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Esquire’s December issue includes the boldest of bold rankings: a “Top 20 Americans of the Year” list.

And guess what? Philadelphia’s holding it down, with 2 out of the 20 folks hailing from this fine city.

Mayor Nutter and La Colombe’s Todd Carmichael are both featured as Americans of the Year, a huge nod towards Philadelphia.

The Mayor’s profile isn’t included online, but the print copy holds him in high regard for his “no-nonsense truth teller” response to the flash mobs of this past summer and credits his tough decisions (payroll cuts, tax increases) for accomplishments like Philly’s 20% drop in murder rate since he’s been in office.

The article also calls out his championing of the Navy Yard redevelopment that has brought the city hundreds of millions in investments, and the fact that Philly’s population increased for the first time in decades.

As for Carmichael, the magazine is equally admiring, devoting four full pages to the story of his Philly-based coffee company La Colombe Torrefaction’s extreme devotion to charitable purposes. Carmichael goes so far as to say “that he wants to fix Haiti with coffee” and Esquire assures you, “you might want to listen.”

The magazine describes its roundup as “our honor roll of men and women who, in a year of catastrophe and chaos, demonstrated American decency and accomplished distinctively American deeds.” It’s pretty cool that Philly represents an entire tenth of that honor roll.

Bonus: AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka (a Pennsylvania native and Villanova Law Grad) is also listed as one of Esquire’s Americans Of The Year.

Americans of the Year 2011 [Esquire]