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08-14-2017, 05:30 AM
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Who would you consider to be the 10 most well known people all over the world today?
Saw this thread in another forum and thought it'd be fun to do it here.
Name 10 people, whether in order or not it's up to you, who do you consider to be the most well known people all over the world today. And this is only about LIVING people. So no Hitler, Stalin, Julius Caeser, etc.  I'll try. In no order: Donald Trump: A no brainer, really Barack Obama: Also a no brainer. He's still fresh in memory. Maybe in some years the world will sorta forget him like they're forgetting George W. Bush these days who completely moved away from politics. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson: Highest grossing actor in Hollywood in the last few years, I believe? Kanye West: A no brainer as far as musicians go. Kim Kardashian: yeah I know she's famous for stupid reasons and all, but we're not discussing merits nor the quality of their work here, but their fame only. And also, she is married to Kanye West, meaning her relevancy in the mainstream wont' go away anytime soon. Vladimir Puin: Arguably the most well know state leader nowadays next to Trump It's him or Angela Merkel or the Queen of England, imo. Angela Merkel: See above. The Queen of England: Ditto. The current Pope: No brainer either. I mean... who doesn't know the goddamn Pope? To complete the top 10... an athlete... one of these for certain: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Lebron James or Michael Jordan. Also add Hulk Hogan if you count him into it. Your turn now. |
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08-14-2017, 05:35 AM
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Can't argue with most of your list. I'd bump a couple people for Paul McCartney, Oprah, OJ Simpson, Beyoncé, and maybe a few others.
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08-14-2017, 05:42 AM
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I'd make a honorable mentions list but I'd still leave lots of famous people out. It's hard to make a list like this, which makes it interesting. Hell I'm sure Bieber is still very famous and I don't have him in my list, per example. Not to mention people like jack Nicholson, Scarlett Johansson, etc. |
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08-14-2017, 06:11 AM
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Plus with his kid napping arrest, Chappelle's Netflix special, the excellent Emmy Award winning People v. OJ Simpson series on FX and his upcoming release from prison... he's a pretty popular topic again |
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08-14-2017, 06:16 AM
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He has a tv series based on him? I mean people remember the name but he's not a top priority on people's minds all over the world. I never hear people talk about him. It's kinda like that Breivik guy from Norway who is still infamous but only occasionally will people remember him when they see him on the news again "oh that guy again...". Definitely not top 10 or 20, imo. |
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08-14-2017, 06:58 AM
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1- The Rock
2- Dwayne Johnson 3- The People's Champ 4- The Brahma Bull 5- The Most Electrifying Man in All of Entertainment 6- The jabroni beating, pie eating, trail blazing, eye brow raising, the best in the present, future and past, and if yall dont like it you can kiss the peoples ass! 7- The Great One 8- The Most Electrifying Man in all of Twittertainment 9- Flex F***in' Kavana 10- Seth Rogen |
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08-14-2017, 01:39 PM
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08-14-2017, 05:42 AM
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08-14-2017, 05:47 AM
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Anyway, I don't mean it as literally everyone knowing those people. I think it's impossible for every single person on Earth to know the same person by name and face.
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08-14-2017, 12:51 PM
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I agree with the people others have posted. Can't think of any others at the moment, though.
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08-14-2017, 01:18 PM
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Out of all the people mentioned in this thread the only ones I agree would be Trump and The Rock. I would've included Pope Francis but Powder just proved us wrong on that one.
If you don't follow politics you wouldn't know who Putin is, at least not the average person as big as he is so people like Merkel have no chance. Even Kim Kardashian as big as she is in the US and people who follow that celebrity culture, most older people from other countries do not know who she is. I can tell you where I'm living a vast majority don't know nor care who OJ Simpson is, Oprah is definitely well known but not everyone would know her. Obviously people would know Obama, right now but younger generations of other countries will soon not know who he is. For someone to know a person all over the world no matter age, culture etc. It's mostly going to be big singers and celebrities. Tom Cruise, Brittney Spears, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Robert Downey Jr. etc. |
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08-14-2017, 01:26 PM
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1. Donald Trump 2. Xi Jinping 3. Tom Cruise 4. Tom Hanks 5. Justin Bieber 6. Oprah Winfrey 7. Al Pacino 8. Robert DeNiro 9. Mark Zuckerberg 10. Vladimir Putin 11. Sam Worthington Something like that.
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12-01-2023, 10:26 PM
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Perhaps Xi Jinping could be the most well known person? Since he is the leader of the world's most populated country, and I imagine most people in the West too would know who he is.
Edit: realised he was discussed in the thread before. I still think he could be no.1 in being well known since he has become more recognisable worldwide due to American-Chinese tensions. Last edited by FredWolfLeonardo; 12-01-2023 at 10:34 PM. |
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12-02-2023, 11:12 AM
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Pick A Royal, Any Royal. Six seasons of the Crown and the Harry/Meghan drama will help with that
Trump Biden Bill Gates Putin Musk Ryan Reynolds Margot Robbie |
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12-02-2023, 01:57 PM
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More possibilities:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Mike Pence Rudy Giuliani Candace Cameron Bure Mario Lopez Charles Martinet Jimmy Carter King Charles Priscilla Presley Whoopi Goldberg Last edited by Icebot; 12-02-2023 at 02:03 PM. |
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12-03-2023, 08:59 AM
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Look at the greater majority of what everyone has cited - and even if you agree with the listed people or not the real pattern is that "infamy" seems to be more correlated with "most well known" than fame does.
Now the real question is does that say something about "infamy" or does that say something about the general population's direction of thought? |
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