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In a survey conducted by data analytics firm YouGov, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was placed 8th among the world's top 20 most admired men. Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, and Virat Kohli are all ahead of PM Modi. According to the polling firm, the list was developed using comments from 42,000 people in 38 nations.
Apart from PM Modi, the survey found that Sachin Tendulkar, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, and Virat Kohli were the most admired Indian men in 2021.
Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Sudha Murty are among the most admired women in 2021.
List of world's 20 most admired men
1. Barack Obama
2. Bill Gates
3. Xi Jinping
4. Cristiano Ronaldo
5. Jackie Chan
6. Elon Musk
7. Lionel Messi
8. Narendra Modi
9. Vladimir Putin
10. Jack Ma
11. Warren Buffett
12. Sachin Tendulkar
13. Donald Trump
14. Shah Rukh Khan
15. Amitabh Bachchan
16. Pope Francis
17. Imran Khan
18. Virat Kohli
19. Andy Lau
20. Joe Biden
The results are calculated from the combination of responses to two questions – 1. A respondent admires the figure at all and 2. whether they are the figure the respondent admires the most, the survey said.
"During the spring this year YouGov gathered open-ended nominations from panellists across 38 countries and territories, asking them simply: "Thinking about people alive in the world today, which
List of world's 20 most admired women
1. Michelle Obama
2. Angelina Jolie
3. Queen Elizabeth II
4. Oprah Winfrey
5. Scarlett Johansson
6. Emma Watson
7. Taylor Swift
8. Angela Merkel
9. Malala Yousafzai
10. Priyanka Chopra
11. Kamala Harris
12. Hillary Clinton
13. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
14. Sudha Murty
15. Greta Thunberg
16. Melania Trump
17. Lisa
18. Liu Yifei
19. Yang Mi
20. Jacinda Ardern