Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe LONDON, June 12 (UPI) -- Homer Simpson looks set to beat Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. to the title of greatest American in a BBC online poll. The ham-fisted but lovable head of the Fox Television Simpson family is - so far - topping the list of 10 famous Americans with over a fifth of the votes in the strictly unscientific survey. Advertisement The poll is being carried out ahead of a live 90-minute global television debate about America's place in the world, which the BBC will screen along with 10 other national broadcasters. Who is the greatest American? Homer Simpson: 20.65 percent Abraham Lincoln: 15.13 percent Martin Luther King Jr.: 13.91 percent Thomas Jefferson: 9.26 percent Mr. T: 8.09 percent Bob Dylan: 8.03 percent George Washington: 7.87 percent Franklin D Roosevelt: 6.37 percent Benjamin Franklin: 6.22 percent Bill Clinton: 4.48 percent Advertisement The BBC notes the results may not really reflect public opinion.
