Which living person would be most recognised by people worldwide?

[Sunny54321]

Middle of the night musings.

i would have said the late Queen would have been recognised in the most countries around the world but not sure who would now. Maybe Trump?

Anyone I'm forgetting?

It’s Ronaldo. This was done a while ago and the internet said

All I can say is that he’s still the new guy. My parents are devout Catholics and the most recent pope they have an image of at home is John Paul II. I’m certain neither would recognise Leo unless depicted on the balcony of St Peter’s in papal white, with his arms raised.

Trump or possibly Messi/Ronaldo. You need to consider counties like China and India and the continent of Africa. They’d have far greater recognition than Taylor Swift or even probably Queen Elizabeth when alive.

They don't sound very devout to me

Shall I start an AMA?

Harry Potter isn’t real. The only one who’d be in the top 10 of these would be Trump, and at a big push Prince Charles.

I was brought up Catholic (no longer) and John Paul II is the only pope that has ever been on my radar. He is the ultimate and most recognisable pope in my opinion.

He wouldn’t be number one but I reckon Tom Crusie could be Top 10, and nobody mentioned him. Very well known in India and China.

Can you explain why not knowing who you are means someone is trying to be cool? You, or your fan, (maybe you’re the same person) has inadvertently insulted this Natasha person by saying it’s (faux or otherwise) cool to not know who Natasha is.

My 20somethings have no interest in Madonna and would barely, if at all, know who she is. Unfortunately she destroyed her legacy when she couldn’t accept her age. Which is a huge shame.

I would recognise her, she is very beautiful.

Living person

I agree. It's not who can be named by the most people in the world.

It's who can be recognised in almost every village in the world.

It's Ronaldo, btw.

Time they put up a picture of the new Pope, then!

I’m going to guess it’s because most of us live in the west and we are not au fait with that many people who are superstars inside Asia but not out of it. Heck, when I lived in Switzerland for a couple of years there was a singer (French) who was an absolute superstar there and was everywhere! I’d never even heard of him before, despite only being a one hour plane journey from the UK.

Na don’t bother

Tbh all the popes past and present look the same to me and I’m guessing if you were to ask any of the younger generation not one of them would know

Rowan Atkinson because of Mr Bean. He is very popular all over the world because his comedy doesn’t use language. I read this somewhere - can’t remember where. The second most recognisable was the Queen. Sorry I can’t remember the source

One of the Billionaires. JK or Elon

No idea! There’s lots of famous people I’ve heard of but don’t know what they look like Ronaldo and Messi for example.
I recently did terribly in a quiz where the picture round was singers. It included Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Meghan Trainor, and Sabrina Carpenter, I got them all mixed up!
All the Popes have looked similar to me. I’d struggle to tell you who was who, same with the Kardashians!

Ronaldo. He has the most social media followers.

I'm catholic and I wouldn't recognise the pope if he wasn't wearing his popy outfit.

I'd say Putin and then Trump, but not surprised its Ronaldo.

I’ve never heard of her, so probably wouldn’t recognise her.

Also if a randomer dressed up in the Popes clothes they could probably fool me! And I'm Catholic

At present, he of the orange face and very little brain.