Top 5 Men and Women Most Admired by Americans

Benedict XVI, Rev. Billy Graham, and Bill Clinton tie for fourth-most-admired man with 2 percent each

By U.S. News Staff

December 30, 2008 RSS Feed Print
  1. Barack Obama (ranked by 32 percent as most admired man)
  2. Hillary Clinton (ranked by 20 percent as most admired woman)
  3. Sarah Palin (11 percent rank her most admired woman)
  4. Oprah Winfrey (8 percent rank her most admired woman)
  5. Condoleezza Rice (ranked by 7 percent as most admired woman)

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Source: Gallup

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