I also like Julie Bishop.

I always said that she could be the first competent female prime minister.

There's a bit of "love at first sight" towards that rarely every seen on television "Julia".
Everyone appearing on media should be considered as actors. Choosing media a star is like choosing a script writer.

If we're talking about role model movie stars:

I am pretty sure Alan Rickman 1946 to 2016 has died before. I remember seeing Alan Rickman falling to his death in the Die Hard movie shown on a news report Alan Rickman as just having died, back in the late 1990s.
Many actors and maybe many actresses die several times, reported on news stories.

I shared my memories about John Mills dying several times to find one woman could remember John Mills had died years earlier, after watching John Mills seen at the Queen Mother's 100 year birthday celebration, in 2000.

Myself, being a watcher of old movies, I take notice of known actors deaths.
I have seen Omar Sharif die several years ago. John Mills died several times starting in the 1980s. James Stuart died several times, each time being shown James Stuart's movie filibustering politician scene.
I was surprised to see Ernest Borgnine, still being alive in the 2010 movie “Red”.

I have memories of Steve Martin hosted an Oscars Awards night, either 2001 and 2003. Towards the end of the awards night, Steve Martin opened a curtain to show several rows of seats having many actors having died over many past years: Jack Palance; Karl Malden; plus several others I may or may not have known. The emphases was on old age and how humans live very long lives. Several old actors Clint Eastwood and Mickey Ronny present in the audience, Mickey Ronny waving to Steve Martin.

There exists Youtube download viewing, yet I am not bothering to check if the my reported memories are viewed on any Oscars download.
I can only suggest future ideas, that as actors have died to write down and or remember dates as to prove my readings to be accurate.

Hang about SM she is a competent foreign minister as she has proved, she has not proved to be a PM. She could be like someone else in her party at present.

For a politician, I favour Scott Morisson. He did a good job as immigration Minister. Others should learn from that. Performance as Treasurer is still under review, but handicapped by hostile Senate.

I did like Julie Bishop but she fell out of favour after supportimg Turnbull. I thought she had more sense than that. I don't like the direction Turnbull will lead the LNP. Hope he gets replaced before too much damage is done. Not surprised if he allows more refugees, especially muslims, and we get change in climate change policy that includes an ETS.

Julie Bishop - classy and fabulous!

Then we have "Braveheart" - author -
Antony Loewenstein, who had the courage to write,
"My Israel Question."

This book serves as an
essential guide for those who dare to criticise Zionist wrong
doing in the past and Israeli policies in the present, without
being deterred by false allegations of anti-Semitism.

Amongst quite a few authors I also admire David Marr, the
author of "Patrick White: A Life." "Panic: The High Price of
Heaven" and (with Marian Wikinson) - "Dark Victory."

He has written for the "Sydney Morning Herald," " The Age," and the
"Monthly," been editor of the "National Times," a reporter for
"Four Corners," and presenter of ABC TV's "Media Watch."
In 2010 he wrote the Walkley Award-winning Quarterly Essay
"Power Trip: The Political Journay of Kevin Rudd," followed by
"Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott."

The man who saved more lives in the 20th century than anyone else....Norman Borlaug.

Not really well known because he made the unforgivable sin of showing environmentalists to be both fools and anti-human.

One quote...."Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind."

...and he did more than anyone to provide it.