Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [2006]

Status Most Admired Gallup

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8

1

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

15

2

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

2

3

James Earl Carter

U.S. President

60.11% (315 of 524 votes)

3

4

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.34% (4700 of 7920 votes)

13

5

Billy Graham

Religious Figure

34.00% (17 of 50 votes)

9

6

Colin Powell

U.S. Secretary of State

47.62% (10 of 21 votes)

6

7

Pope Benedict XVI

Religious Figure

50.0% (6 of 12 votes)

10

8

George Herbert Walker Bush

U.S. President

37.04% (100 of 270 votes)

12

8

Nelson Mandela

World Leader

34.50% (59 of 171 votes)

20

10

Bill Gates

Computer Tech

0% (0 of 7 votes)

18

11

Kofi Annan

U.N. Secretary General

0% (0 of 1 votes)

14

12

John McCain

U.S. Senator

32.10% (26 of 81 votes)

19

13

George Clooney

Actor

0% (0 of 5 votes)

5

14

Mel Gibson

Actor

52.38% (11 of 21 votes)

4

15

Al Gore

U.S. Vice President

57.45% (54 of 94 votes)

7

16

Tony Blair

World Leader

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

1

17

Rudy Giuliani

Mayor

64.80% (727 of 1122 votes)

16

18

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor

32.00% (80 of 250 votes)

11

19

Jesse Jackson

Advocate

35.36% (93 of 263 votes)

17

20

Dalai Lama

Religious Figure

14.29% (1 of 7 votes)