Most famous person in the world

[donkeylove]

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almost every adult in the world will have heard of bush and osama.

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Do people in South America know (or care) who Bush or Osama is? I'd bet a lot more of them know the Pope. What about Afria? They don't care about Bush, Osama, or the Pope.

In the "western" world, the answer is obviously Bush. But the "western" world isn't the entire world.

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Obviously you don't pay much atention to what's going on in the world. How did you miss Bush in South America last week being met by historically large protests and a gazillion pictures of him as Adolf. Being anti-Bush is the biggest requisite to being elected to public office in South America. Trust me they care about Bush passionately. Put the pope in street clothes and very few would recognize him. People respect the uniform.

Also saying no one cares about Bush,Osama or the pope in Africa may be one of the dumbest statements ever. All of Africa is in tumult, and most of the major countries are falling into the christian or muslim camps,much like countries did in the cold war with communism and democracy. The pope,Bin Laden, and Bush are at the very forefront of all those disputes. Not to mention that Osama planned and launched many of his attacks from northern Africa. Osama is also the most popular new boys name in a multitude of muslim territories in Africa.

Your whole post was wrong from beginning to end. Try to play it off that you were leveling rather than serious.

[TheMetetron]

Some sports contributions to add to the mix:

Pele
Diego Maradona

The two arguably greatest football players ever. More well known than Beckham easily except in the US.

[TheMetetron]

I think Bush may have this at the moment though. He is pretty universally hated.