Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman of 2014, a new poll has found.
According to a
Gallup's annual list of most admired public figures, conducted Dec. 8-11 of 805 adults, 12 percent of people named her. She was the only person to reach double digits on the women's list, and it's the 19th time in the poll's history that she has come in first.
Clinton is "easily the most [admired] of any woman in Gallup's history of asking the most admired question, six more times than Eleanor Roosevelt," Gallup said.
Oprah Winfrey came second with 8 percent, while Nobel Peace Prize-winning Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai got 5 percent.
A number of other women in the political arena also made the list including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with 4 percent, Michelle Obama with 3 percent, and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin with 2 percent.
Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is often floated as a possible 2016 presidential contender, attracted 1 percent. And former First Lady Laura Bush also got 1 percent.
Princess Kate of England is also in the top ten. Queen Elizabeth II of England did not make the top ten this year but holds the record of 46 appearances for all women historically.
Among men, President Barack Obama topped the list with 19 percent saying they most admire him. He, too, was the only one on the list to attract double-digit support, and topped the list for the 7th year in a row.
"The incumbent president is nearly always the winner of the most admired distinction, having placed first in all but 12 of the 68 years the question has been asked," Gallup said.
Pope Francis came in second with 6 percent. Former President Bill Clinton is in third place with 3 percent, while former President George W. Bush and conservative retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, a potential 2016 president candidate, both got 2 percent.
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin both attracted 1 percent.
Rev. Billy Graham got 2 percent, marking a record 58 times on the top 10 list.
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