Who do we most admire? Gallup found out with a poll in 1999. Here are the most admired people of the 20th Century, from Mother Teresa to John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.
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Mother Teresa
Dec. at 87 (1910-1997)2
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dec. at 39 (1929-1968)3
John F. Kennedy
Dec. at 46 (1917-1963)4
Albert Einstein
Dec. at 76 (1879-1955)5
Helen Keller
Dec. at 88 (1880-1968)6
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dec. at 63 (1882-1945)7
Billy Graham
Age: 1018
Pope John Paul II
Dec. at 85 (1920-2005)9
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dec. at 78 (1884-1962)10
Winston Churchill
Dec. at 91 (1874-1965)11
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dec. at 79 (1890-1969)12
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Dec. at 65 (1929-1994)13
Mahatma Gandhi
Dec. at 79 (1869-1948)14
Nelson Mandela
Dec. at 95 (1918-2013)15
Ronald Reagan
Dec. at 93 (1911-2004)16
Henry Ford
Dec. at 84 (1863-1947)17
Bill Clinton
Age: 7418
Margaret Thatcher
Dec. at 88 (1925-2013)