Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ranked 8th on the list of the world’s top 20 most admired men, in a survey carried out by data analytics company YouGov. PM Modi is ahead of Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Virat Kohli. The list has been compiled taking feedback from 42,000 people in 38 countries.
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Apart from PM Modi, the other Indian men who, according to the survey, were the most admired in 2021 include Sachin Tendulkar, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Virat Kohli. The list also includes the most admired Indian women of 2021 has Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sudha Murty.
List of the world’s 20 most admired men:
| Rank | Personality |
| 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 |
List of the world’s 20 most admired women:
| Rank | Personality |
| 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 |
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