Over 52% Feel President Abraham Lincoln Represented the USA the Best

Every country has its own cultural icons — they can be items, music, or even people. Most often, however, it is the persons that are the most notable in history. Historians remember people representing the country.

Cultural icons of a country include personalities such as the German Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein, Former U.S. President Barack Obama, Spanish Artist Salvador Dali, the Chinese Philosopher Confucius, and more.

Despite several icons all representing their home country, there is always one stand-out person out of all of them. Hence, Real Research launched a survey on people representing the country. The online survey application aims to find out which icons respondents in a society think are the most notable people representing the country. Here are the results.

Highlights:

• 53.96% Consider Queen Elizabeth II represents the UK best
• 44.08% consider Christopher Columbus as one of the best people representing the country
• 52.96% consider Pablo Picasso represents Spain best

Over Half Consider Abraham Lincoln as the Best Icon of the USA

The survey began by asking respondents which cultural icon of the United States represented the country the best. 52.94% answered with Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, 8.06% with Former U.S. President George Washington, and 6.96% with Former U.S President Barack Obama.

Then, the survey asked respondents which cultural icon of the United Kingdom represented the country the best. 54.96% responded with Queen Elizabeth II, while 10.82% answered Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and finally, 5.65% answered Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Following that, the survey asked respondents which cultural icon of France represented the country best. 51.77% answered the Political Leader Napoleon Bonaparte, then 9.98% said the Former Queen Marie Antoinette, and 7.33% answered the Heroine Joan of Arc.

54.51% Choose Albert Einstein as the Best Cultural Icon of Germany

The survey then asked respondents which cultural icon of Italy represented the country the best. 44.08% answered the Explorer Christopher Columbus, while 13.41% answered the Merchant, Explorer, and Writer Marco Polo, and 13.23% chose Multiskilled Polymath Leonardo DaVinci.

Afterward, the survey asked respondents which cultural icon of Germany represented the country the best. 54.51% chose Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein, 7.69% answered Modern Philosopher Immanuel Kant, and 9.49% answered the Philosopher Karl Marx.

After that, the survey asked respondents which cultural icon of Spain represented the country the best. 52.96% answered the Painter Pablo Picasso, 8.86% answered the Artist Salvador Dali, while 6.6% answered the Painter Diego Velasquez.

Korean Idol Group BTS was chosen by 9.27% as South Korean’s Cultural Icon

The survey asked respondents which cultural icon of Russia represented the country the best. 43.84% said it was Prince Alexander Nevsky, while 12.56% answered Russian President Vladimir Putin, and finally, 9.37% answered the Russian Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin.

Furthermore, the survey asked respondents which cultural icon of South Korea represented the country the best. 31.61% answered Gwanggaeto The Great, 14.42% answered Sejong The Great, while 9.27% chose Korean Pop Idol Boy Group BTS.

Moreover, the survey asked respondents which cultural icon of China represented the country the best. 45.4% chose the Philosopher Confucius, 9.63% said it was King Qin Shi Huang, while finally, 8.38% said the Warlord Liu Bei.

Finally, the survey ended by asking respondents which cultural icon of Japan represented the country the best. 43.85% answered with the first Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, 13.40% chose the Samurai Toyotomi Hideyoshi, while 7.75% answered the Emperor Naruhito.