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Who Do You Think Is The Most Famous person in the world

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  • #32
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Mao Zedong and Joe Duffy


  • #33
    Temaz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭Temaz


    Gotta be Hitler.


  • #34
    ball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 479 ✭✭ball


    BunShopVoyeur wrote: »
    In fairness, it's surely the Queen of England.
    She's probably just known in English speaking countries. I only found out the other day that there's a king of Spain.

    What about the Dalai Lama? Or your man Kim Jong Il.
    No, maybe still, Michael Jackson


  • #35
    Funglegunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Funglegunk


    Most famous living person has got to be Obama.


  • #36
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    Colonel Saunders
    Mr Muscle
    Uncle Ben
    Ronald McDonald


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  • #37
    Tigger
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    The queen of England has had her face on British stamps coins etc for 60 years and is accepted to be the most recognisable person in the world. Certainly that's alive today.


  • #38
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    flutterflye wrote: »
    Yeah, I'm going to still go with Jesus.
    Fairly sure he was a real person.

    but it's the myth surrounding him that's famous, not the person himself. The actual person clearly was not the son of god and clearly did not rise from the grave, turn his blood into wine etc.
    On that basis I'd disallow him as the fictional element of his character are far far more famous than the actual flesh and blood person.

    by sheer volume of numbers it must be someone who's massively famous in Asia, if anyone is equally know and famous in China and India there's a third of the worlds pop covered.

    Probably the American president though, whoever he may be at the time. Every region seems to have some reason to know who he is, 1st world is a given, middle east as the tyrannical evil leader of the west, India/China etc as evil corporate consumerism capitalism icon and so forth


  • #39
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Stiffler2 wrote: »
    That word "The Pope" is famous

    & the only reason I know his name is because he has had the same name for the last 1000 years.

    It's as if you can't be pope if your name isn't benedict

    lol, where do you get this stuff from?


  • #40
    darragh16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭darragh16


    Adolf Hitler

    Everyone knows Hitler, it always comes back to Hitler.


  • #41
    SunnyDub1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭SunnyDub1


    100% barack obama :D


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  • #42
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,067 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    I think KeithM89 is a legend in the cyberworld of boards:D
    Never heard of him.


  • #43
    flutterflye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭flutterflye


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    but it's the myth surrounding him that's famous, not the person himself. The actual person clearly was not the son of god and clearly did not rise from the grave, turn his blood into wine etc.
    On that basis I'd disallow him as the fictional element of his character are far far more famous than the actual flesh and blood person.

    He's still famous though, nonetheless.
    I'm sure there are fictitious stories surrounding many famous people.
    Granted, maybe not quite so many.
    But still, it doesn't stop Jesus from being famous - whatever he did or didn't do.


  • #44
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    General Mao


  • #45
    livinsane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭livinsane


    Mr Bean.


  • #46
    BunShopVoyeur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭BunShopVoyeur


    Jester252 wrote: »
    General Mao

    Chairman?


  • #47
    Stiffler2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Stiffler2


    My name is URL wrote: »
    lol, where do you get this stuff from?


    Hey - what was the pope's name before the current pope took over, and the one before that, and before that

    Benedict the 947th
    Benedict the 946th
    Benedict the 945th

    and so on


    ....
    ...
    ..
    .


  • #48
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,956 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Amazing how people pick their own culture to think of the most famous.

    The Pope....famous in Christian circles but would he be in islamic countries? THe leader of Islam is not famous here.

    Speak to Indians and they have never heard of U2 or know any Elvis songs.

    My wife had never heard of John Wayne.

    I think unfortunately that England's Queen might be the most famous (for doing nothiing!) living person as well as Barack Obama.

    Hitler I'd say is most famous dead person.


  • #49
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,917 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    gavredking wrote: »
    The Pope?
    ball wrote: »
    She's probably just known in English speaking countries. I only found out the other day that there's a king of Spain.

    What about the Dalai Lama? Or your man Kim Jong Il.
    No, maybe still, Michael Jackson

    These are not people's name, so which ones?

    Currantly living I would say the most recognisable face is probably Queen Elizabeth II

    Other possibilities, Elvis, Jacko, Sinatra, Bin Laden, Arnie?


  • #50
    CrabRevolution
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,159 ✭✭✭CrabRevolution


    [QUOTE=Cookie_Monster;79053293]but it's the myth surrounding him that's famous, not the person himself. The actual person clearly was not the son of god and clearly did not rise from the grave, turn his blood into wine etc.
    On that basis I'd disallow him as the fictional element of his character are far far more famous than the actual flesh and blood person.

    by sheer volume of numbers it must be someone who's massively famous in Asia, if anyone is equally know and famous in China and India there's a third of the worlds pop covered.

    Probably the American president though, whoever he may be at the time. Every region seems to have some reason to know who he is, 1st world is a given, middle east as the tyrannical evil leader of the west, India/China etc as evil corporate consumerism capitalism icon and so forth[/QUOTE]

    So Jesus isn't famous because it's only what others made of him that's famous, not the person himself, but the position of the US president somehow does count, without even naming the individual?

    You say Jesus isn't famous as a person, but because of his 'supposed' deeds, then how does the US president count as famous for his 'supposed' deeds as a tyrant, consumerist icon etc. ?


  • #51
    Stiffler2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Stiffler2


    Kolido wrote: »
    These are not people's name, so which ones?

    Currantly living I would say the most recognisable face is probably Queen Elizabeth II

    Other possibilities, Elvis, Jacko, Sinatra, Bin Laden, Arnie?


    Yeah - that's a good list, I like Arnie as well.

    also :

    Nelson Mandella

    Al Pacino
     - ?

    but the question here is who is the most famous ?


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  • #52
    AudreyHepburn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭AudreyHepburn


    Einstein
    Gandhi
    Hitler
    Queen Elizabeth II

    And sorry but like it or not; Jesus, God

    And not specifc names but the positions of:

    The President Of The US
    Dalai Lama
    The Pope


  • #53
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    AudreyHepburn wrote: »
    And sorry but like it or not; Jesus, God
    Who Do You Think Is The Most Famous person in the world

    So God's a mere person now too?! =p


  • #54
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    Michael Jackson.


  • #55
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,917 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Stiffler2 wrote: »
    Yeah - that's a good list, I like Arnie as well.

    also :

    Nelson Mandella

    Al Pacino
     - ?

    but the question here is who is the most famous ?

    Again what is the criteria, Most famous of all time?, fictional?, do they have to be recognised by both name and face.

    Are we talking about the number of people in the world today who would know this person,


  • #56
    Stiffler2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Stiffler2


    Kolido wrote: »
    Again what is the criteria, Most famous of all time?, fictional?, do they have to be recognised by both name and face.

    Are we talking about the number of people in the world today who would know this person,

    Criteria is as stated :

    don't have to be alive, can be from anytime
    recognised we will say by name & face but preferably name
    I'll accept job roles such as Pope, president of USA etc.
    I would rather exclude Jesus in this thread / religious characters

    we are talking about the number of people living right now that would know this person by the criteria above.

    My List is as follows ( in no order ) :

    President of America - ( although, this isn't a person )
    Dali Lama
    Nelson Mandella
    Queen Elizabeth
    Bill Gates
    Michael Jackson
    The pope
    Adolf Hitler
    Joeseph Stalin
    Albert Einstein
    Julias Caesar


    we need to refine this list and then somehow vote on who's the most famous, can a poll be added once we have the users or will a mod have to do this ?


  • #57
    harney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭harney


    I'm going with Pope John Paul II for this one. 25 years or so of heading up around 1 billion catholics. He travelled a fair bit of the world, and had the good grace not to die from being shot in a few of those places, which is going to push your face out to even more viewers.


    EDIT - according to wikipedia he visited 129 countries during his time as pope.


  • #58
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,956 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    harney wrote: »
    I'm going with Pope John Paul II for this one. 25 years or so of heading up around 1 billion catholics. He travelled a fair bit of the world, and had the good grace not to die from being shot in a few of those places, which is going to push your face out to even more viewers.

    Never heard of him!


  • #59
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Ms.M wrote: »
    If they had to be a living person it would be a very tough question.

    I agree with Hitler, Stalin; all the baddies get remembered.
    Mother Teresa not so much. :o

    Jesus and Muhammad are the most famous goodies.
    Though baddies use them to justify things a lot.

    not the saint shes made out to be by any means.

    Before his death, Michael Jackson.

    now? probably someone like Tom Cruise, everyone knows who he is.


  • #60
    General Relativity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 683 ✭✭✭General Relativity


    Walt Disney must be there or there abouts.
    Shakespeare would be up there too.
    Oh and John, Paul, Ringo and George.

    Edit 2: Neil Armstrong springs to mind as well


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  • #61
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    shopaholic01 wrote: »

    I think KeithM89 is a legend in the cyberworld of boards:D

    Keithm89 is my boardsie buddy now :D






    now hopefully he won't keep red carding me :o


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