Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [2017]

Status Most Admired Gallup

*Note - there was a three-way tie for fourth and a six-way tie for fifth

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

4

1

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

17

2

Donald Trump

U.S. President

34.64% (6320 of 18247 votes)

13

3

Pope Francis I

Religious Figure

47.55% (68 of 143 votes)

19

4

Billy Graham

Religious Figure

34.00% (17 of 50 votes)

20

4

John McCain

U.S. Senator

32.10% (26 of 81 votes)

22

4

Elon Musk

Entrepreneur

31.94% (153 of 479 votes)

3

5

Jeff Bezos

Entrepreneur

59.64% (99 of 166 votes)

16

5

Bernie Sanders

Politician

36.87% (80 of 217 votes)

18

5

Benjamin Netanyahu

World Leader

34.43% (105 of 305 votes)

23

5

Mike Pence

U.S. Vice President

31.80% (90 of 283 votes)

26

5

Dalai Lama

Religious Figure

14.29% (1 of 7 votes)

27

5

Bill Gates

Computer Tech

0% (0 of 7 votes)

1

6

Joel Osteen

Televangelist

60.11% (419 of 697 votes)

2

6

Michael Jordan

Basketball Player

59.69% (114 of 191 votes)

5

6

Stephen Hawking

Scientist

58.95% (112 of 190 votes)

6

6

Robert Mueller

Attorney

58.51% (55 of 94 votes)

7

6

Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator

58.26% (141 of 242 votes)

8

6

Vladimir Putin

World Leader

53.85% (2370 of 4401 votes)

9

6

Mitt Romney

U.S. Senator

52.38% (55 of 105 votes)

10

6

Pope Benedict XVI

Religious Figure

50.0% (6 of 12 votes)

11

6

Ben Carson

Doctor

50.0% (58 of 116 votes)

12

6

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

14

6

Joe Biden

U.S. President

46.81% (65161 of 139201 votes)

15

6

George Herbert Walker Bush

U.S. President

37.04% (100 of 270 votes)

21

6

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

24

6

Prince William Windsor

Royalty

23.08% (9 of 39 votes)

25

6

Warren Buffett

Financier

21.21% (7 of 33 votes)

28

6

Ron Paul

Politician

0% (0 of 9 votes)