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":

Gallup's List Of Widely Admired People Media

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur smoking his corncob pipe, probably at Manila, Philippine Islands, 2 August 1945.
Portrait of President Harry S. Truman (ca. 1947).
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.
An official portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur smoking his corncob pipe, probably at Manila, Philippine Islands, 2 August 1945.
Elizabeth Kenny, half-length portrait, facing front, waving from the Queen Mary / World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna.
An official portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.
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 (1999-12-31). 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. 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.

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