DHARAMSHALA: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has topped the list of most admired people among Mexican internet users, according to a poll conducted by YouGov, an internet-based market research firm. His Holiness the Dalai Lama was followed by Billionaire Bill Gates, US President Barack Obama, physicist Stephen Hawking and actor Johnny Depp in the top five.

Meanwhile, the list of most admired women is led by Carmen Aristegui, a Mexican journalist best known for her critical investigations of the Mexican government. She is followed by U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, actress Angelina Jolie and U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

Actors, singers, politicians and soccer players were among the majority on both men’s and women’s lists of the most admired.

YouGov conducts its poll by first asking for nominations from panelists in 30 countries, each of whom is asked to name the person he or she most admires. From those names a list is compiled of the 20 men and women who received the most nominations, with an additional 10 popular people added to the lists for individual countries.