The new coca cola
advert on a billion reasons to believe in Africa
amazes me a lot. That is why I had to google as they advertise on the advert
that the world’s most admired man is African, and true to that I found so…
Most Admired Man and Woman
What man
that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do
you admire most? And who is your second choice?
RECENT
TREND: COMBINED FIRST AND SECOND CHOICES
(Ranked
according to number of responses, 2011)
Dec
2011 |
Dec
2010 |
Dec
2009 |
Dec
2008 |
Dec
2007 |
Dec
2006 |
||
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
||
1
|
Barack Obama
|
17
|
22
|
30
|
32
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
George W. Bush
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
10
|
13
|
3
|
Bill Clinton
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
Rev. Billy
Graham
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
Warren Buffett
|
2
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
6t
|
Newt Gingrich
|
1
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
*
|
--
|
6t
|
Donald Trump
|
1
|
*
|
--
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
8
|
Pope Benedict
XVI
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
9
|
Bill Gates
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
Thomas Monson
|
1
|
1
|
*
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
Tim Tebow
|
1
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
The Dalai Lama
|
1
|
1
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Mitt Romney
|
1
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
--
|
|
Rush Limbaugh
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
Brad Pitt
|
1
|
1
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
--
|
|
George H.W.
Bush
|
1
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
2
|
1
|
|
Ron Paul
|
1
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
--
|
--
|
|
Nelson Mandela
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
Jimmy Carter
|
*
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
Colin Powell
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
George Clooney
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
|
Glenn Beck
|
*
|
2
|
2
|
--
|
--
|
*
|
|
Mike Huckabee
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
*
|
1
|
--
|
|
Bill O'Reilly
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
|
John McCain
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
Bono
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
|
Tony Blair
|
*
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
|
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
|
*
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
|
Michael Jordan
|
*
|
--
|
1
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
|
John Kerry
|
*
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
Liu Xiaobo
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
Dick Cheney
|
--
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
*
|
--
|
|
Al Gore
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
|
Mel Gibson
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
1
|
|
Tiger Woods
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
*
|
*
|
--
|
|
Rudy Giuliani
|
--
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
|
Jesse Jackson
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
|
Kofi Annan
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
1
|
|
Gordon B.
Hinckley
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
*
|
|
Pope John Paul
II
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
Ronald Reagan
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
Friend/Relative
|
9
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
7
|
|
Other
|
25
|
27
|
19
|
19
|
29
|
21
|
|
None/No
opinion
|
32
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
29
|
|
* Less than
0.5%
|
|||||||
Contact Gallup for
full trend, 1946-2011
What
woman that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world,
do you admire most? And who is your second choice?
RECENT
TREND: COMBINED FIRST AND SECOND CHOICES
(Ranked
according to number of responses, 2011)
Dec
2011 |
Dec
2010 |
Dec
2009 |
Dec
2008 |
Dec
2007 |
Dec
2006 |
||
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
||
1
|
Hillary
Clinton
|
17
|
17
|
16
|
20
|
18
|
13
|
2
|
Oprah Winfrey
|
7
|
11
|
8
|
8
|
16
|
9
|
3
|
Michelle Obama
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
--
|
--
|
4
|
Sarah Palin
|
4
|
12
|
15
|
11
|
--
|
--
|
5
|
Condoleezza
Rice
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
5
|
8
|
6
|
Laura Bush
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
7t
|
Margaret
Thatcher
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
7t
|
Ellen
DeGeneres
|
2
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
*
|
9t
|
Queen
Elizabeth
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
9t
|
Michele
Bachmann
|
2
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
Angelina Jolie
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Princess Kate
Middleton
|
1
|
*
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
Maya Angelou
|
1
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
|
Angela Merkel
|
1
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
Gabrielle
Giffords
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
Diane Sawyer
|
1
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
|
Jennifer Lopez
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
|
Aung San Suu Kyi
|
1
|
1
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
|
Barbara Bush
|
1
|
1
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Barbara
Walters
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
|
Nancy Pelosi
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
|
Nancy Reagan
|
*
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
Madeleine
Albright
|
--
|
*
|
1
|
1
|
*
|
1
|
|
Elin Nordegren
Woods
|
--
|
*
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
Elizabeth Dole
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
1
|
|
Rosalynn
Carter
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
|
Martha Stewart
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
|
Barbara Boxer
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
|
Wangari
Maathai
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
Sandra Day
O'Connor
|
--
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
*
|
*
|
|
Halle Berry
|
--
|
--
|
*
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
Sonia
Sotomayor
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
Benazir Bhutto
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
--
|
|
Friend/Relative
|
12
|
11
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
6
|
|
Other
|
13
|
22
|
18
|
16
|
19
|
21
|
|
None/No
opinion
|
29
|
22
|
23
|
25
|
26
|
30
|
|
* Less than
0.5%
|
|||||||
Contact Gallup for
full trend, 1946-2011
Year
|
Most Admired Man
|
Most Admired Woman
|
2011
|
Barack Obama
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
2010
|
Barack Obama
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
2009
|
Barack Obama
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
2008
|
Barack Obama
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
2007
|
George W. Bush
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
2006
|
George W. Bush
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
2005
|
George W. Bush
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
2004
|
George W. Bush
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
2003
|
George W. Bush
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
2002
|
George W. Bush
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
2001
|
George W. Bush
|
Laura Bush
|
2000
|
Bill Clinton
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
1999
|
Bill Clinton
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
1998
|
Bill Clinton
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
1997
|
Bill Clinton
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
1996
|
Bill Clinton
|
Mother Teresa
|
1995
|
Bill Clinton
|
Mother Teresa
|
1994
|
Bill Clinton
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
1993
|
Bill Clinton
|
Hillary Rodham
Clinton
|
1992
|
George H. W.
Bush
|
Barbara Bush
|
1991
|
George H. W.
Bush
|
Barbara Bush
|
1990
|
George H. W.
Bush
|
Margaret
Thatcher
|
1989
|
George H. W.
Bush
|
Margaret
Thatcher
|
1988
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Margaret
Thatcher
|
1987
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Nancy Reagan
|
1986
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Mother Teresa
|
1985
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Nancy Reagan
|
1984
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Margaret
Thatcher
|
1983
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Margaret
Thatcher
|
1982
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Margaret
Thatcher
|
1981
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Nancy Reagan
|
1980
|
Pope John Paul
II
|
Mother
Teresa/Rosalynn Carter
|
1979
|
Jimmy Carter
|
Rosalynn
Carter
|
1978
|
Jimmy Carter
|
Betty Ford
|
1977
|
Jimmy Carter
|
Rosalynn
Carter
|
1976
|
NOT ASKED
|
NOT ASKED
|
1975
|
Henry
Kissinger
|
Betty Ford
|
1974
|
Henry
Kissinger
|
Golda Meir
|
1973
|
Henry
Kissinger
|
Golda Meir
|
1972
|
Richard Nixon
|
Pat Nixon
|
1971
|
Richard Nixon
|
Golda Meir
|
1970
|
Richard Nixon
|
Mamie
Eisenhower
|
1969
|
Richard Nixon
|
Mamie
Eisenhower
|
1968
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Ethel Kennedy
|
1967
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
NOT ASKED
|
1966
|
Lyndon Johnson
|
Jacqueline
Kennedy
|
1965
|
Lyndon Johnson
|
Jacqueline
Kennedy
|
1964
|
Lyndon Johnson
|
Jacqueline
Kennedy
|
1963
|
Lyndon Johnson
|
Jacqueline
Kennedy
|
1962
|
John F.
Kennedy
|
Jacqueline
Kennedy
|
1961
|
John F.
Kennedy
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1960
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1959
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1958
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1957
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Eleanor Roosevelt
|
1956
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1955
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1954
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1953
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1952
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1951
|
Douglas
MacArthur
|
Sr. Elizabeth
Kenny
|
1950
|
Dwight
Eisenhower
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1949
|
Harry Truman
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1948
|
Harry Truman
|
Eleanor
Roosevelt
|
1947
|
Douglas
MacArthur (most admired person)
|
|
1946
|
Douglas
MacArthur (most admired person)
|
|
