Most Admired Man and Woman

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%

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%

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)