A poll to find the woman most admired by Americans places Margaret Thatcher above Jennifer Lopez
It also ranks the former Prime Minister above Madeleine Albright and Senator Elizabeth Dole
Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush and Oprah Winfrey came top of the Gallup poll.
Among men, President George W Bush remained the most admired man for the second year in a row.
Clinton was favoured by 7 percent of those surveyed; Bush and Winfrey had 6 percent each.
Among the men, the president had a commanding 28 percent for men - well ahead of the runner-up, former president Jimmy Carter.
Jennifer Lopez's new movie and album, along with heavy media coverage of her pending wedding nuptials to actor Ben Affleck, boosted her to the sixth spot with 2 percent. Among younger respondents, Lopez out polled them all with 10 percent.
Secretary of State Colin Powell, Pope John Paul II, former President Bill Clinton and the Rev Billy Graham each earned 2 to 4 percent.
The telephone survey of 1,009 adults was conducted in December. Respondents were asked to name the two people they admire most.
Only one man, Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington, from the entertainment world made it into the men's top-10. He rounded out that list along with former South African President Nelson Mandela, former Vice President Al Gore and former President Ronald Reagan.
