Who are the most famous people alive today? Who are the most famous people who have lived in your lifetime?

Question

Today: George W. Bush, Muhammad Ali
Past 50 years: Princess Diana, Pope John Paul II, Muhammad Ali, Elvis Presley
It would be interesting to hear peoples answers to this question...

Famous or infamous, it doesn't matter

Answer 1

Today:
Nelson Mandela,Paul McCartney,George Bush,Osama Bin Laden

Last 50:
Mother Theresa ,John Lennon,Pope John Paul 11,Elvis Presley,
Winston Churchill,President de Gaulle,Marylin Monroe,John F.Kennedy,Saddam Hussein,Martin Luther King

Answer 2

Charles Lindburgh; Admiral Byrd; General MacArthur;Babe Ruth;Albert Einstein; Joe Di Maggio;Shirley Temple; Erroll Flynn
Cecil B.de Mille; Alfred Hitchcock; Rudolph Valentino; Mahatma Gandhi; Sir Winston Churchill; Field Marshall Montgomery; Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussolini; Emperor Hirohito; Edward V111;Wallis Simpson; Sinclair Lewis, Ernest Hemingway; Jack Benny, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Margaret Mitchell, Enrico Fermi, Neville Chamberlain, George V, GeorgeV1, Calvin Cooledge,Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower,
John.Kennedy, Pope Pius , Joesph Stalin, King Alfonso of Spain,
Francisco Franco, Fiorello LaGuardia, Joe Lewis, Primo Carnera
Max Schmeling, Gene Tunney, (THE LIST IS ENDLESS).

Answer 3

Interesting question.

I'm fairly young (b 1982) but some other prominent people who have lived since then would include:

Presidents Clinton, Reagan and Bush.
Saddam Hussein got himself into the news a lot.
Mother Theresa should probably also make the list.
Significant leaders in China might also be put on the list (Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, etc).
Don't forget major Soccer players: Pele especially, Maradona, Ronaldo, David Beckham, etc.

Answer 4

Today: Angelina Jolie-Pitt
Past 50 years: John F. Kennedy

Answer 5

How do you judge "most famous"? By what criteria and standards? Famous and infamous? Or are you asking which people we consider importand?

Answer 6

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