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Gallup's List of Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century

US poll by the Gallup Organization

US poll by the Gallup Organization

Gallup's List of People that Americans Most Widely Admired in the 20th Century is a poll published in December 1999 by The Gallup Organization to determine who around the world Americans admire most, in the 20th century.

Gallup has constructed a yearly Gallup's most admired man and woman poll list since 1948 but this poll covers the most notable figures of the entire century. They combined the results from the previous polls with a new preliminary poll to determine the 18 most admired people. The 1999 final poll produced an ordered list of 18 people, 12 of whom were males and 12 of whom were American citizens; the highest ranked non-American and non-male was (Saint) Mother Teresa, at #1.

As of , at , Bill Clinton is the only surviving person on the list. At the time the list was published, Ronald Reagan, John Paul II, Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, and Billy Graham (the longest living person at 99) were all still living.

List

Source: https://news.gallup.com/poll/3367/mother-teresa-voted-american-people-most-admired-person-century.aspx

RankPortraitNamePercentageRef.
1[[File:Mother Teresa 1.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Mother Teresa]]
(1910–1997)49%
2[[File:Martin Luther King, Jr..jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.]]
(1929–1968)34%
3[[File:John F. Kennedy, White House color photo portrait.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of John F. Kennedy]]
(1917–1963)32%
4[[File:Einstein 1921 by F Schmutzer - restoration.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Albert Einstein]]
(1879–1955)31%
5[[File:Helen Keller circa 1920 - restored.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Helen Keller]]
(1880–1968)30%
6[[File:FDR 1944 Color Portrait.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
(1882–1945)26%
7[[File:Billy Graham bw photo, April 11, 1966.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Billy Graham]]
(1918–2018)26%last=Kohanikfirst=Ericdate=August 10, 2007title=Evangelist in the Spotlightwork=Nanaimo Daily Newsid=}}
8[[File:Ritratto di papa Giovanni Paolo II (1984).jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Pope John Paul II]]
(1920–2005)25%
9[[File:Eleanor Roosevelt portrait 1933.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt]]
(1884–1962)22%
10[[File:Sir Winston Churchill - 19086236948.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Winston Churchill]]
(1874–1965)20%date=January 14, 2000title=Mother Teresa Tops List of Century's Most Admiredwork=The Catholic Advanceurl=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96705392/mother-teresa-tops-list-of-centurys/access-date=March 1, 2022via=Newspapers.com}}
11[[File:Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
(1890–1969)18%
12[[File:Mrs Kennedy in the Diplomatic Reception Room cropped.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy]]
(1929–1994)18%
13[[File:Mahatma-Gandhi, studio, 1931.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Mahatma Gandhi]]
(1869–1948)18%
14[[File:Nelson Mandela 1994.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Nelson Mandela]]
(1918–2013)17%
15[[File:Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Ronald Reagan]]
(1911–2004)17%
16[[File:Henry ford 1919.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Henry Ford]]
(1863–1947)15%
17[[File:Bill Clinton.jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Bill Clinton]]
(b. 1946)10%
18[[File:Margaret Thatcher stock portrait (cropped).jpgframelessupright=0.7alt=Photographic portrait of Margaret Thatcher]]
(1925–2013)9%

References

References

  1. Newport, Frank. (December 31, 1999). "Mother Teresa Voted by American People as Most Admired Person of the Century".
  2. Jones, Jeffrey M.. (December 30, 2019). "Obama, Trump Tie as Most Admired Man in 2019".
  3. (2022). "Wisdom, Cultural Synergy, and Social Change: A Taiwanese Perspective". [[New Ideas in Psychology]].
  4. (2018). "To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.". [[Harvard University Press]].
  5. Kohanik, Eric. (August 10, 2007). "Evangelist in the Spotlight". [[Nanaimo Daily News]].
  6. (2016). "The 1930s: The Reality and the Promise". [[Cambridge Scholars Publishing]].
  7. (January 14, 2000). "Mother Teresa Tops List of Century's Most Admired". The Catholic Advance.
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