$ 0 0 In a survey for the Times of nearly 14,000 people from thirteen countries around the world, YouGov finds that Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is admired by more than any other living person-narrowly edging out US President Barack Obama for the top spot.US president Barack Obama was placed second on the list compiled by YouGov for Times by surveying almost 14,000 people. Obama's Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is the third mostadmired person in the world.Pope Francis has been placed at the 4th position in the list. Sachin, 40, was 5th and top amoung the six other Indian featuring in the list. Chinese President Xi Jinping is the sixth mostadmired person in the world.BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has been placed at the 7th position in the list. Neither age nor prostate cancer slows Warren Buffett down, he comes out to be 8th mostadmired person in the world. Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan has been placed at the 9th position in the list.Former Indian President Abdul Kalam is also on the list. He has been placed at the 10th position.Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, Li Ka-shing has been placed at the 11th position in the list.Pakistani cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan was 12th on the list.Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is the 13th mostadmired person in the world.Social activist Anna Hazare, who shot to immense political prominence post his fight for the Jan Lokpal has been placed at the 14th position on the list.Sportsmen featured highly in the affections of many across the world. After Tendulkar it was Argentina footballer Lionel Messi who was placed 15th in the list.No Briton featured in the world's top ten most-admiredpeople. Stephen Hawking was placed highest, at 16th.Surprisingly, there were just six women on the list of mostadmiredpeople with Queen highest ranked among them at 17th position.Delhi's newest chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is at the 18th position.Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has been placed at the 19th position in the list. US talk show host Oprah Winfrey (20th), , former and US basketball player Michael Jordon has been placed at the 21st position in the list.Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has been placed at the 22nd position in the list.Egyptian army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has been placed at the 23rd position in the list.An American evangelical Christian evangelist. William Franklin "Billy" Graham, been placed at the 24th position in the list.America's Former President George W. Bush is the 25th World's mostadmired person.German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been placed at the 26th position in the list.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been placed at the 27th position in the list.Chinese contemporary folk singer Peng Liyuan has been placed at the 28th position in the list.Prominent Pakistani philanthropist, social activist and founder and head of the Edhi Foundation, a non-profit social welfare organization in Pakistan, Abdul Sattar Edhi has been placed at 29th position in the list. Business tycoon Ratan Tata is at the 30th position.