Who is most recognizable worldwide?

[AlexM]

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I honestly couldn't pick McCartney out of a lineup although I have some sort of idea what he looks like. That doesn't bode well for the countries where most people have never even heard his name.

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McCartney has the advantage of there not being any such countries. The Beatles are everywhere.

[AlexM]

Ranked by number of pages via web search:


George Bush 353,000,000
Michael Jordan 122,000,000
David Beckham 82,500,000
Tiger Woods 78,200,000
Paul McCartney 61,200,000
Pope Benedict 8,130,000

Other notables:

Michael Jackson 222,000,000
Britney Spears 202,000,000
Bill Clinton 169,000,000
Lindsay Lohan 124,000,000
Tom Cruise 96,000,000
Tony Blair 89,800,000
Madonna 68,800,000
Oprah 30,000,000
Tom Hanks 25,300,000
Queen Elizabeth II 11,000,000 (without the II is 68 mil but a lot of those are Elizabeth I)

Of course, the Internet has an American bias. Also, if you do it by images, Madonna jumps way out in the lead. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] And of course, some people like Tom Hanks are very well recognized but simply keep a low profile and don't get into the media much.

[bearwiredpair]

1. ronald mcdonald

[swingdoc]

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There was a study done a few years back on this exact subject. I can't remember who did it, but it was an internationally recognized company.
#1 was Madonna
#2 was Michael Jackson

Jordan, Beckham and Woods were in the top 20. George Bush wasn't. People who don't watch TV (a large part of the population) know who Madonna and Jacko are.

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Only studies I could find like this were from the late 90's and dealt with name recognition, not face recognition. Pretty surprising that nobody knew who Bush was 10 years ago [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[recipro]

I find it absurd that people are ranking Jordan above Beckham. Outside the US and possibly Canada, I don't think Jordan would be more recognizable than Beckham in any country.

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Muhammad Ali(all Muslims and Christians know him)

Princess Diana (most photographed person in history)

Paris Hilton (the American Princess Diana)

Michael Jackson (who doesn't know him?)

Elvis (the pelvis)

[luckyjimm]

If you say to someone in England "Who is Jordan?", 99.9% of people will answer:



Anyone reading this from the UK can back me up on this.

[johnnylovescandy]

i've never even been to UK and agree 100%

[vbm]

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Beckham is known by almost all of the European countries as well as a decent portion of Latin America and Africa I'm sure. However, I doubt many Asians would recognize him at all and even where soccer is popular not everyone could pick him from a lineup.


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hahahahahaha

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lol, how wrong can you actually be?

At the world cup in Japan/SKorea, the stadium was full of 'asians' in england shirts. He is probably bigger in asia than anywhere else in the world.lol

Beckham wins this hands down

[jmill2511]

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David Beckham is the most recognizable world wide and Id bet any amount of money on it.

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