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, 2007)

		Dec 2007	Dec 2006	Dec 2005	Dec 2004	Dec 2003	Dec 2002
		%	%	%	%	%	%
1	George W. Bush	10	13	19	23	29	28
2	Bill Clinton	8	5	5	6	3	3
3	Al Gore	6	1	--	*	*	1
4	Barack Obama	5	3	*	*	--	--
5	Rev. Billy Graham	3	3	2	3	2	2
6	Nelson Mandela	3	1	2	2	2	1
7	George H.W. Bush	2	1	1	*	*	*
8t	Bill Gates	2	1	3	1	1	*
8t	Pope Benedict XVI	2	2	3	--	--	--
8t	Jimmy Carter	2	4	3	4	1	9
	Colin Powell	2	2	2	5	4	4
	The Dalai Lama	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Mitt Romney	1	--	--	--	--	--
	Brad Pitt	1	--	*	*	--	--
	Tony Blair	1	1	1	2	2	1
	Gordon B. Hinckley	1	*	1	*	1	*
	Mike Huckabee	1	--	--	--	--	--
	John McCain	1	1	1	1	*	*
	Rudy Giuliani	1	1	*	1	*	1
	George Clooney	1	1	--	*	--	*
	Warren Buffett	1	*	*	*	*	--
	Jesse Jackson	*	1	*	*	*	*
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	*	1	*	1	1	--
	Bono	*	*	1	*	*	--
	Rush Limbaugh	*	*	*	--	*	*
	John Edwards	*	*	*	1	--	--
	Donald Trump	*	*	*	1	*	--
	Ross Perot	*	--	*	--	*	--
	Norman Schwarzkopf	*	--	*	*	--	*
	Kofi Annan	--	1	*	*	1	1
	Mel Gibson	--	1	*	1	--	*
	Michael Jordan	--	*	*	*	--	*
	John Kerry	--	--	*	2	*	*
	Ronald Reagan	--	--	--	--	2	1
	Bob Dole	--	--	--	*	--	*
	Pope John Paul II	--	--	--	3	4	3

	Friend/Relative	4	7	6	3	4	4
	Other	26	21	25	20	24	21
	None/No opinion	12	29	27	24	25	27
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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, 2007)

		Dec 2007	Dec 2006	Dec 2005	Dec 2004	Dec 2003	Dec 2002
		%	%	%	%	%	%
1	Hillary Clinton	18	13	13	13	16	7
2	Oprah Winfrey	16	9	12	11	7	6
3	Condoleezza Rice	5	8	10	7	4	2
4	Angelina Jolie	3	2	1	*	*	--
5	Laura Bush	3	4	4	8	6	6
6	Margaret Thatcher	2	2	3	3	2	3
7	Benazir Bhutto	2	--	--	--	*	*
8	Nancy Pelosi	1	1	*	--	*	*
9	Maya Angelou	1	1	1	1	*	1
10	Queen Elizabeth	1	1	*	1	1	1
	Barbara Bush	1	1	*	2	3	3
	Martha Stewart	1	*	1	1	*	*
	Barbara Walters	*	1	1	*	*	1
	Elizabeth Dole	*	1	1	1	1	2
	Madeleine Albright	*	1	*	1	1	1
	Sandra Day O'Connor	*	*	1	*	*	*
	Nancy Reagan	*	*	1	1	1	*
	Barbara Boxer	*	*	1	*	*	*
	Rosalynn Carter	*	*	*	*	*	1
	Wangari Maathai	--	--	--	1	--	--
	Halle Berry	--	--	--	1	--	*
	Janet Reno	--	--	--	*	--	*
	Barbra Streisand	--	*	--	--	*	*

	Friend/Relative	8	6	8	8	9	7
	Other	18	21	18	18	22	24
	None/No opinion	14	30	29	27	31	28
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