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Posted on 5/2/17 at 9:52 am to Tiger1242
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But I still think Mandela is probably more famous, you do know he's not American right?
wtf?
Yes, I'm well aware Nelson Mandela is not American
Posted on 5/2/17 at 9:53 am to Placebeaux
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Marco Polo
The guy who invented that swimming pool game?
Posted on 5/2/17 at 9:56 am to Tiger1242
Tom Bodet
Posted on 5/2/17 at 9:58 am to Pettifogger
Sorry just the way you worded almost sounded like you thought he was 
Posted on 5/2/17 at 9:58 am to Gullah Gullah Island
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Michael Jackson
This is likely your answer. I would bet a life's earnings that if you held a picture of him up along with any pic of the historical figures listed, MJ would be far and away more known than any others listed.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 9:59 am to twoliter
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Marco Polo
The guy who invented that swimming pool game?
Yes
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:01 am to Tiger1242
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most famous person in world
Seeing that of the 7 billion people there are over 2.6 billion people in China and India I would have to go with someone like Ghandi or Mao Zedong. If you had to survey every living soul. I doubt many of them in the countrysides of Asia ever heard of Lincoln or MLK.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:02 am to Tiger1242
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Sorry just the way you worded almost sounded like you thought he was
haha I guess i see it
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:05 am to Tiger1242
So many have already been listed that I would have suggested. So, I'll name a few athletes that haven't been mentioned yet.
Ronaldo
Messi
Mayweather
Phelps
Ronaldo
Messi
Mayweather
Phelps
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:14 am to PaperPaintball92
Has to be Gandhi, Adolf Hitler or William Shakespeare.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:15 am to BOSCEAUX
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Mohammed Ali
His momma call him Clay - Imma call him Clay.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:19 am to TigerstuckinMS
quote:Famous dead people that everyone would remember...
Genghis Khan
Alexander the Great
Napoleon Bonaparte
Joseph Stalin
Charlemagne
Leonardo
Gandhi
Einstein
Newton
Galileo
All well-known among even moderately educated people, but not necessarily among the poorly educated.
Imagine the most uneducated communities you can (the hood, the sticks, etc), and consider whether anyone would know who Charlemagne is.
Would guess Einstein would be the tops among that, even if the name is only an expression amongst some.
"Caesar" would be higher, but there's a couple of issues- a lot of recognition comes from the Bible, so is that "religious"?
And are we clear on the difference between Julius, Augustus, and for that matter, all the others?
Christopher Columbus would also be very high on the list.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:31 am to Scoob
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"Caesar" would be higher, but there's a couple of issues- a lot of recognition comes from the Bible, so is that "religious"?
And are we clear on the difference between Julius, Augustus, and for that matter, all the others?
I don't think anyone can say that Caesar is a religious term (unless you an ancient Roman dedicated to one of their cults).
I see what you're saying about how the name Caesar spread because of all the emperors (and especially Augustus) who were called Caesar and not just because of Julius. Although I bet if you asked a random person where the name comes from the vast majority would say Julius Caesar even if that isn't necessarily true
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:34 am to TigerstuckinMS
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Genghis Khan
Alexander the Great
Napoleon Bonaparte
These are hard to beat.....
I might add for consideration:
Julius Caesar
Henry VIII
Leonardo Di Vinci
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
George Washington
John F Kennedy
FDR
Winston Churchill
You have to consider worldwide knowledge of the persons existence.......for example, not many around the world knew who Lincoln was at that time.
On that note, fame = informational technology, so Michael Jackson et al are actually more famous than the historical figures.
This post was edited on 5/2/17 at 10:37 am
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:35 am to Gullah Gullah Island
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Michael Jackson
That was actually true at one time. And if you're going by purely # of people who recognize a face/person, Elvis, MJ, Shaq have all been up there.
Obama, Putin, and Queen Elizabeth(and her babies and shite) are up there as well from politics.
This post was edited on 5/2/17 at 10:35 am
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:36 am to Tiger1242
In no real particular order...
Napoleon
William Shakespeare
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Adolf Hitler
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Thomas Jefferson
Henry VIII of England
Charles Darwin
Elizabeth I of England
Karl Marx
Julius Caesar
Queen Victoria
Joseph Stalin
Albert Einstein
Christopher Columbus
Napoleon
William Shakespeare
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Adolf Hitler
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Thomas Jefferson
Henry VIII of England
Charles Darwin
Elizabeth I of England
Karl Marx
Julius Caesar
Queen Victoria
Joseph Stalin
Albert Einstein
Christopher Columbus
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:39 am to CharlesLSU
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Genghis Khan
Something tells me, if you show his picture to a lot of Americans. They wouldnt be able to name him.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:48 am to Tiger1242
This guy.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:59 am to Tiger1242
Waldo
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