Today's shameless PR stunt on the back of Jade Goody's impending death award goes to OnePoll.com who somehow managed to interview 4,000 British people to come up with the results that Jade Goody is the world's third most respected person, just being edged off the top to spots by Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela…

 

You've got to love the Great British public don't you?

 

Other notables in the list include Terry Wogan, who should be very proud of his fifth placing (we bet Archbishop Desmond Tutu wished he had Terry's Radio 2 gig); Phillip Schofield at number 7, who put Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari to shame with his handling of Kerry Katona on GMTV; and Loraine Kelly, whose daytime TV antics weren't quite enough to beat Lady Thatcher at number 18, but easily pushed Stephen Fry and his getting trapped in lifts Tweets in a paltry 20th.

 

Here's the list in full.

 

1. Barack Obama

 

2. Nelson Mandela

 

3. Jade Goody

 

4. Sir Richard Branson

 

5. Sir Terry Wogan

 

6. J K Rowling OBE

 

7. Phillip Schofield

 

8. Sir Alan Sugar

 

9. Dame Judi Dench

 

10. Sir Michael Parkinson

 

11. Dame Helen Mirren

 

12. Jamie Oliver

 

13. Angelina Jolie

 

14. Sir Elton John

 

15. Cheryl Cole

 

16. The Queen

 

17. Kylie Minogue

 

18. Lady Thatcher

 

19. Lorraine Kelly

 

20. Stephen Fry