re: Who is the #1 Star of the Twentieth century?

Posted by kywildcatfanone

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 6:29 pm to Rougarou4lsu

Elvis
Michael Jackson
Michael Jordan

Posted by kciDAtaE

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 6:47 pm to Teddy Ruxpin

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wonder if he even knew who that was on the shirt on a continent famous for sports hand me downs

Probably not. But do you think those kids in India could pick out Michael Jackson in a lineup?

It’s all about brands in this discussion. Jordan had a bigger brand than Jackson. Which both fell short of Ronald McDonald in the 1900’s.

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:07 pm to Rougarou4lsu

Charles Lindbergh

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:16 pm to Rougarou4lsu

Shirley Temple

Posted by ljhog

Lake Jackson, Tx.

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:19 pm to bayoubengals88

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Three that immediately come to mind are Elvis, Michael Jordan, and Michael Jackson.

If we are going to include sports figures, then the answer is obviously Muhammad Ali.

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:20 pm to Rougarou4lsu

To me, it’s gotta be Johnny Cash.

Posted by Jake88

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:27 pm to bayoubengals88

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Three that immediately come to mind are Elvis, Michael Jordan, and Michael Jackson

Toss in Ali and Babe Ruth. And John Wayne

Posted by Buckeye06

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:29 pm to Rougarou4lsu

I mean isn't it Hitler? I'm not sure he's a "star" but probably the biggest figure of the 20th century.

There are just so many of course to choose from but that one was my first thought. Biggest event of the century was WWII

Edit: see he was brought up before but that was my immediate thought.

What about Picasso? A little different

This post was edited on 3/21/21 at 7:35 pm

Posted by CocomoLSU

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:32 pm to bayoubengals88

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Three that immediately come to mind are Elvis, Michael Jordan, and Michael Jackson.

One of these is easily the answer IMO. Elvis is the most famous person of my parents’ generation. Ans in mine it has to be Jordan or MJ. And Gun to my head, I think it’s prolly Michael Jackson. That dude is known in the farthest reaches of the globe. It’s insane how famous he was. Even moreso than Jordan who brought the NBA to a global scale. And given that MJ was alive later than Elvis when news and information (aka television and the internet) were broader than ever in history, I give him the edge over Elvis.

Posted by Jake88

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:32 pm to kciDAtaE

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Probably not. But do you think those kids in India could pick out Michael Jackson in a lineup?

Absofrickinglutely. Jackson was pervasive far more than Jordan. Not close.

Posted by TejasHorn

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:37 pm to Rougarou4lsu

Elvis.

He may not have been the first pop star but he broke the genre wide open to the masses and influenced a generation (eg, the Beatles) who influenced the next, etc.

I forgot the stat but the number of song downloads and resulting royalties his family gets each year is mind blowing.

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Posted by Roaad

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:43 pm to Rougarou4lsu

20th

Michael Jackson
Elvis Pressley
The Beatles
Pele
Michael Jordan
Muhammed Ali
Mike Tyson

Nobody else comes close

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:45 pm to Misnomer

I would say Elvis Presley.

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 7:46 pm to Rougarou4lsu

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Posted on 3/21/21 at 9:18 pm to Mike da Tigah

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The Duke

He is international as well. In college in the late ‘90s the foreign students in the dorms thought the USA was more like John Wayne movies

Some guy from Burma was disappointed he couldn’t buy a cowboy hat at the school’s bookstore