Michelle Obama, Bill Gates top list of 2019 Most Admired People in the World

Britain-based YouGov has released the result of its annual survey of the Most Admired People in the World. The survey names Michelle Obama as the World’s Most Admired Woman and Bill Gates as the World’s Most Admired Man

This year’s survey expanded to cover the views of people in 41 countries (the most ever) and had 42,000 people engaged in the study. They were asked the questions “Who do you truly admire?” and “Who do you most admire” during the survey period between March to June.

The results of the survey by country (of the surveyed countries) can be found on YouGove’s websites.

However, the global results saw former US first lady Michelle Obama, talk show host and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey and actress and UN ambassador Angelina Jolie as the three most admired women in the world per survey.

Michelle Obama took the top spot with a total of 8.8%  of votes of those survey, knocking out Angelina Jolie who headed the list last year. Oprah pulled in 6.9% of the votes to move up to the second position while Angelina Jolie’s 6.8% votes pushed her down to the third position. All three women are Americans. The first non-American on the list is British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth, who maintains her previous number four position with 5.9% votes from among those surveyed.

Worlds Most Admired 2019. Our annual series, conducted this year in 41 countries, finds the most admired figures are:

Woman
1. Michelle Obama (+1)
2. Oprah Winfrey (+1)
3. Angelina Jolie (-2)

Man
1. Bill Gates (-)
2. Barack Obama (-)
3. Jackie Chan (-)https://t.co/hY0K2Vf8F9 pic.twitter.com/54m4A3H9hu

— YouGov (@YouGov) July 18, 2019

Former US female presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was on the list at number eight as were singers Taylor Swift (10th) and Madonna (11th). Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres made the cut (15th) as well as the out-going British Prime Minister Theresa May (18th). Melanie Trump, the current US first lady was named in the list for the time (19th) while Chinese actress/singer Yang Mi closed the list at number 20.

In the men’s category, Microsoft founder Bill Gates who is well known for his charitable work knocked out former US President Barack Obama to be voted the Most Admired Man in the world. He picked a total of 9.6% of votes among all those surveyed. Barack Obama came in a close second with 9.2% of votes while Chinese actor Jackie Chan was third with on the list, pulling in 5.7% votes among those surveyed.

Footballers Cristino Ronaldo (seventh) and Lionel Messi (ninth) were also among those most globally admired. Pope Benedict (15th) made the cut while Hong Kong actor, Andy Lau, was the last on the list at 20th position after pulling 1.5% of the votes among those surveyed.

To check out the result of the survey by country, you can visit the YouGov website.