- In an annual Gallup survey taken since the 1940s, President Obama is the most admired man in the world, with Trump and Pope Francis in second
- Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman in the world and holds the record for topping the list 20 times - more times than Eleanor Roosevelt
- Trump has been on the list four other times, but never in the top spot
Donald Trump and Pope Francis are tied for second in a new survey that asks Americans to name their most admired man in the world.
The only guy in front of them is President Obama, who received 17 percent of the mentions in the annual Gallup survey, while Trump and his Holiness each received a 5 percent share.
Topping the women's list will be Trump's Democratic rival, if each frontrunner wins their party's primary contest, with Hillary Clinton receiving 13 percent of all mentions.
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Donald Trump tied Pope Francis for second place in Gallup's annual survey of the most admired man in the world, losing to only one person - President Barack Obama
President Obama (left) and Hillary Clinton (right) both won for their respective genders and were named most admired, though Clinton has held the honor more times
Pope Francis came in second place when Americans were asked who they most admired in 2015 - tying with GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump
Gallup has asked this question of Americans since 1946 for men and 1948 for women and Trump has finished in the top 10 four times before.
He was included on the list from 1988 through 1990 and in 2011.
Clinton has also appeared on the list before, in fact, she holds the record for the most times a woman has been No. 1.
The former secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady, has been the country's most admired woman 20 times, beating out former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt's record of 13 times at the top.
Obama has topped the list eight times, a record he shares with Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.
Though he could beat the other presidents' records if he gains the distinction next year, as Obama first earned the title in 2008, when he was merely running for president and President George W. Bush was unpopular.
Reagan and Clinton simply earned it for the years they were in office, which is fairly typical for the poll.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was named the country's most admired man the most of any male figure, receiving the honor 12 times.
He won the contest every year he was in office, the year he was elected, and in 1950, 1967 and 1968 when President Harry Truman, and later President Lyndon B. Johnson, were unpopular with the American public.
Sitting presidents generally top the list, which includes a number of other politicians, religious leaders and one tech titan
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