Clooney Tops Holiday Wish-list

Pop superstar Madonna, U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and Angelina Jolie also make the top ten, voted for by 1,000 travellers and compiled by luxury travel company PIVR.co.uk.

Company boss James Robinson explains the choices: "These stars are much more than just celebrities. They have talents; are philanthropists; have interesting and complex lives and enough anecdotes to keep anyone interested during a dinner party."

The top ten is as follows:

1: GEORGE CLOONEY

2: SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY

3: BARACK OBAMA

4: MADONNA

5: GORDON RAMSAY

6: ANGELINA JOLIE

7: DAME Helen Mirren

8: Hugh Laurie

9: Nelson Mandela

10:Daniel Craig.