Bill Gates and Michelle Obama have topped a list of the world's most admired people.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has supplanted Angelina Jolie as the world’s most admired woman, British international Internet-based market research and data analytics firm YouGov reports.
In fact, the American actress, filmmaker and humanitarian has fallen from 1st place last year to 3rd place this year, with US talk show host and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey coming in at second place in the 2019 list.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates remains the world’s most admired man. He has topped the list every time YouGov has conducted the survey.
In fact, the top five men remain unchanged since last year.
Former US president Barack Obama comes in at 2nd, and the 3rd to 5th places are all occupied by Chinese figures: actor Jackie Chan in third, president Xi Jinping in fourth, and businessman Jack Ma in 5th.
This year the study expanded to cover the views of people in 41 countries – the most ever – with more than 42,000 people being interviewed to compile the list.
Only two new men joined the top twenty this year, both Indian actors: Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan.
The top 20 most admired women sees five new faces this year.
Two are married to world leaders: Melania Trump, and Chinese singer Peng Liyuan, who is the wife of president Xi Jinping.
Chinese scientist Tu Youyou, Indian actress Sushmita Sen and US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres also show up in the list.
Entertainers dominate the female list, with 12 of the most admired women being actresses, singers or TV presenters.
By contrast, the list of most admired men contains more people from political, business and sporting backgrounds.
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan have climbed the highest up the tables since last year, both having risen three places to 7th place and 17th place respectively.
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai has fallen the furthest, down five places to 16th.
