AskMen's Top 49 Men [2012]

Status Most Admired

Missing: Riad Al-Assad (17) * James Bond (1) * Christian Grey of '50 Shades of Grey' (13) * NFL Replacement Refs (14) * Jonah Peretti (40) * Billy Reid (26) * Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger (9)

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

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30

2

Usain Bolt

Athlete

20.0% (1 of 5 votes)

23

3

Bill Clinton

U.S. President

32.00% (656 of 2050 votes)

3

4

Seth MacFarlane

Animator

76.19% (16 of 21 votes)

31

5

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Actor

0% (0 of 6 votes)

11

6

Jimmy Kimmel

TV Personality

55.68% (343 of 616 votes)

24

7

Elon Musk

Entrepreneur

31.94% (153 of 479 votes)

37

8

Frank Ocean

Vocalist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

27

10

Ryan Gosling

Actor

30.88% (21 of 68 votes)

9

11

Barack Obama

U.S. President

59.34% (4700 of 7920 votes)

13

12

Michael Phelps

Swimmer

51.16% (22 of 43 votes)

26

15

Christopher Nolan

Filmmaker

31.11% (42 of 135 votes)

38

16

Liam Neeson

Actor

0% (0 of 7 votes)

2

18

Joss Whedon

Screenwriter

100% (3 of 3 votes)

25

19

Peter Higgs

Scientist

31.87% (29 of 91 votes)

28

20

Prince William Windsor

Royalty

23.08% (9 of 39 votes)

36

21

Bryan Cranston

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

6

22

Jay-Z

Vocalist

70.65% (2003 of 2835 votes)

8

23

Jeff Bezos

Entrepreneur

59.64% (99 of 166 votes)

12

24

Mitt Romney

U.S. Senator

52.38% (55 of 105 votes)

10

25

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astronomer

59.18% (58 of 98 votes)

33

27

Michael Fassbender

Actor

0% (0 of 2 votes)

29

28

Quentin Tarantino

Filmmaker

22.22% (2 of 9 votes)

39

29

Felix Baumgartner

Daredevil

0% (0 of 1 votes)

34

30

Jose Mourinho

Soccer Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

7

31

Kanye West

Vocalist

61.07% (4286 of 7018 votes)

20

32

LeBron James

Basketball Player

37.04% (340 of 918 votes)

35

33

Andy Murray (Tennis)

Tennis Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

22

34

Drake (Musician)

Musician

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

32

35

Markus Persson

Computer Tech

0% (0 of 0 votes)

21

36

Snoop Dogg

Vocalist

33.57% (139 of 414 votes)

14

37

Howard Stern

King of All Media

50.0% (68 of 136 votes)

17

38

Neil Patrick Harris

Actor

42.86% (48 of 112 votes)

16

39

Psy

Musician

45.45% (5 of 11 votes)

4

41

James Cameron

Filmmaker

72.73% (16 of 22 votes)

42

42

John Maynard Keynes

Economist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

5

43

Adam Driver

Actor

71.43% (5 of 7 votes)

15

44

Tim Tebow

Football Player

47.83% (11 of 23 votes)

40

45

Gotye

Musician

0% (0 of 1 votes)

19

46

Harvey Weinstein

Entrepreneur

40.27% (745 of 1850 votes)

1

47

Tony Horton

Fitness Expert

100% (1 of 1 votes)

41

48

Tom Hardy

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

18

49

Alec Baldwin

Actor

42.23% (106 of 251 votes)