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The Ronaldo thread seems to be taking a bit of detour, so thought I would create this thread so people can debate it until their hearts content. So who is it? Is it indeed Ronaldo? Tom Cruise? Timmy Mallett?

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Person : Trump / The Pope/ The Queen

Sportsman: Ronaldo

Film star : Anyone who's been around for ages and/ or stared in blockbuster movies (Actually maybe some Bollywood star)
 

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Person : Trump / The Pope/ The Queen

Sportsman: Ronaldo

Film star : Anyone who's been around for ages and/ or stared in blockbuster movies (Actually maybe some Bollywood star)
For Sportsman, I actually wonder if it's not an indian or pakistani Cricket superstar.
 

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Ronaldo, Trump, Messi. I suspect they'd be well known even in the remotest of villages. Probably Trump overall.
 

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For me my Hollywood candidates are: Angelina Jolie and Tom Cruise

Socialite: Kim K

Sports: Toss up between Ronaldo and Messi

Music: Beyoncé

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Politician: Trump or Obama
 

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Which one of the 2 is more famous? Comfortably Trump I reckon. Any US president is probably known worldwide.
I have no idea. Modi is known in the west and obviously extremely relevant in Asia. My westerener mind wants to say Trump but I wouldn't be surprised if it was Modi.
 

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I have no idea. Modi is known in the west and obviously extremely relevant in Asia. My westerener mind wants to say Trump but I wouldn't be surprised if it was Modi.
I had to look up who modi is (my assunption was correct, mind you), so I doubt that. I can't speak for a lot of countries, but India and anything to do with Indian politics is never mentioned here at all.
 

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To those who say Putin I do wonder if kids know who Putin is to the same degree that people know major "celebrities". I think there are celebrities that the adults who know Putin know whilst the kids who don't know Putin also know.
 

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To those who say Putin I do wonder if kids know who Putin is to the same degree that people know major "celebrities". I think there are celebrities that the adults who know Putin know whilst the kids who don't know Putin also know.
I'll bet that more kids know C. Ronaldo than Putin. I'm very confident in that.
 

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I had to look up who modi is (my assunption was correct, mind you), so I doubt that. I can't speak for a lot of countries, but India and anything to do with Indian politics is never mentioned here at all.
Yeah but think about the population of India and the countries surrounding it. He has the largest base outside of Xi Jinping.
 

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I had to look up who modi is (my assunption was correct, mind you), so I doubt that. I can't speak for a lot of countries, but India and anything to do with Indian politics is never mentioned here at all.

Yep. Same goes for cricketers, even in the UK most folk wouldn't have a clue who the most popular player was.
 

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I don't think so. Trump managed to be in everyones national news on a daily basis, as far as I can remember it wasn't the case for Obama or any other US president, Bush was the closest.
 

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So here's the ranking that Forbes got, whatever that's worth. Top 15:
  1. Elon Musk. ...
  2. Jeff Bezos. ...
  3. Dwayne Johnson. ...
  4. Joe Biden. ...
  5. Bill Gates. ...
  6. Robert Downey Jr. ...
  7. Cristiano Ronaldo. ...
  8. Lionel Messi.
  9. Donald Trump
  10. Mark Zuckerberg
  11. Oprah Winfrey
  12. Justin Bieber
  13. Ariana Grande
  14. LeBron James
  15. Kylie Jenner
 

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I had to look up who modi is (my assunption was correct, mind you), so I doubt that. I can't speak for a lot of countries, but India and anything to do with Indian politics is never mentioned here at all.
Yeah I also had to look up who Modi was, I'd reckon there'd be quite a few like that on the cafe alone.
 

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So here's the ranking that Forbes got, whatever that's worth. Top 15:
  1. Elon Musk. ...
  2. Jeff Bezos. ...
  3. Dwayne Johnson. ...
  4. Joe Biden. ...
  5. Bill Gates. ...
  6. Robert Downey Jr. ...
  7. Cristiano Ronaldo. ...
  8. Lionel Messi.
  9. Donald Trump
  10. Mark Zuckerberg
  11. Oprah Winfrey
  12. Justin Bieber
  13. Ariana Grande
  14. LeBron James
  15. Kylie Jenner
Who compiled this list? Not saying that RDJ isn’t known but to have him ahead of all the other big name Hollywood actors?!

Edit: I didn’t even realise he was above Ronaldo until the poster below me mentioned it. Definitely another of those ‘the world revolves around America’ things.
 

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So here's the ranking that Forbes got, whatever that's worth. Top 15:
  1. Elon Musk. ...
  2. Jeff Bezos. ...
  3. Dwayne Johnson. ...
  4. Joe Biden. ...
  5. Bill Gates. ...
  6. Robert Downey Jr. ...
  7. Cristiano Ronaldo. ...
  8. Lionel Messi.
  9. Donald Trump
  10. Mark Zuckerberg
  11. Oprah Winfrey
  12. Justin Bieber
  13. Ariana Grande
  14. LeBron James
  15. Kylie Jenner
Is that US-centric? No way Robert Downey Jr is more famous globally than Cristiano fecking Ronaldo.
 

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So here's the ranking that Forbes got, whatever that's worth. Top 15:
  1. Elon Musk. ...
  2. Jeff Bezos. ...
  3. Dwayne Johnson. ...
  4. Joe Biden. ...
  5. Bill Gates. ...
  6. Robert Downey Jr. ...
  7. Cristiano Ronaldo. ...
  8. Lionel Messi.
  9. Donald Trump
  10. Mark Zuckerberg
  11. Oprah Winfrey
  12. Justin Bieber
  13. Ariana Grande
  14. LeBron James
  15. Kylie Jenner
Mmmm, don't know about this. Sure I know about everyone on that list. Not that I'm the metric :lol: But I'm sure there are a few that could get in that list ahead of others, like Justin Bieber I think doesn't deserve to be there. Mark Zuckerberg may be another unfamiliar person in some parts of the world, among others there.
 

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So here's the ranking that Forbes got, whatever that's worth. Top 15:
  1. Elon Musk. ...
  2. Jeff Bezos. ...
  3. Dwayne Johnson. ...
  4. Joe Biden. ...
  5. Bill Gates. ...
  6. Robert Downey Jr. ...
  7. Cristiano Ronaldo. ...
  8. Lionel Messi.
  9. Donald Trump
  10. Mark Zuckerberg
  11. Oprah Winfrey
  12. Justin Bieber
  13. Ariana Grande
  14. LeBron James
  15. Kylie Jenner
I'm wondering if that means most relevant currently (popular or unpopular) or famous.

I seen some article that said that the 3 most searched people in 2021 were Alec Baldwin (Shooting) , Rittenhouse (Shooting) and Eriksen (Heart attack).
 

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So here's the ranking that Forbes got, whatever that's worth. Top 15:
  1. Elon Musk. ...
  2. Jeff Bezos. ...
  3. Dwayne Johnson. ...
  4. Joe Biden. ...
  5. Bill Gates. ...
  6. Robert Downey Jr. ...
  7. Cristiano Ronaldo. ...
  8. Lionel Messi.
  9. Donald Trump
  10. Mark Zuckerberg
  11. Oprah Winfrey
  12. Justin Bieber
  13. Ariana Grande
  14. LeBron James
  15. Kylie Jenner
Ariana Grande and Kylie Jenner arent that famous surely? Cant imagine any European over 50 knows who Kylie Jenner is.
 

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Is that US-centric? No way Robert Downey Jr is more famous globally than Cristiano fecking Ronaldo.
He's Iron Man in the Marvel Franchise so I'd say he's pretty well known for that.
 

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I'm wondering if that means most relevant currently (popular or unpopular) or famous.

I seen some article that said that the 3 most searched people in 2021 were Alec Baldwin (Shooting) , Rittenhouse (Shooting) and Eriksen (Heart attack).
I was literally thinking that the only reason RDJ is in there is because of the growing popularity of Marvel. So you could be right.