People's Choice: All Games

(1165 Total Entries)

1: Kirk Douglas (397 [34.1%])

2: Billy Graham (2018) (391 [33.6%])

3: Fidel Castro (2016) (305 [26.2%])

4: Zsa Zsa Gabor (2016) (249 [21.4%])

5: George H. W. Bush (2018) (202 [17.3%])

6: Olivia DeHaviland (170 [14.6%])

7: Nancy Reagan (2016) (167 [14.3%])

8: Ariel Sharon (2014) (160 [13.7%])

9: Pope John Paul II (2005) (136 [11.7%])

10: Muhammad Ali (2016) (120 [10.3%])

People's Choice: Still Alive

(1165 Total Entries)

1: Kirk Douglas (397 [34.1%])

2: Olivia DeHaviland (170 [14.6%])

3: Valerie Harper (82 [7%])

4: Jimmy Carter (72 [6.2%])

5: Bob Barker (71 [6.1%])

6: Henry Kissinger (69 [5.9%])

7: Prince Philip (62 [5.3%])

8: Dick Cheney (59 [5.1%])

9: Herman Wouk (59)

10: Beverly Cleary (52 [4.5%])

People's Choice: 2018

(62 Total Entries)

1: Kirk Douglas (30 [48.4%])

2: George H. W. Bush (2018) (28 [45.2%])

3: John McCain (2018) (28)

4: Billy Graham (2018) (25 [40.3%])

5: Olivia DeHaviland (19 [30.6%])

6: Jimmy Carter (12 [19.4%])

7: Doris Day (10 [16.1%])

8: Valerie Harper (10)

9: Prince Philip (10)

10: Carl Reiner (10)

11: Burt Reynolds (2018) (10)

People's Choice: 2017

(64 Total Entries)

1: Kirk Douglas (32 [50%])

2: Billy Graham (2018) (25 [39.1%])

3: George H. W. Bush (2018) (24 [37.5%])

4: Olivia DeHaviland (21 [32.8%])

5: Jimmy Carter (11 [17.2%])

6: Valerie Harper (11)

7: Queen Elizabeth II (11)

8: Hugh Hefner (2017) (10 [15.6%])

9: Prince Philip (10)

10: Herman Wouk (9 [14.1%])

People's Choice: 2016

(64 Total Entries)

1: Kirk Douglas (33 [51.6%])

2: Zsa Zsa Gabor (2016) (30 [46.9%])

3: Billy Graham (2018) (29 [45.3%])

4: George H. W. Bush (2018) (26 [40.6%])

5: Fidel Castro (2016) (22 [34.4%])

6: Olivia DeHaviland (21 [32.8%])

7: Muhammad Ali (2016) (16 [25%])

8: Valerie Harper (16)

9: Nancy Reagan (2016) (16)

10: Jimmy Carter (12 [18.8%])

People's Choice: 2015

(63 Total Entries)

1: George H. W. Bush (2018) (31 [49.2%])

2: Zsa Zsa Gabor (2016) (28 [44.4%])

3: Billy Graham (2018) (26 [41.3%])

4: Kirk Douglas (25 [39.7%])

5: Fidel Castro (2016) (20 [31.7%])

6: Olivia DeHaviland (19 [30.2%])

7: Nancy Reagan (2016) (17 [27%])

8: Muhammad Ali (2016) (16 [25.4%])

9: Valerie Harper (16)

10: Stuart Scott (2015) (9 [14.3%])

11: Abe Vigoda (2016) (9)

People's Choice: 2014

(76 Total Entries)

1: Zsa Zsa Gabor (2016) (31 [40.8%])

2: Billy Graham (2018) (31)

3: Valerie Harper (29 [38.2%])

4: Kirk Douglas (27 [35.5%])

5: Fidel Castro (2016) (23 [30.3%])

6: George H. W. Bush (2018) (22 [28.9%])

7: Nancy Reagan (2016) (16 [21.1%])

8: Dr. Jack Ramsay (2014) (15 [19.7%])

9: Olivia DeHaviland (14 [18.4%])

10: Sam Simon (2015) (14)

People's Choice: 2013

(87 Total Entries)

1: George H. W. Bush (2018) (46 [52.9%])

2: Zsa Zsa Gabor (2016) (40 [46%])

3: Nelson Mandela (2013) (35 [40.2%])

4: Hugo Chavez (2013) (33 [37.9%])

5: Kirk Douglas (30 [34.5%])

6: Billy Graham (2018) (27 [31%])

7: Fidel Castro (2016) (25 [28.7%])

8: Nancy Reagan (2016) (21 [24.1%])

9: Bonnie Franklin (2013) (19 [21.8%])

10: Hosni Mubarak (17 [19.5%])

People's Choice: 2012

(76 Total Entries)

1: Zsa Zsa Gabor (2016) (46 [60.5%])

2: Etta James (2012) (37 [48.7%])

3: Kirk Douglas (29 [38.2%])

4: Billy Graham (2018) (24 [31.6%])

5: Robin Gibb (2012) (22 [28.9%])

6: Fidel Castro (2016) (20 [26.3%])

7: Nancy Reagan (2016) (18 [23.7%])

8: Joe Paterno (2012) (14 [18.4%])

9: Mickey Rooney (2014) (13 [17.1%])

10: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi (2012) (12 [15.8%])

11: Olivia DeHaviland (12)

12: Ariel Sharon (2014) (12)

People's Choice: 2011

(66 Total Entries)

1: Aretha Franklin (2018) (31 [47%])

2: Zsa Zsa Gabor (2016) (25 [37.9%])

3: Billy Graham (2018) (21 [31.8%])

4: Kirk Douglas (18 [27.3%])

5: Michael Douglas (18)

6: Fidel Castro (2016) (17 [25.8%])

7: Harry Morgan (2011) (15 [22.7%])

8: Ariel Sharon (2014) (15)

9: Christopher Hitchens (2011) (13 [19.7%])

10: Nancy Reagan (2016) (13)

People's Choice: 2010

(71 Total Entries)

1: Fidel Castro (2016) (31 [43.7%])

2: Billy Graham (2018) (30 [42.3%])

3: Ariel Sharon (2014) (16 [22.5%])

4: Seve Ballesteros (2011) (15 [21.1%])

5: Dick Clark (2012) (15)

6: Kirk Douglas (15)

7: John Wooden (2010) (13 [18.3%])

8: Zsa Zsa Gabor (2016) (12 [16.9%])

9: Nancy Reagan (2016) (12)

10: Robert C. Byrd (2010) (11 [15.5%])

11: Ernie Harwell (2010) (11)

12: Harry Morgan (2011) (11)

People's Choice: 2009

(74 Total Entries)

1: Fidel Castro (2016) (32 [43.2%])

2: Billy Graham (2018) (31 [41.9%])

3: Ted Kennedy (2009) (25 [33.8%])

4: Patrick Swayze (2009) (24 [32.4%])

5: Kirk Douglas (18 [24.3%])

6: Ariel Sharon (2014) (18)

7: Nancy Reagan (2016) (13 [17.6%])

8: Dick Clark (2012) (12 [16.2%])

9: Betty Ford (2011) (12)

10: Zsa Zsa Gabor (2016) (12)

11: Art Linkletter (2010) (12)

People's Choice: 2008

(74 Total Entries)

1: Fidel Castro (2016) (40 [54.1%])

2: Billy Graham (2018) (31 [41.9%])

3: Ariel Sharon (2014) (29 [39.2%])

4: Kirk Douglas (22 [29.7%])

5: Dick Clark (2012) (16 [21.6%])

6: Farrah Fawcett (2009) (15 [20.3%])

7: Betty Ford (2011) (13 [17.6%])

8: Art Linkletter (2010) (13)

9: Charlton Heston (2008) (12 [16.2%])

10: Jack Kevorkian (2011) (12)

11: Nancy Reagan (2016) (12)

People's Choice: 2007

(71 Total Entries)

1: Fidel Castro (2016) (42 [59.2%])

2: Ariel Sharon (2014) (32 [45.1%])

3: Lady Bird Johnson (2007) (28 [39.4%])

4: Kirk Douglas (24 [33.8%])

5: Billy Graham (2018) (22 [31%])

6: Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner (2007) (16 [22.5%])

7: Dick Clark (2012) (14 [19.7%])

8: Jack Kevorkian (2011) (12 [16.9%])

9: Art Buchwald (2007) (11 [15.5%])

10: Betty Ford (2011) (11)

11: Art Linkletter (2010) (11)

12: Nancy Reagan (2016) (11)

People's Choice: 2006

(75 Total Entries)

1: Gerald Ford (2006) (43 [57.3%])

2: Kirk Douglas (28 [37.3%])

3: Lady Bird Johnson (2007) (24 [32%])

4: Lou Rawls (2006) (23 [30.7%])

5: Billy Graham (2018) (22 [29.3%])

6: Elizabeth Taylor (2011) (18 [24%])

7: Don Knotts (2006) (16 [21.3%])

8: Ariel Sharon (2014) (15 [20%])

9: Fidel Castro (2016) (14 [18.7%])

10: Dick Clark (2012) (14)

11: Don Ho (2007) (14)

People's Choice: 2005

(80 Total Entries)

1: Pope John Paul II (2005) (56 [70%])

2: Kirk Douglas (32 [40%])

3: Gerald Ford (2006) (27 [33.8%])

4: William Rehnquist (2005) (25 [31.3%])

5: Lady Bird Johnson (2007) (24 [30%])

6: Billy Graham (2018) (23 [28.8%])

7: Richard Pryor (2005) (18 [22.5%])

8: Elizabeth Taylor (2011) (18)

9: Rosa Parks (2005) (14 [17.5%])

10: Fidel Castro (2016) (13 [16.3%])

11: Dick Clark (2012) (13)

People's Choice: 2004

(48 Total Entries)

1: Pope John Paul II (2005) (33 [68.8%])

2: Ronald Reagan (2004) (33)

3: Kirk Douglas (17 [35.4%])

4: Lady Bird Johnson (2007) (12 [25%])

5: Julia Child (2004) (11 [22.9%])

6: Richard Pryor (2005) (9 [18.8%])

7: Fay Wray (2004) (8 [16.7%])

8: Gerald Ford (2006) (7 [14.6%])

9: Billy Graham (2018) (7)

10: Rosa Parks (2005) (7)

11: Mickey Rooney (2014) (7)

People's Choice: 2003

(27 Total Entries)

1: Bob Hope (2003) (16 [59.3%])

2: Warren Zevon (2003) (13 [48.1%])

3: Ronald Reagan (2004) (12 [44.4%])

4: Strom Thurmond (2003) (12)

5: Pope John Paul II (2005) (11 [40.7%])

6: Katharine Hepburn (2003) (6 [22.2%])

7: Julia Child (2004) (5 [18.5%])

8: Kirk Douglas (5)

9: Charles Bronson (2003) (4 [14.8%])

10: Art Carney (2003) (4)

11: Dick Cheney (4)

12: Billy Graham (2018) (4)

13: Lady Bird Johnson (2007) (4)

14: Mitch Miller (2010) (4)

15: Ryan O'Neal (4)

16: Gregory Peck (2003) (4)

17: Simon Wiesenthal (2005) (4)

People's Choice: 2002

(28 Total Entries)

1: Bob Hope (2003) (16 [57.1%])

2: John Gotti (2002) (13 [46.4%])

3: The Queen Mother (2002) (12 [42.9%])

4: Ronald Reagan (2004) (11 [39.3%])

5: Strom Thurmond (2003) (10 [35.7%])

6: Osama Bin-Laden (2011) (8 [28.6%])

7: Billy Graham (2018) (7 [25%])

8: Katharine Hepburn (2003) (7)

9: Dudley Moore (2002) (7)

10: Pope John Paul II (2005) (7)

People's Choice: 2001

(31 Total Entries)

1: Bob Hope (2003) (20 [64.5%])

2: Ronald Reagan (2004) (16 [51.6%])

3: Pope John Paul II (2005) (14 [45.2%])

4: Dudley Moore (2002) (12 [38.7%])

5: The Queen Mother (2002) (11 [35.5%])

6: Strom Thurmond (2003) (9 [29%])

7: Ted Williams (2002) (8 [25.8%])

8: Milton Berle (2002) (6 [19.4%])

9: Katharine Hepburn (2003) (6)

10: Daryl Strawberry (6)

People's Choice: 2000

(13 Total Entries)

1: Bob Hope (2003) (9 [69.2%])

2: Ronald Reagan (2004) (8 [61.5%])

3: Pope John Paul II (2005) (7 [53.8%])

4: Boris Yeltsin (2007) (7)

5: The Queen Mother (2002) (6 [46.2%])

6: Katharine Hepburn (2003) (5 [38.5%])

7: Dudley Moore (2002) (5)

8: Charles Schultz (2000) (4 [30.8%])

9: Milton Berle (2002) (3 [23.1%])

10: David Brinkley (2003) (3)

11: Kirk Douglas (3)

12: Tom Landry (2000) (3)

13: Strom Thurmond (2003) (3)

People's Choice: 1999

(9 Total Entries)

1: Bob Hope (2003) (8 [88.9%])

2: Pope John Paul II (2005) (5 [55.6%])

3: Boris Yeltsin (2007) (5)

4: Joe Dimaggio (1999) (4 [44.4%])

5: Ronald Reagan (2004) (4)

6: Katharine Hepburn (2003) (3 [33.3%])

7: The Queen Mother (2002) (3)

8: Strom Thurmond (2003) (3)

9: Milton Berle (2002) (2 [22.2%])

10: Bob Casey (2000) (2)

11: Buddy Ebsen (2003) (2)

12: Evel Kneivel (2007) (2)

13: Richard Pryor (2005) (2)

People's Choice: 1998

(6 Total Entries)

1: Bob Hope (2003) (6 [100%])

2: Ronald Reagan (2004) (6)

3: Frank Sinatra (1998) (4 [66.7%])

4: Pope John Paul II (2005) (3 [50%])

5: Boris Yeltsin (2007) (3)

6: Marlon Brando (2004) (2 [33.3%])

7: Robert Downey, Jr. (2)

8: Katharine Hepburn (2003) (2)