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, 2008)

		Dec 2008	Dec 2007	Dec 2006	Dec 2005	Dec 2004	Dec 2003
		%	%	%	%	%	%
1	Barack Obama	32	5	3	*	*	--
2	George W. Bush	5	10	13	19	23	29
3	John McCain	3	1	1	1	1	*
4t	Pope Benedict XVI	2	2	2	3	--	--
4t	Rev. Billy Graham	2	3	3	2	3	2
4t	Bill Clinton	2	8	5	5	6	3
7	Colin Powell	2	2	2	2	5	4
8	Nelson Mandela	1	3	1	2	2	2
9	Bill Gates	1	2	1	3	1	1
10	The Dalai Lama	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Al Gore	1	6	1	--	*	*
	Jimmy Carter	1	2	4	3	4	1
	Thomas Monson	1	--	--	--	--	--
	George H.W. Bush	*	2	1	1	*	*
	Tony Blair	*	1	1	1	2	2
	Warren Buffett	*	1	*	*	*	*
	Mike Huckabee	*	1	--	--	--	--
	George Clooney	*	1	1	--	*	--
	Rudy Giuliani	*	1	1	*	1	*
	Brad Pitt	*	1	--	*	*	--
	Mitt Romney	*	1	--	--	--	--
	Jesse Jackson	*	*	1	*	*	*
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	*	*	1	*	1	1
	Kofi Annan	*	--	1	*	*	1
	Mel Gibson	*	--	1	*	1	--
	Michael Jordan	*	--	*	*	*	--
	Rush Limbaugh	*	*	*	*	--	*
	Gordon B. Hinckley	--	1	*	1	*	1
	Bono	--	*	*	1	*	*
	John Edwards	--	*	*	*	1	--
	Donald Trump	--	*	*	*	1	*
	Ross Perot	--	*	--	*	--	*
	Norman Schwarzkopf	--	*	--	*	*	--
	John Kerry	--	--	--	*	2	*
	Ronald Reagan	--	--	--	--	--	2
	Bob Dole	--	--	--	--	*	--
	Pope John Paul II	--	--	--	--	3	4

	Friend/Relative	8	4	7	6	3	4
	Other	19	29	21	25	20	24
	None/No opinion	25	25	29	27	24	25
* Less than 0.5%
Contact Gallup for full trend, 1946-2008.

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, 2008)

		Dec 2008	Dec 2007	Dec 2006	Dec 2005	Dec 2004	Dec 2003
		%	%	%	%	%	%
1	Hillary Clinton	20	18	13	13	13	16
2	Sarah Palin	11	--	--	--	--	--
3	Oprah Winfrey	8	16	9	12	11	7
4	Condoleezza Rice	7	5	8	10	7	4
5	Michelle Obama	3	--	--	--	--	--
6	Margaret Thatcher	2	2	2	3	3	2
7t	Laura Bush	2	3	4	4	8	6
7t	Angelina Jolie	2	3	2	1	*	*
9	Barbara Bush	1	1	1	*	2	3
10t	Madeleine Albright	1	*	1	*	1	1
10t	Ellen DeGeneres	1	*	*	*	--	--
	Queen Elizabeth	*	1	1	*	1	1
	Maya Angelou	*	1	1	1	1	*
	Nancy Pelosi	*	1	1	*	--	*
	Martha Stewart	*	1	*	1	1	*
	Elizabeth Dole	*	*	1	1	1	1
	Barbara Walters	*	*	1	1	*	*
	Nancy Reagan	*	*	*	1	1	1
	Janet Reno	*	--	--	--	*	--
	Benazir Bhutto	--	2	--	--	--	*
	Barbara Boxer	--	*	*	1	*	*
	Rosalynn Carter	--	*	*	*	*	*
	Sandra Day O'Connor	--	*	*	1	*	*
	Halle Berry	--	--	--	--	1	--
	Wangari Maathai	--	--	--	--	1	--

	Friend/Relative	8	8	6	8	8	9
	Other	16	19	21	18	18	22
	None/No opinion	25	26	30	29	27	31
* Less than 0.5%
Contact Gallup for full trend, 1946-2008.