The names that rise to the top of these lists are unreflective, knee-jerk names. I don’t know who my most admired person is, but I’d probably have to think about it for awhile, and it probably would not be a politician of any stripe.
My most admired person is my father. Jake Shires served in Patton’s 3rd Army from D Day to the end of the war. He assisted in the liberation of Western Europe and the liberation of several Nazi concentration camps.
He had the guts to drive a half-track into Nazi fire to help relieve the soldiers at Bastogne, and go on to defeat the toughest army in the known world at that time.
Then Uncle Sam had the temerity to come snatch him up for their Korean debacle.
My father died a few years ago, but he will always be the greatest man in the world to me.
I looked at the list and only 2 other names, Eisenhower and H. W. Bush even come close to qualifying, and they were “in the rear with the gear”.
My too most admired man?
Elvis!!! ;-0