Who is the most famous person alive today?

[virgocatlover]

As in, well known world wide by face or name.

I would say the Queen was up there when she was alive but not sure Charles would make the top 10 now.

Trump, Putin or Elon Musk perhaps?

Obviously there are many famous Hollywood actors and singers but are any the most famous worldwide where English isn't the first language?

Agree about Ronaldo and Suiii, I’ve seen kids in non westernised and poorer places doing the suiiii on social media before I even knew it was linked to Ronaldo.

Jackie Chan has to be pretty up there too? although people without access to a TV wouldn’t know him.

I don't actually think he's the most identifiable person on the planet. But it's a fun thread to keep going isn't it. 🤷

@GoldenNuggets08 - quite so, no reason youngsters globally should know about a British pop group from the 60s! Probably the Beatles wouldn't be a history topic outside the north west of England.

Thanks and genuinely I’ve never heard that.

As for the remote places argument, I have travelled a lot in many remote places, and lots of people in Turkey, the Middle East and even Russia have known who Raj Kapoor or Amitabh Bacchan were, but I would not argue that means entire countries do.

I mentioned him up thread, He has released albums in china.

Would kids recognise him now days, it's been a out 20 years since his cartoon?

The insurance on his big American movies won't let him do his own big stunts like he used to. I'm wondering if he's still well known.

I also think there's a distinction between most famous in terms of pure numbers of people who'd recognise them worldwide (in which case it's likely to be someone famous in China or India, even if I have never heard of them), or in terms of breadth of recognition (I.e. many but not all people in many countries would recognise them) - I think Trump, Putin etc are high on the list here, along with many footballers and Taylor Swift et al.

Jesus. Has been famous for a while!

I'd say Trump or Putin. I think David Beckham had a moment at one point, especially in his Man Utd days.

Pope. Dalai Lama. Amitabh Bachan. Madonna.

Are you in the UK?
I can't imagine anyone over 30 in the UK not knowing who Paul McCartney is.

Does your husband know who John Lennon is? He was also in the Beatles.

There's an airport in the UK named after John Lennon!

Pope. Dalai Lama. Amitabh Bachan. Madonna.

I wouldn't say any of those. I be surprised if most people could identify either the Pope or the Dalai Lama from just his face or Amitbh Bachan ( never heard of them myself) . Madonna is definitely not known to younger people and why should she be.

Cristiano Ronaldo is definitely known in a lot of places.

Did you see the video where Ronaldo asks his own children who the most famous person they know is,

And they say "mama".

:)

I’m over 30 - didn’t know.

I had heard of John Lennon and knew he was a beatle, but wouldn’t know what he looked like.

I saw someone say they learnt about the Beatles at school, that must be regional as I didn’t and I went to school in London.

Thanks for answering.

That's mad to me.

Like we have a UK airport named after a beatle

Must admit I wouldn't recognise the current Pope if I met him.

I would recognise the pope as I've seen a good few videos of him on news sites

In the world I would say either Ronaldo, David Beckham, Taylor Swift or Donald Trump.

Although whenever we have been on holiday / travelling, the one person that gets mentioned as soon as we say we're from the UK is Wayne Rooney?! So maybe him 😂

That actually bring up a good tangent, are there any other bands / musicians taught about in school...

Because when I were a lass, Freddie mercury was the photo they'd use in books about AIDs, with a very brief life story.

I also did a very short section of a history lesson about Sammy Davis Junior being escorted through the kitchen to the stage when he was performing with Frank Sinatra because of segregation in America at the time.

I can't think of any others...

Nope, as already posted i wouldn't recognise Ronaldo from a photo, I certainly wouldn't have a clue what his outline looks like.

Amitabh Bachan is India's most famous movie star. Although I do agree with you, it depends on age so probably it would have to be a world leader like Trump. And probably the Queen before she died. I don't think Charles would cut it, oddly Harry might. Definitely Meghan.

I don’t remember learning about any bands or musicians at school. However I went to a religious school, I don’t think they follow the standard curriculum.

George Best was before my time, and not from my region, but I still know who he is!