Hillary Clinton is the most-admired woman in the world for the 20th time, according to a recent Gallup poll. Clinton was mentioned as the most-admired woman by 13 percent of respondents.
The figure may seem low, but Clinton’s closest rival was Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen world renowned for her advocacy for childhood education. Yousafzai is also the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. She earned just 5 percent of mentions in the Gallup poll.
Talk show star Oprah Winfrey and first lady Michelle Obama tied for third with 4 percent. Carly Fiorina, Queen Elizabeth II, and Angela Merkel each got 2 percent of mentions.
Elizabeth Warren, Sarah Palin, Condoleezza Rice, Ellen DeGeneres, and Aung San Suu Kyi rounded out the top 10 with 1 percent of mentions.
Of the 20 times Clinton has topped the most-admired women list, this year marks the 14th consecutive time. She has led the list more times than any other man or woman since Gallup began asking the question.
The next closest woman to Clinton was former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt who topped the list 13 times in her lifetime.
The question was also asked about men. President Barack Obama led that pack with 17 percent of mentions. This is the eighth time Obama has earned the most-admired crown.
Typically, Gallup’s most-admired man is a sitting U.S. president. Of all the men who earned the top spot at least four times, all have been president. The job also appears to serve as a cap on how many times men top the list. Obama is now tied with Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan at eight times topping the most-admired list. George W. Bush was named most-admired man seven times.
The only former president to top the list more years than his presidency was Dwight Eisenhower. He was named most-admired man 12 times, more than any other man since Gallup began the poll.
Pope Francis and Donald Trump followed Obama with 5 percent each of mentions. Also making the top 10 list were presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Ben Carson, former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the Dalai Lama and the Rev. Billy Graham.
Gallup conducted the poll by asking 824 adults an open-ended question about who they admire the most. Percentages indicate the frequency in which a particular person’s name was mentioned.
The survey was conducted from Dec. 2-6 across all 50 states.
