest Gymnast Became Inevitable — Dvora Meyers At Home With Ina Garten — Sandra Allen The Short Life Of Deonte Hoard — Albert Samaha How Plastic Surgeon Dr. Miami Became A Snapchat Sensation — Marisa Carroll Searching For Sundar Pichai — Mat Honan Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Juanita Broaddrick Wants To Be Believed — Katie J.M. Baker How The Rest Of The World Caught Up To Tegan And Sara — Laura Snapes How Tessa Thompson Became A Modern Marvel — Anita Badejo All The Dirt On Rona Barrett, Hollywood's Original Gossip Girl — Anne Helen Petersen Are The Omaha Two Murderers Or Martyrs? — Elena Carter Meet The Maserati-Driving Deadhead Lawyer Who Stands Between Hackers And Prison — Joe Bernstein Michael Chabon Is An Underdog On Top Of The World — Doree Shafrir Ivan Wilzig's God Complex — Jeremy D. Larson The Secret History Of The Photo At The Center Of The Black Confederate Myth — Adam Serwer You're Listening To Delilah — Nick Murray Hillary Clinton Wants To Talk To You About Love And Kindness — Ruby Cramer You Have Heard Bernard Purdie Play Drums — John Lingan Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Chris Pratt Is The Last Thing We Can All Agree On — Adam B. Vary How To Survive A Lynching — Syreeta McFadden What Do You Do With Your Life After You've Already Been The World's Youngest Dictator? — Monica Mark FiveThirtyHate: Meet The Trump Movement’s Post-Truth, Post-Math Anti-Nate Silver — Charlie Warzel The Ballerina Who Accused Her Instructor Of Sexual Assault — Jessica Luther