You top two living + your top two in history?
What woman that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most? And who is your second choice?
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
% % % % % % % %
Michelle Obama 10 15 7 8 4 3 5 5
Melania Trump 5 4 1 * -- -- -- --
Oprah Winfrey 3 5 4 3 4 8 6 4
Hillary Clinton 3 4 9 12 13 12 15 21
Greta Thunberg 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Queen Elizabeth 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2
Nancy Pelosi 2 1 * -- -- -- * *
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2 2 1 -- -- * -- --
Elizabeth Warren 1 1 3 1 1 1 * 1
Angela Merkel 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1
Nikki Haley 1 1 1 * * * -- *
Tulsi Gabbard 1 * -- -- -- -- -- --
Ellen DeGeneres 1 2 1 2 1 1 * 1
Malala Yousafzai 1 1 1 2 5 5 2 2
Condoleezza Rice 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 3
Ivanka Trump 1 * * * -- -- -- --
Kamala Harris 1 1 * -- -- -- -- --
Jennifer Lopez * 1 * * -- -- -- *
Beyonce' Knowles * * 1 * * 1 * *
Angelina Jolie * * * * * 2 1 1
Princess Kate * * 1 1 * 2 1 1
Jane Goodall * -- 1 * * -- -- --
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez * 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Laura Bush * 1 * * * 1 1 *
Theresa May * 1 1 * -- -- -- --
Sarah Palin * 1 * 1 1 2 5 2
Dolly Parton * * * 1 -- -- * *
Carly Fiorina * * * * 2 -- -- --
Sarah Huckabee Sanders * * 1 -- -- -- -- --
Scarlett Johansson * -- -- * -- 1 -- --
Barbara Walters -- * -- -- * * 1 *
J.K. Rowling -- -- * * -- * 1 --
Aung San Suu Kyi -- -- -- * 1 * -- 1
Michele Bachmann -- -- -- -- -- * -- 1
Barbara Bush -- -- * * * 1 1 1
Maya Angelou -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Margaret Thatcher -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2
Friend/Relative 16 14 13 12 11 9 13 13
Other 15 21 25 22 23 22 24 14
None/No opinion 27 26 27 31 31 26 28 29
Most Admired Man and Woman, 1946-2019
Year Most Admired Man Most Admired Woman
2019 Barack Obama ^ Michelle Obama
2018 Barack Obama Michelle Obama
2017 Barack Obama ^ Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2016 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2015 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2014 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2013 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2012 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2011 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2010 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2009 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2008 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2007 George W. Bush ^ Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2006 George W. Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton
2005 George W. Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2004 George W. Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2003 George W. Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton
2002 George W. Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2001 George W. Bush Laura Bush
2000 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
1999 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
1998 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
1997 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
1996 Bill Clinton Mother Teresa
1995 Bill Clinton Mother Teresa ^
1994 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
1993 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
1992 George H. W. Bush ^ Barbara Bush
1991 George H. W. Bush Barbara Bush
1990 George H. W. Bush Margaret Thatcher
1989 George H. W. Bush Margaret Thatcher ^
1988 Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher ^
1987 Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan
1986 Ronald Reagan ^ Mother Teresa ^
1985 Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan ^
1984 Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher ^
1983 Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher
1982 Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher ^
1981 Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan ^
1980 Pope John Paul II ^ Mother Teresa / Rosalynn Carter
1979 Jimmy Carter ^ Rosalynn Carter
1978 Jimmy Carter Betty Ford
1977 Jimmy Carter ^ Rosalynn Carter ^
1976 NOT ASKED NOT ASKED
1975 Henry Kissinger ^ Betty Ford
1974 Henry Kissinger Golda Meir ^
1973 Henry Kissinger Golda Meir
1972 Richard Nixon Pat Nixon ^
1971 Richard Nixon ^ Golda Meir
1970 Richard Nixon Mamie Eisenhower ^
1969 Richard Nixon Mamie Eisenhower ^
1968 Dwight Eisenhower Ethel Kennedy
1967 Dwight Eisenhower NOT ASKED
1966 Lyndon Johnson Jacqueline Kennedy
1965 Lyndon Johnson Jacqueline Kennedy
1964 Lyndon Johnson Jacqueline Kennedy
1963 Lyndon Johnson Jacqueline Kennedy
1962 John F. Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy
1961 John F. Kennedy Eleanor Roosevelt
1960 Dwight Eisenhower ^ Eleanor Roosevelt
1959 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1958 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1957 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1956 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1955 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1954 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1953 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1952 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1951 Douglas MacArthur ^ Sister Elizabeth Kenny ^
1950 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1949 Harry Truman Eleanor Roosevelt
1948 Harry Truman Eleanor Roosevelt
1947 Douglas MacArthur # NOT ASKED
1946 Douglas MacArthur # NOT ASKED
What woman that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most? And who is your second choice?
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
% % % % % % % %
Michelle Obama 10 15 7 8 4 3 5 5
Melania Trump 5 4 1 * -- -- -- --
Oprah Winfrey 3 5 4 3 4 8 6 4
Hillary Clinton 3 4 9 12 13 12 15 21
Greta Thunberg 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Queen Elizabeth 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2
Nancy Pelosi 2 1 * -- -- -- * *
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2 2 1 -- -- * -- --
Elizabeth Warren 1 1 3 1 1 1 * 1
Angela Merkel 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1
Nikki Haley 1 1 1 * * * -- *
Tulsi Gabbard 1 * -- -- -- -- -- --
Ellen DeGeneres 1 2 1 2 1 1 * 1
Malala Yousafzai 1 1 1 2 5 5 2 2
Condoleezza Rice 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 3
Ivanka Trump 1 * * * -- -- -- --
Kamala Harris 1 1 * -- -- -- -- --
Jennifer Lopez * 1 * * -- -- -- *
Beyonce' Knowles * * 1 * * 1 * *
Angelina Jolie * * * * * 2 1 1
Princess Kate * * 1 1 * 2 1 1
Jane Goodall * -- 1 * * -- -- --
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez * 1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Laura Bush * 1 * * * 1 1 *
Theresa May * 1 1 * -- -- -- --
Sarah Palin * 1 * 1 1 2 5 2
Dolly Parton * * * 1 -- -- * *
Carly Fiorina * * * * 2 -- -- --
Sarah Huckabee Sanders * * 1 -- -- -- -- --
Scarlett Johansson * -- -- * -- 1 -- --
Barbara Walters -- * -- -- * * 1 *
J.K. Rowling -- -- * * -- * 1 --
Aung San Suu Kyi -- -- -- * 1 * -- 1
Michele Bachmann -- -- -- -- -- * -- 1
Barbara Bush -- -- * * * 1 1 1
Maya Angelou -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
Margaret Thatcher -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2
Friend/Relative 16 14 13 12 11 9 13 13
Other 15 21 25 22 23 22 24 14
None/No opinion 27 26 27 31 31 26 28 29
Most Admired Man and Woman, 1946-2019
Year Most Admired Man Most Admired Woman
2019 Barack Obama ^ Michelle Obama
2018 Barack Obama Michelle Obama
2017 Barack Obama ^ Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2016 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2015 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2014 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2013 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2012 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2011 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2010 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2009 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2008 Barack Obama Hillary Rodham Clinton
2007 George W. Bush ^ Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2006 George W. Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton
2005 George W. Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2004 George W. Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2003 George W. Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton
2002 George W. Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
2001 George W. Bush Laura Bush
2000 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
1999 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
1998 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
1997 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
1996 Bill Clinton Mother Teresa
1995 Bill Clinton Mother Teresa ^
1994 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton ^
1993 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton
1992 George H. W. Bush ^ Barbara Bush
1991 George H. W. Bush Barbara Bush
1990 George H. W. Bush Margaret Thatcher
1989 George H. W. Bush Margaret Thatcher ^
1988 Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher ^
1987 Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan
1986 Ronald Reagan ^ Mother Teresa ^
1985 Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan ^
1984 Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher ^
1983 Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher
1982 Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher ^
1981 Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan ^
1980 Pope John Paul II ^ Mother Teresa / Rosalynn Carter
1979 Jimmy Carter ^ Rosalynn Carter
1978 Jimmy Carter Betty Ford
1977 Jimmy Carter ^ Rosalynn Carter ^
1976 NOT ASKED NOT ASKED
1975 Henry Kissinger ^ Betty Ford
1974 Henry Kissinger Golda Meir ^
1973 Henry Kissinger Golda Meir
1972 Richard Nixon Pat Nixon ^
1971 Richard Nixon ^ Golda Meir
1970 Richard Nixon Mamie Eisenhower ^
1969 Richard Nixon Mamie Eisenhower ^
1968 Dwight Eisenhower Ethel Kennedy
1967 Dwight Eisenhower NOT ASKED
1966 Lyndon Johnson Jacqueline Kennedy
1965 Lyndon Johnson Jacqueline Kennedy
1964 Lyndon Johnson Jacqueline Kennedy
1963 Lyndon Johnson Jacqueline Kennedy
1962 John F. Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy
1961 John F. Kennedy Eleanor Roosevelt
1960 Dwight Eisenhower ^ Eleanor Roosevelt
1959 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1958 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1957 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1956 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1955 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1954 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1953 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1952 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1951 Douglas MacArthur ^ Sister Elizabeth Kenny ^
1950 Dwight Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt
1949 Harry Truman Eleanor Roosevelt
1948 Harry Truman Eleanor Roosevelt
1947 Douglas MacArthur # NOT ASKED
1946 Douglas MacArthur # NOT ASKED
