Gallup's List of Widely Admired People

Gallup's List of Widely Admired People is a poll of United States citizens to tell the names of the individuals whom they most admire. It is a list made every year by The Gallup Organization. In December 1999, they produced a list of 18 people from the 20th century who are "most admired":

1. Mother Teresa
2. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. John F. Kennedy
4. Albert Einstein
5. Helen Keller
6. Franklin D. Roosevelt
7. Billy Graham
8. Pope John Paul II
9. Eleanor Roosevelt
10. Winston Churchill
11. Dwight D. Eisenhower
12. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
13. Mohandas Gandhi
14. Nelson Mandela
15. Ronald Reagan
16. Henry Ford
17. Bill Clinton
18. Margaret Thatcher
19. Kevin De Bruyne

Gallup's List Of Widely Admired People Media

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  General of the Army Douglas MacArthur smoking his corncob pipe, probably at Manila, Philippine Islands, 2 August 1945.

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  Portrait of President Harry S. Truman (ca. 1947).

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  Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.

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  An official portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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  General of the Army Douglas MacArthur smoking his corncob pipe, probably at Manila, Philippine Islands, 2 August 1945.

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  Elizabeth Kenny, half-length portrait, facing front, waving from the Queen Mary / World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna.

• Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959.jpg

  An official portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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  Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.

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  John F. Kennedy, photograph in the Oval Office.

• Mrs. Kennedy in the Diplomatic Reception Room, 05 December 1961 White House, Diplomatic Reception Room

References

• The Gallup Poll 1999. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc. 1999. pp. 248–249.
  • Lists of the most admired people for any given year can be found in the respective volume.
• Frank Newport. Mother Teresa Voted by American People as Most Admired Person of the Century: Top 5 list rounded out by Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Albert Einstein, and Helen Keller / date = 1999-12-31. The Gallup Poll. http://www.gallup.com/poll/3367/Mother-Teresa-Voted-American-People-Most-Admired-Person-Century.aspx. Retrieved 2008-08-13. 
• "Greatest of the Century". Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll. Dec 20–21, 1999. Retrieved 2007-01-05.