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Offline Super Dude

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The Most Famous Person Alive
« on: July 30, 2012, 07:13:05 PM »
I know that's a pretty broad description, but who do you believe is the single most famous person who's still living? The most known, renowned, and loved, if I did have to tack a definition to it.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2012, 07:14:46 PM »
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2012, 07:15:26 PM »
Barack Obama?
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2012, 07:19:08 PM »
Obama.

Although that doesn't necessarily fit your description of renowned and loved, considering not everyone supports him. But that's the first name that comes to mind for most famous living person.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2012, 07:19:22 PM »
Mickey Mouse.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2012, 07:24:07 PM »
Are you talking US or does the rest of the world count?
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2012, 07:27:56 PM »
The whole damn world.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2012, 07:28:27 PM »
I'm going to guess Amitabh Bachchan or Dilip Kumar.  Not sure whether there is any way to independently verify the correct answer though.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2012, 07:30:20 PM »
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I'm going to guess Amitabh Bachchan.  Not sure whether there is any way to independently verify the correct answer though.

I verified it. You're right.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2012, 07:39:18 PM »
I'm going with Lionel Messi.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2012, 07:42:33 PM »
Quote from: theseoafs on July 30, 2012, 07:19:22 PM
Mickey Mouse.

Is he alive?

Probably something like David Beckman, Bill Gates or Julian Assange.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2012, 07:49:32 PM »
If it's a sports player, it won't be Messi.  He would only be known by someone who follows sports.  Beckham is known outside of sports because he's married to Posh Spice.  I am guessing Michael Jordan is internationally famous, and Yao Ming is famous in the China and America...that's got to count for a lot of people.

I would think that Bill Gates would be famous in any first world country, as well as some third world countries due to his charity work, and he isn't defined by a niche catagory like sports since computers are ubiquitous now.  So I'd probably go with him.  I don't know how many non-Americans would know Barack by name, maybe he would be - but I'm trying to not be American-biased.

Well, a group of people tried to make Joseph Kony the most well known person :neverusethis:
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2012, 07:55:24 PM »
Quote from: Elite on July 30, 2012, 07:42:33 PM
Quote from: theseoafs on July 30, 2012, 07:19:22 PM
Mickey Mouse.

Is he alive?

Probably something like David Beckman, Bill Gates or Julian Assange.

I doubt most people in 3rd world countries have a clue who any of those people are .
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2012, 07:57:31 PM »
Quote from: Nekov on July 30, 2012, 07:39:18 PM
I'm going with Lionel Messi.

I've never even heard of him.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2012, 08:01:47 PM »
Well he's got 37,5M likes on his facebook page. I've never seen somebody with more likes.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2012, 08:02:03 PM »
I was actually being serious with my Mickey Mouse suggestion.  I believe that he is the most popular figure in the world, though the prompt was technically for a living person.  On the whole, symbols are well-known, but people aren't necessarily able to be universally known like Mickey Mouse is because they have specific cultural appeals.

Besides Mickey, Barack Obama is, I think, the best answer I've heard so far.  This is an American figure that is wildly well-known in both modernized Western countries and 3rd world African countries alike.  (I'm not sure about the other countries, but I think it's a safe bet that he's well-known there too.)
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #16 on: July 30, 2012, 08:04:17 PM »
I agree with Nekov. I think Lionel Messi is the most famous person alive.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #17 on: July 30, 2012, 08:05:39 PM »
Barack Obama, I'd guess. Although I'd have no way of knowing, as I don't talk to many people from outside the USA.


Also, Jesus.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #18 on: July 30, 2012, 08:07:11 PM »
Queen Elizabeth II

The first person that popped in my mind.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2012, 08:14:44 PM »
Messi is probably right up there in most of the world, except maybe the US since they aren't really football fans.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #20 on: July 30, 2012, 08:21:16 PM »
Quote from: Nic35 on July 30, 2012, 08:04:17 PM
I agree with Nekov. I think Lionel Messi is the most famous person alive.
I've never heard of him.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #21 on: July 30, 2012, 08:22:43 PM »
Messi is actually a good answer to the question.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #22 on: July 30, 2012, 08:27:46 PM »
Personally, I would go with either Bill Gates, or my first choice which was Paul McCartney. Paul is literally legendary, something I was thinking after seeing him on the Olympics broadcast.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #23 on: July 30, 2012, 08:29:15 PM »
James Cameron




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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #24 on: July 30, 2012, 08:30:39 PM »
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James Cameron




....... Seriously

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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #25 on: July 30, 2012, 08:37:19 PM »
Quote from: Chino on July 30, 2012, 08:29:15 PM
James Cameron




....... Seriously

I really doubt tons of people outside of a devoted fan base or "film buffs" give two shits about the guy.

I have to second the Bill Gates suggestion though.  Either him or, honestly, Barack Obama.  Though he may not be the most well-loved (at least here at home), he does seem to be a president with quite a big "cult of personality" around him, and not for coming across as an idiot like George "nucular" Dubya.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #26 on: July 30, 2012, 08:37:34 PM »
ITT:  People name people they are personally fond of
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #27 on: July 30, 2012, 08:40:50 PM »
I think some of you fail to realize that a VERY large portion of earth is NOT western or 1st world.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #28 on: July 30, 2012, 08:42:41 PM »
I like the McCartney suggestion.  I take it Messi is a soccer player... never heard of him.

How about Nelson Mandela?  Dalai Lama?  Oprah Winfrey?

Adami. I think we have to rule out what ... about 1-2 Billion people who have little/no access to media or print?  Clearly, there isn't going to be a single individual who's famously known to that collective demographic.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #29 on: July 30, 2012, 08:43:14 PM »
Wasn't it determined to be Michael Jackson a few years ago?
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #30 on: July 30, 2012, 08:44:59 PM »
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Adami. I think we have to rule out what ... about 1-2 Billion people who have little/no access to media or print?  Clearly, there isn't going to be a single individual who's famously known to that collective demographic.

That doesn't mean they don't know some people.  You can't just ignore them.  The question is about the most famous person in the world, and ignoring 20% of the people in the world defeats that purpose.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #31 on: July 30, 2012, 08:46:45 PM »
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Adami. I think we have to rule out what ... about 1-2 Billion people who have little/no access to media or print?  Clearly, there isn't going to be a single individual who's famously known to that collective demographic.

That doesn't mean they don't know some people.  You can't just ignore them.  The question is about the most famous person in the world, and ignoring 20% of the people in the world defeats that purpose.

Well that's exactly my point. People like that football player are likely only known to western 1st world country people, and even then only some of them since a good amount of people in this thread had never heard of him. Same with Bill Gates. If we only name people that only 1st world westernized people have heard, we DO miss the purpose.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #32 on: July 30, 2012, 08:52:41 PM »
Paul McCartney
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #33 on: July 30, 2012, 08:53:33 PM »
Quote from: Accelerando on July 30, 2012, 08:52:41 PM
Paul McCartney


Dear god when I saw you posted in this thread I seriously thought you were going to say Mark Tremonti.
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Re: The Most Famous Person Alive
« Reply #34 on: July 30, 2012, 08:55:34 PM »
Messi is probably the biggest footballer at the moment (whether you're a fan of him or not), and football is the biggest sport in the world. Just sayin.

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