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Monday, August 13, 2012

THE WORLD'S MOST ADMIRED MAN IS AFRICAN


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)

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