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

krudler · 06-06-2012 11:47AM

General Relativity wrote: »

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

Mickey Mouse yeah, Disney himself probably not so much, famous name but most people wouldnt know what he even looked like. I know someone who didnt realise Walt Disney was a real person she thought it was just the name of the company.

nympho · 06-06-2012 11:49AM

Che Guevara

ec18 · 06-06-2012 11:52AM

dalai lama

F1ngers · 06-06-2012 11:54AM

Muhammad Ali - Instantly recognisable, worldwide.

Kolido · 06-06-2012 11:54AM

Ok if we're including job tiltes then usa president and the pope will be high up the list. But I wouldn't say that the current holders of these posts are more famous than the persons before them.

Other notable mentions;

Bruce Lee
Madonna
Neil Armstrong
Princess Diana
Tiger Woods
Genghis Khan

Swampy · 06-06-2012 11:57AM

foxyboxer wrote: »

Michael Jackson.

Definitely him.

wilkie2006 · 06-06-2012 12:02PM

I bet that we - as Europeans - wouldn't have even heard of the most famous person in the world.

Given that China and India represent about 19% and 17% of the world's population, respectively, against Europe's 10% and USA's 4%, the most famous person in the world is probably this guy or a Bollywood star.

Carlos_Ray · 06-06-2012 12:03PM

Muhammad or Jesus. Both lived, wether you believe in what they preached or not is another story.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 06-06-2012 12:04PM

I'd say Elvis or the pope (any of them but particularly the last one, John Paul)

paddyandy · 06-06-2012 12:04PM

Fame is fickle and changing and in the end a lie ........."ahhh but that's not the whole story" or " It did'nt really happen that way" or " His private life was a mess and so was his health " or "She was often coked " many many accounts of the tatty and tacky world of any fame and some should read notorious instead . Gold paint .
The popular version of anything is always nonsense i live by that truism .

af_thefragile · 06-06-2012 12:04PM

Used to be Michael Jackson before he died but i'll say a lot of people around the world would still know who he is.

George Bush is probably there too as he started all the wars n everything...

BigFatGiant · 06-06-2012 12:06PM

Larry Murphy has been getting around the world lately.

Kolido · 06-06-2012 12:11PM

wilkie2006 wrote: »

I bet that we - as Europeans - wouldn't have even heard of the most famous person in the world.

Given that China and India represent about 19% and 17% of the world's population, respectively, against Europe's 10% and USA's 4%, the most famous person in the world is probably this guy or a Bollywood star.

Yes he would be famous to a large population but outside of China he would be relativley unknown, whereas the us president for example would be known to quite a few Chinese people.

06-06-2012 12:15PM

William Shatner

juan.kerr · 06-06-2012 12:16PM

Sportsperson such as Lionel Messi

juan.kerr · 06-06-2012 12:20PM

but it will probably be a celebrity like Angelina Jolie or Victoria Beckham.

Big Nasty · 06-06-2012 12:22PM

RVP 11 wrote: »

William Shatner

I can get behind that! :pac:

efb · 06-06-2012 12:23PM

Muhammad Ali

wilkie2006 · 06-06-2012 12:57PM

wilkie2006 wrote: »

I bet that we - as Europeans - wouldn't have even heard of the most famous person in the world.

Given that China and India represent about 19% and 17% of the world's population, respectively, against Europe's 10% and USA's 4%, the most famous person in the world is probably this guy or a Bollywood star.

Kolido wrote: »

Yes he would be famous to a large population but outside of China he would be relativley unknown, whereas the us president for example would be known to quite a few Chinese people.

The majority of China and India's population are peasant farmers who wouldn't know who Barack Obama is. Even those who live in China's cities - thanks to the government's censoring of the internet - would have reasonably limited knowledge of the West.

I reckon that Osama Bin Laden might well be a contender for world's most famous person. It's not going to be an American actor or European sports person; it'll be someone who's well-known in Asia or the Middle East but who is also familiar to Europe and USA.

deandean · 06-06-2012 12:59PM

Dudess

Or Osama Bin Laden (he's not actually dead - see Conspiricy theories forum)

decies · 06-06-2012 12:59PM

I vote for hitler

karma_ · 06-06-2012 01:05PM

I don't think it would be Jesus, the whole world is by no means Christian. I'd wager more have heard of Plato or Socrates in fairness.

Kolido · 06-06-2012 01:20PM

wilkie2006 wrote: »

The majority of China and India's population are peasant farmers who wouldn't know who Barack Obama is. Even those who live in China's cities - thanks to the government's censoring of the internet - would have reasonably limited knowledge of the West.

I reckon that Osama Bin Laden might well be a contender for world's most famous person. It's not going to be an American actor or European sports person; it'll be someone who's well-known in Asia or the Middle East but who is also familiar to Europe and USA.

While I do agree with what your saying, I still reckon the us president would be more recognisible worldwide than the Chinese Premier.

China and India with their high pop % are throwing this survey way off

RATM · 06-06-2012 01:22PM

darragh16 wrote: »

Adolf Hitler

Everyone knows Hitler, it always comes back to Hitler.

Yeah maybe for us in the west but not for the majority of people in the world. Europe, the US, Canada, NZ and Oz only represent about 1 billion people, the rest of the world is 6 billion and growing.

Hitler may be important to us but to your average commoner on the streets in Asia, Africa, Central or South America he has long since been forgotten about (in fact the average 18-35 yr old in those continents would harely have a fleeting knowledge of him- WW2 history isn't exactly high on their agenda in schools)

In answering who the most famous person in the world is I would say that it has to be a pop star, purely because they tour countries in the developing world and when they bring their big razzamatazz shows to populous places like India (900m people) Indonesia (200m) and Brazil (200m) it is national news for a few days.

With that in mind I'd say the most famous person in the world is Michael Jackson. He had fans in every country and when he died there was hardly a person who didn't know who he was. He is also one of the few people who transcends every continent in the world - whereas there are Hollywood stars who are unheard of in China/India there are also lots of Bollywood stars unheard of in Europe /US. But Michael Jackson was truly known on every continent in the world and to a massive extent in populous places like China/India/South America as well as being instantly recognisable in the US & Europe.

bamboozle · 06-06-2012 01:25PM

based on the way she carried on the late late show's 50th anniversery show last week i believe Twink thinks she is the most famous person in the world and has the right to talk over the host and all other guests.

RATM · 06-06-2012 01:35PM

bamboozle wrote: »

based on the way she carried on the late late show's 50th anniversery show last week i believe Twink thinks she is the most famous person in the world and has the right to talk over the host and all other guests.

Ah sh1t, I forgot about Twink, scrap my thoughts on Michael Jackson :pac: