Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men of the Year

Status Most Admired Gallup

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16

1946

Douglas MacArthur

Military Personnel

59.20% (74 of 125 votes)

17

1947

Douglas MacArthur

Military Personnel

59.20% (74 of 125 votes)

38

1948

Harry S Truman

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

39

1949

Harry S Truman

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

53

1950

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

18

1951

Douglas MacArthur

Military Personnel

59.20% (74 of 125 votes)

54

1952

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

55

1953

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

56

1954

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

57

1955

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

58

1956

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

59

1957

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

60

1958

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

61

1959

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

62

1960

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

44

1961

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

U.S. President

42.17% (132 of 313 votes)

45

1962

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

U.S. President

42.17% (132 of 313 votes)

40

1963

Lyndon Baines Johnson

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

41

1964

Lyndon Baines Johnson

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

42

1965

Lyndon Baines Johnson

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

43

1966

Lyndon Baines Johnson

U.S. President

45.00% (9 of 20 votes)

63

1967

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

64

1968

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

19

1969

Richard Milhous Nixon

U.S. President

58.51% (275 of 470 votes)

20

1970

Richard Milhous Nixon

U.S. President

58.51% (275 of 470 votes)

21

1971

Richard Milhous Nixon

U.S. President

58.51% (275 of 470 votes)

22

1972

Richard Milhous Nixon

U.S. President

58.51% (275 of 470 votes)

46

1973

Henry Kissinger

U.S. Secretary of State

42.06% (135 of 321 votes)

47

1974

Henry Kissinger

U.S. Secretary of State

42.06% (135 of 321 votes)

1

1977

James Earl Carter

U.S. President

60.11% (315 of 524 votes)

2

1978

James Earl Carter

U.S. President

60.11% (315 of 524 votes)

3

1979

James Earl Carter

U.S. President

60.11% (315 of 524 votes)

73

1980

Pope John Paul II

Religious Figure

26.32% (10 of 38 votes)

30

1981

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

49.31% (250 of 507 votes)

31

1982

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

49.31% (250 of 507 votes)

32

1983

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

49.31% (250 of 507 votes)

33

1984

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

49.31% (250 of 507 votes)

34

1985

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

49.31% (250 of 507 votes)

35

1986

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

49.31% (250 of 507 votes)

36

1987

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

49.31% (250 of 507 votes)

37

1988

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

49.31% (250 of 507 votes)

48

1989

George Herbert Walker Bush

U.S. President

37.04% (100 of 270 votes)

49

1990

George Herbert Walker Bush

U.S. President

37.04% (100 of 270 votes)

50

1991

George Herbert Walker Bush

U.S. President

37.04% (100 of 270 votes)

51

1992

George Herbert Walker Bush

U.S. President

37.04% (100 of 270 votes)

65

1993

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

66

1994

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

67

1995

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

68

1996

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

69

1997

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

70

1998

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

71

1999

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

72

2000

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

23

2001

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

24

2002

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

25

2003

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

26

2004

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

27

2005

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

28

2006

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

29

2007

George W. Bush

U.S. President

49.85% (164 of 329 votes)

4

2008

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

12

2009

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

13

2010

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

14

2011

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

15

2012

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

9

2013

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

10

2014

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

5

2015

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

6

2016

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

8

2017

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

7

2018

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

11

2019

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.59% (4749 of 7970 votes)

52

2019

Donald Trump

U.S. President

34.63% (6320 of 18252 votes)