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

Status Most Admired Gallup

* Note - there was a two-way tie for fifth, and a five-way tie for sixth

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

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11

1

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

9

2

Michelle Obama

First Lady

55.83% (613 of 1098 votes)

3

3

Oprah Winfrey

TV Personality

61.61% (207 of 336 votes)

13

4

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. Senator

44.99% (193 of 429 votes)

6

5

Queen Elizabeth II Windsor

Monarch

57.96% (91 of 157 votes)

12

5

Angela Merkel

World Leader

48.39% (15 of 31 votes)

2

6

Beyonce Knowles

Vocalist

70.32% (1111 of 1580 votes)

15

6

Melania Knauss Trump

Celebrity's Relative

43.34% (423 of 976 votes)

16

6

Condoleezza Rice

U.S. Secretary of State

42.11% (24 of 57 votes)

17

6

Nikki Haley

U.S. Governor

42.06% (53 of 126 votes)

22

6

Kate Middleton

Royalty

30.38% (79 of 260 votes)

8

7

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

U.S. Governor

57.14% (64 of 112 votes)

10

7

Theresa May

World Leader

54.55% (6 of 11 votes)

14

7

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

44.12% (195 of 442 votes)

23

7

Kate Middleton

Royalty

30.38% (79 of 260 votes)

24

7

Jane Goodall

Animal Expert

29.87% (23 of 77 votes)

25

7

Malala Yousafzai

Advocate

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

1

8

Jennifer Lopez

Vocalist

77.01% (9198 of 11944 votes)

4

8

Barbara Bush

First Lady

59.01% (95 of 161 votes)

5

8

J.K. Rowling

Author

58.33% (7 of 12 votes)

7

8

Ivanka Trump

Model

57.62% (654 of 1135 votes)

18

8

Kamala Harris

U.S. Vice President

42.01% (786 of 1871 votes)

19

8

Angelina Jolie

Actress

39.30% (90 of 229 votes)

20

8

Nancy Pelosi

U.S. Congressman

33.09% (2638 of 7971 votes)

21

8

Dolly Parton

Vocalist

31.39% (43 of 137 votes)

26

8

Laura Bush

First Lady

23.08% (3 of 13 votes)

27

8

Sarah Palin

Politician

20.49% (2077 of 10136 votes)

28

8

Carly Fiorina

Economist

0% (0 of 0 votes)