Donald Trump came in second behind Obama. Bill Clinton joined Bill
Gates, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Dalai Lama in a four-way tie for
sixth place.
| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
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| | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
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| 1. Barack Obama | 22 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 22 | 30 |
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| 2. Donald Trump | 15 | 5 | * | -- | * | 1 | * | -- |
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| 3. Pope Francis | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| 4. Bernie Sanders | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | * | -- | -- |
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| 5. Rev. Billy Graham | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| 6t. Benjamin Netanyahu | 1 | * | 1 | * | * | * | * | * |
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| 6t. The Dalai Lama | 1 | 1 | * | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | * |
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| 6t. Bill Clinton | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 6t. Bill Gates | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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| 10. Mike Pence | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * | -- |
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| Ben Carson | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | * | * | -- | -- |
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| Stephen Hawking | 1 | * | 1 | -- | * | * | * | * |
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| Warren Buffett | 1 | * | * | * | * | 2 | * | * |
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| Joe Biden | 1 | * | -- | -- | 1 | * | -- | * |
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| Elon Musk | * | 1 | * | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| George W. Bush | * | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
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| Jimmy Carter | * | 1 | * | 1 | * | * | 2 | 1 |
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| George H.W. Bush | * | * | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | * | 1 |
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| Prince William | * | -- | 1 | * | * | * | * | -- |
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| Mark Zuckerberg | * | 1 | -- | -- | -- | * | -- | -- |
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| Michael Jordan | * | 1 | -- | -- | * | * | -- | 1 |
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| Mitt Romney | * | * | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | * | * |
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| Thomas Monson | |
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Michelle Obama came in second behind Hillary, and, do my eyes deceive me? Melania Trump is nowhere on that list.
| | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
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| | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
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| 1. Hillary Clinton | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
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| 2. Michelle Obama | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
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| 3. Angela Merkel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 |
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| 4. Oprah Winfrey | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 |
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| 5. Ellen DeGeneres | 2 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 2 | * | * |
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| 6. Queen Elizabeth | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| 7. Malala Yousafzai | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
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| 8. Condoleezza Rice | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
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| 9. Elizabeth Warren | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
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| 10. Sarah Palin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 |
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| Dolly Parton | 1 | -- | -- | * | * | -- | -- | * |
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| Princess Kate | 1 | * | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | -- |
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| Carly Fiorina | * | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * |
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| Barbara Bush | * | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * |
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| Madeleine Albright | * | * | * | -- | * | -- | * | 1 |
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| Sonia Sotomayor | * | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
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| Aung San Suu Kyi | * | 1 | * | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | * |
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| Laura Bush | * | * | 1 | 1 | * | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| Angelina Jolie | * | * | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Friend/Relative | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
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