--- title: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Named Most Admired Man, Woman description: President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are the most admired man and woman in the world in 2015, according to a new Gallup survey. canonical: https://time.com/4162124/gallup-most-admired-poll/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-28T16:33:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:02:23.432Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Obama, Hillary Clinton Named Most Admired Man, Woman og:description: Pope Francis and Donald Trump tied for second og:url: https://time.com/4162124/gallup-most-admired-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Obama, Hillary Clinton Named Most Admired Man, Woman twitter:description: Pope Francis and Donald Trump tied for second twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # President Obama and Hillary Clinton Named Most Admired Man, Woman in the World > Sponsored content. 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Pope Francis and Trump tied for runner up with 5 percent each, followed by Bernie Sanders, Bill Gates, Ben Carson, the Dalai Lama and George W. Bush. On the women’s side, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafzai came in second. Oprah Winfrey, First Lady Michelle Obama, Carly Fiorina and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also made the list. A random selection of 824 adults was surveyed for the poll this year by telephone between Dec. 2 and Dec. 6\. 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