Who would you say was the most famous person in the world??

[Mr XcX]

Discuss.

[30stone]

Hitler


Obviously for the wrong reasons but surely he must be up there with the most talked about?


If not Elvis / Michael Jackson / Beatles

[Stu]

Probably the Jesus Christ figure, I would imagine. It's a silly question though. There is no ultimate answer.

In the last few hundred years Elvis and Michael Jackson.

[MTVN]

Alive now?

Dunno, maybe Nelson Mandela or possibly the Queen

[ILoveTRW]

Alive - The Queen
Dead - Diana

[cub]

Princess Diana, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Elvis.

[Z]

George W Bush maybe?

[Legend killer]

David Beckham - **** footballer but that guy is know everywhere

[Stacey.]

Michael Jackson?

[Mr XcX]

I would say!

Alive - Queen
Dead - Jesus Figure

[cub]

Wagner.

[Stu]

Obama is far, far more well known today than The Queen. Plenty of Americans have no idea who the Queen actually is. Plenty of countries actually ... believe it or not ... don't give a **** about the British monarchy.

Diana is riddiculous too. Sorry. Far, far more important to English people than other people. You need to factor in the sheer amount of inbred Americans who don't know who these people actually are and Eastern countries who have not been exposed to them that much.

Think globally. I would throw Mohammad and the Buddah in with Jesus too.

[Mr XcX]

I think Nelson Mandela is up there!

[ILoveTRW]

Obama is far, far more well known today than The Queen. Plenty of Americans have no idea who the Queen actually is. Plenty of countries actually ... believe it or not ... don't give a **** about the British monarchy.

Diana is riddiculous too. Sorry. Far, far more important to English people than other people. You need to factor in the sheer amount of inbred Americans who don't know who these people actually are and Eastern countries who have not been exposed to them that much.


You'd be surprised how many people in America follow the monarchy, in fact i'd say they are more popular over there than they are here.

[MTVN]

Obama is far, far more well known today than The Queen. Plenty of Americans have no idea who the Queen actually is. Plenty of countries actually ... believe it or not ... don't give a **** about the British monarchy.

Diana is riddiculous too. Sorry. Far, far more important to English people than other people. You need to factor in the sheer amount of inbred Americans who don't know who these people actually are and Eastern countries who have not been exposed to them that much.

Think globally. I would throw Mohammad and the Buddah in with Jesus too.

Like ILoveTRW said, they're really interested in the monarchy in America, William and Kate's engagement was big news over there, and across most of Europe. They're household names amongst most Western nations I'd say

[Stu]

You'd be surprised how many people in America follow the monarchy, in fact i'd say they are more popular over there than they are here.
I would agree to an extent. American tourists go crazy for that stuff.

But the equation is more than balanced out by thick Americans.

Plenty even know 'The Queen' almost as some pantomine figure, but don't know who she actually is.

Putting the current Royal Family amongst the most well known figures in global history is ludicrous.

[Legend killer]

Gandi???

[Stu]

Gandi is up there for sure. And Madonna doesn't hold a candle to Elvis or Jackson, really. That sounds unusual because she is undoubtedly a global icon but even at that she is a few flights down from Elvis and MJ.

[MTVN]

I would agree to an extent. American tourists go crazy for that stuff.

But the equation is more than balanced out by thick Americans.

Plenty even know 'The Queen' almost as some pantomine figure, but don't know who she actually is.

Yeah, I'd agree with that, America does have a disporportionate number of idiots, the fact that Sarah Palin and her cronies are actually taken seriously is proof of that

[Shaun]

Mutya Buena.

[MTVN]

I would agree to an extent. American tourists go crazy for that stuff.

But the equation is more than balanced out by thick Americans.

Plenty even know 'The Queen' almost as some pantomine figure, but don't know who she actually is.

Putting the current Royal Family amongst the most well known figures in global history is ludicrous.

I was just thinking about those alive today when I said the Queen though

[Stu]

Fair enough.

[Legend killer]

Pamela Anderson , every bloke has seen her sextape

[Niall]

God. (If that counts lmao :p)

Elvis, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Hitler, Stalin.

[Mystic Mock]

alive - madonna
dead - elvis presley

[InOne]

No 'celebs' like Madonna or David Beckham and all that. It's most likely a political figure or infamous leader.

Not everyone in the world reads OK! and Heat. And why does America keep getting brought up, since when was America the world?

[iRyan]

In terms of celebrities....

Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Madonna, Britney Spears, Oprah, and at some point Lady Gaga probably will be.

They all come to mind in terms of international fame (although do people know Oprah in the UK? She's definitely the most famous woman in America, also the richest) and also in terms of the fact that anyone in the world that has watched tv or read newspapers knows who they are.

[Stu]

No 'celebs' like Madonna or David Beckham and all that. It's most likely a political figure or infamous leader.
This.

Celebrity is a Western value. Most of the worlds population lies to the East.

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Joe McElderry. <3

The Osbournes <3 (Ozzy and co)

Simon Cowell

[Josy]

Obama

[Niamh.]

Hitler

[Zippy]

Alive - Obama (everybody in every country knows who the US president is as he is pretty much the most powerful man on earth)

Dead - Jesus Christ

Alive/dead combo - Osama bin Laden

ps; my God Ive only just noticed the Osama/Obama name similarity! how odd.