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There are a lot of great qualities that people have that make others like and appreciate them. Some famous and well-known people come under more careful scrutiny when it comes to proper behavior as they are very often expected to show how nice and polite they are behind the cameras, how they treat others, and how compliant they are. Having this in mind, a Reddit user called @bpm918 was curious to find out some examples of such people. The user asked folks online to reveal “who is the most universally liked person in the world” in their mind.

The question that received more than 4k upvotes soon was filled with various answers. What was interesting to notice is that the names mentioned the most included actor Keanu Reeves, star legend Betty White, and singer and actor Dolly Parton.

Do you agree with the list? Who do you think is the world’s most universally liked person that wasn’t mentioned in the list? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!

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#1

30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Betty White

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Robin Williams

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Joanie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Extraordinary soul. Bright light of goodness. May he rest in peace.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community I would say Keanu Reeves, but he’s so awesome, he goes beyond being the most universally liked.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community AssignmentOpen6112 said:
Dolly Parton.

MortisSafetyTortoise replied:
Giving free books to millions of kids and using a part of your fortune to open an amusement park with the sole purpose of giving people jobs will do that.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community That one Russian commander who decided not to nuke America, which would’ve led to probably the entire world getting destroyed, anybody who knows of him should like him

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Jacob Nunez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Theres a story to this. The Russian command received an alert that the U.S. has launched several nuclear misses to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Instead of “Turning the key” he waited, and waited, and waited, nothing happened. It was soon found out that there was an error in the system and that it has falsely received an alert. Think about this for a minute. He must have had needed a new change of pants. But he also could have made this world a barren wasteland. This man should be recognized everywhere.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community i was thinking david attenborough

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hero of our times. Has probably done more in his lifetime to make people aware of nature than anyone else ever.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Mr. Rogers

I challenge anyone to find a single negative thing that guy ever had anything remotely to do with.

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Angela Turrall
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sure he's lovely but he's not really known outside of the US, so not sure 'universal' is right.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Modjitune said:
Tom Hanks

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Yep, I’ve lived in two foreign countries, where people would b**ch about American movies and all things American ad nauseam, until Hanks showed up. “ooh, Tom Hanks”, the universal remark.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Brendan Fraser

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Rowan Atkinson? I bet Mr. Bean plays well all over the world. Hundreds of millions of people could love that dude and never even hear him say a peep. Eliminates a lot of potential controversy.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Chadwick Boseman. As a superhero I think he garnered worldwide attention. Whatever country you came from Black Panther was able to be reached to millions of viewers and became fans.

A lot of the mentioned people in this thread are only famous in the US

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I stopped reading every publication that used the headline "Crack Panther" he was dying at the time although most didn't know it. There was never any reports of him being involved in drugs and the media should have done more investigation rather than assuming he was an addict.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Steve Irwin

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unpopular opinion: as someone who worked in the wildlife business in Africa, all I can say is that while his enthusiasm for animals was unmatched, he was repeatedly reckless in the way he approached and handled animals. While his death was tragic, it could easily have been avoided if he had kept the practice of treating wild animals with respect, and not crowding them, baiting them and interfering with them.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Idk if this counts but Oskar Schindler, he saved 1200 Jews by employing them in his ammunition and arms factory as he saw in the concentration camps even though he was apart of the Nazi party very interesting

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He isn’t exactly a hero, but neither a villain ( so many people will downvote this i know it )

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community madam_whiplash said:
Dame Julie Andrews.

BeatsByLobot replied:
Like 20 years ago Anne Hathaway was on Conan and said that Julie Andrews “swore like a sailor” when they were working on Princess Diaries.

Hilarious.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My very first “girl crush” when she played Maria in Sound of Music! She was beautiful and she sang like an angel. My favorite with her is Victor/Victoria.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Viggo Mortensen. Anyone who knows of him loves him.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can only ever think of him as Aragorn, son of Arathorn, the first High King of Gondor.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Dangerous_Advice1066 said:
Princess Diana.

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She had a heck of a lot of haters when she was still alive, for "ruining the royal reputation", being "promiscuous" and opinionated. Royalists were scandalised by her actions, saw her as the sole villain in a disastrous marriage and had no empathy for her. After she passed away
people mostly started to drop the vitriol and dramatic changes to culture around the treatment of women has put a more empathetic light on the memory of her.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She did a lot of good. And she didn't deserved what happened to her. But i don't like how people started hate Camilla after her death. Camilla never did anything loud, scandalous for revenge or attention seeking when Charles didn't marry her, because she was unsuitable for the heir of the throne. I am glad she finally married a man she loved for so long.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Nickzino said:
Dwayne johnson

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Not sure how this isn't a top vote. Even for people that don't like his movies or acting in particular, I'd say they're generally aware of all the charity and stuff he gives away to deserving people, and has been completely scandal free as far as I know. Beyond that, he is always smiling and speaks in a way that people enjoy listening to, both his voice and manner of communicating. Highly likeable guy.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Benadryl Cucumberbatch

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's not popular with a lot of the right wingers in the UK due to his stance on the migrant camps in Europe.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Bill Murray. I mean c’mon…has the guy ever let us down.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There have been reports of him being difficult on set so I'm not convinced he is universally liked.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Complete-Bit-6382 said:
Morgan Freeman

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The less you know about his personal life the more you'll like him.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Problem with him is that there's a lot of evidence he has been handsy and inappropriate with women.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Denzel Washington

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I worked as an extra on a movie set, and the first thing we were told "Don't look at DW. Don't speak to DW. Don't make eye contact with DW" I was prepared to dislike him, but we were a gospel choir, led by our Aunt Peg. Well, DW ended up spending time with her and enjoying the gospel music. It was beyond awesome.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Rick Astley

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN, NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU. NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE, NEVER GONNA SAAAY GOODBYE, NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU.”

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Dalai Lama

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#29

30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Snoop Dog hands down

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? I remember the time he brought 2 womens to an awards show, both of them on dog leashes. This is a big no from me, sorry.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please don't downvote me for saying I'm not that fond of him..

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John Brant
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ahh yes, the reformed womanizer...who could forget his girls gone wild videos?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's not forget the murder charge he faced but later was not convicted of. And the drug and gun charges he was

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I prefer Lil Wayne. Snoop has his good side and I can honor his style but he has had some very questionable public moves that were not his best self. I like Lil Wayne for his sharing how he is not racist and how he gives whites more of a pass than some of his contemporaries. The story of the raid on the home he was in by the police..how he shot himself in the chest, all the black cops just stepped over him, one cop stopped, rendered first aid, got Lol Wayne transported and the cop who saved his life stayed at the hospital until the doctors said Lil Wayne would pull throughout. I love that type of honor and respect from them both.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went to high school with Snoop, and at our 20 year reunion (a few years ago) he hosted an after party at a secret bar in LA and had entertainment and came out and talked with everyone. Nice guy

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this dude now that he isn't all wrapped up in trying to keep up a gangster image like he was in the 90s. Between him hanging out with Martha Stewart and narrating nature shows he is a hoot! Check out his Plizzant Earth vids, especially the one with the otters and the crocodiles, it is great.

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TahJia Williams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why is he all the way down the list @#29? this man is iconic. put some SPECT on his name lol

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love this guy because he basically doesn't care about the "strict social norms", yet is still well mannered. Yeah he swears a bit and likes a bit of the puff. But on the whole he is a decent guy.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have really tried to dislike him, but I just can't. He won me over when he narrated wild animal videos on Jimmy Kimmel

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He is a well documented bigot. I wish no good will for him.

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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Matthew McConaughey. Conservatives love him because he is conservative. Liberals love him because he's a great actor who is not offensively conservative.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I must say that I've read more bad things people have to say about this guy than good.

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