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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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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.

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

That is not the one that this photo refers to. This is Vasily Arkhipov, who didn't turn the key when his two other commanders were ready to turn theirs, launching nuclear weapons and potentially starting world war III. That was in the Cuban Missile Crisis. You refer to Stanislav Petrov and the incident in 1983, nevertheless another hero to beremembered.

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

This one is Vasili Arkhipov, but the story also fits perfectly to Stanislav Petrov (1983) as well.

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

Stanislav Yefgravovich Petrov did this! - but pictured here is another unsung hero of a similar incident, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov: Cuban Missile Crisis 1962. The commander of his submarine w a n t e d to send missiles, and actually this one vote would have been sufficient to launch but because Arkhipov, "only" the second in command, had been brave sometime ago plus was the leader of the (altogether 4) Russian submarine flotilla near Cuba he had enough authority (and some shouting at each other was involved) to convince the sub leader to n o t push this button.

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

His name was Vasili Arkhipov. Post: this guy may have single-handedly saved the world, literally. Us: Cool, what's his name? Post: Some Russian, who cares.

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

i mean, one could argue that human extinction is what the world needs. the world would rebuild itself.

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

So it was this good looking russian who in fact saved the world, and not James Bond or the avengers? Thank you and kind regards, Humanity

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

Perhaps also the German commander who refused to 'scorch earth' Paris just because Hitler ordered it.

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

Who knows what Leon Trotsky could have done for Russia at the time. He may have been communist be he really held to the enlightenment ideas that Karl Marx tried to convey with communism. And even though communism can never fully work, we can certainly try to instead of making all things equal, we should make all things have equal opportunities. It's about equality of opportunity not equality of equity. And I think we've forgotten as a united country that all people who live here are here for the American dream that was and can no longer be. Maybe we should try to fix that, where a low qualification jobs can actually pay enough for workers to make a living.

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

If you're interested, watch Secrets fron the Dead,Season 12, Episode 6, The Man Who Saved the World

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

I love learning about history; however, I have never heard of him nor of this story. It's very fascinating in learning what could have had happened had this man launched nukes as retaliation for something that didn't happen.

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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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Jo Choto
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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

redvinebitty replied:
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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Kay blue
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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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Jo Choto
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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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Jacob Nunez
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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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Mary Rose Kent
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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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Jayne Kyra
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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.

eivelyn replied:
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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Olga Dremina
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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

Tendies-Emporium replied:
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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Kay blue
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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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Kay blue
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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

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

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Jo Choto
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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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Eva Ribes
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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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Jacob Nunez
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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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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Snoop Dog hands down

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Flowers
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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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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Shaquille O’Neal

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BingeFest1
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shaq is a good dude, he's just a big personality. He made sure that his shoes were affordable for low income families who didn't have money for Jordans or other nba star shoes

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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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NeonDisco
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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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30 People Who Hardly Have Any Haters, As Shared By Folks In This Online Community Jesus of Nazareth. There is a lot of hate for him, but he’s probably one of the most liked people in the world. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all treat him as a prophet or messiah. That alone amounts to billions of people. Regardless of religion, he was a historical figure that preached kindness and love (even though some of his followers don’t live by that).

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

I don’t hate Jesus ! I hate people that act shitty and then congregate in his name so that their shitty behavior will be forgiven. Or something like that

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

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