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re: Who is the most famous / recognizable person in the world?

Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:33 pm to
Posted by TigerBait1971
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:33 pm to
Santa Claus
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Posted by OweO
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:34 pm to
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Uganda is wheelchair friendly? Who would've known that?



Some areas more than others.
Posted by Jack Daniel
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:35 pm to
Disagree. Those two people could come sit in my living room right now and I wouldn't know them.
Posted by LSUinMA
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:39 pm to
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Posted by Jack Daniel online on 3/22/17 at 7:35 pm to crazy4lsu Disagree. Those two people could come sit in my living room right now and I wouldn't know them.


Congratulations, this may be the stupidest thing I've ever read on this site. Your awareness of who people are dictates how famous they are? You individually? Idiot.
Posted by Topwater Trout
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:39 pm to
It's not about your living room. Americans don't understand how popular soccer is around the world...look at the World Cup, its popular on every continent. Formula 1 racing is huge also.
Posted by AbuTheMonkey
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:40 pm to
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Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.


Agreed. Only 1/50 U.S. citizens may know of them but to the rest of the world they are gods.


Eh, they're really popular in Europe, Africa, and Latin America, but they're basically barely above nobodies in China, Southeast Asia, and South Asia (where about half the world's combined population resides). Outside of Mexico, they're not all that in North America, either.

It's why I can buy that Jordan is more popular than those two: he is immensely more popular than those two in the most populated regions on earth.
This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 7:42 pm
Posted by cupchu1
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:48 pm to
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Eh, they're really popular in Europe, Africa, and Latin America, but they're basically barely above nobodies in China, Southeast Asia, and South Asia (where about half the world's combined population resides). Outside of Mexico, they're not all that in North America, either.




You're wronger than a football bat.
Posted by SoulGlo
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:48 pm to
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Prince Akeem?


Only one gentleman in a restroom.
Posted by nc14
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:51 pm to
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Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:52 pm to
Saving Trump and politicians... Michael Jackson was an easy one back in the day, in fact I heard about his death from Mongols on the Mongolian plains a few hours after his death, and after texting my friends back in the states they confirmed it.

Honestly, I'll go with David Beckham as the most recognizable, even over Jordan. Jordan has been out of the game for too long in order for youth to recognize him. Music ages better than sports, and Beckham is still doing his thing and modeling. Aside from Hanes commercials, how much do you see Jordan these days?

If Michael Jackson were still alive, he's an easy #1, but Beckham is idolized by every kid on every continent but North America... well save Mexico of course.
This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 7:56 pm
Posted by nc14
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:56 pm to
Who the frick is Beckham?
Posted by REB BEER
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:04 pm to
I hate to say it, but probably either Obama or Hitler.
Posted by Peregrine Laziosi
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:06 pm to
Beyonce
Posted by AbuTheMonkey
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:18 pm to
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Eh, they're really popular in Europe, Africa, and Latin America, but they're basically barely above nobodies in China, Southeast Asia, and South Asia (where about half the world's combined population resides). Outside of Mexico, they're not all that in North America, either.




You're wronger than a football bat.


They're popular - not nearly as popular as the major basketball stars are, though. That's what I was trying to get at.

Jordan and Kobe and guys like that are demi-gods; great soccer players are mere celebrities, similar to how American basketball stars are in Europe and Latin America and Africa.
This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 8:22 pm
Posted by cheesesteak501
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Member since Mar 2014
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:54 pm to
You guys really underestimate how big soccer stars are all over the world. Kids in the Middle East, Asia and shite Africa all know who Messi and Ronaldo are. Basketball might be chinas biggest game, but they do have soccer there as well.
Posted by SECdragonmaster
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:08 pm to
I think it would have to be someone of LARGE physical stature like Shaquille.

You guys don't understand how easy it is to not notice a famous person when they have no entourage and are normal sized. I shared a couch with Paul Simon for 30 mins and had no idea who he was until he told me. I also sat next to John Stockton on a plane and it took me 20 mins to recognize him.

A person like Shaq will instantly draw your eye. Then you start thinking "who is that?"

You don't do that for soccer players. You don't do that for obama. (Without a secret service detail around him)

Got to go with Shaq.
Posted by fouldeliverer
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:09 pm to
Yao Ming
Posted by Good Old Baw
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:15 pm to
Top 3 from left to right
Posted by TigerNAtux
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:16 pm to
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Hitler.




Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:17 pm to
Gangnam style guy
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