President Obama, Hillary Clinton top most admired list

Princeton, NJ (CBSAtlanta) -

Americans have named President Barack Obama the Most Admired Man and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the Most Admired Woman living today in any part of the world. The results are from a new USA Today/Gallup poll.

President Obama has been the Most Admired Man for four years in a row. Clinton has been the Most Admired Woman each of the last 10 years. She's topped the list of Most Admired women a total of 16 times since 1993, finishing second in 1995 and 1996 to Mother Teresa and in 2001 to Laura Bush.

Also on the list of Most Admired Men George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Billy Graham, and Warren Buffett. Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin, and Condoleezza Rice round out the top five Most Admired women.

Gallup has been asking Americans to name the person they most admire living in any part of the world since 1946.

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