The Ten Most Famous People in the World

Just...famous. Up to you. There are no prizes. 8)

 

Liza

 

Well. Duh.

 

what? no prizes? what's the point of playing then?

 

Okay, maybe you can get a bacon bandaid. Just get to work on a list, we'll see.

 

It's pronounced thermometer.

 

Dalai Lama?

 

In no particular order

Michael Jackson
Obama
Angelina Jolie
Michael Jordan
Oprah
Queen Elizabeth II
W
Tiger Woods
Yao Ming
Bono

(I consider the Pope more an office than a person, depending on who it is. John Paul II was instantly recognizable and would make the list. Benedict, not as much)

 

Is Oprah big in China or India or South America? I don't know, I'm just asking.

I do know leaving Beckham and/or Ronaldo off the list is a mistake. They are global sporting icons. Hell, they have to come to America because it's the only place to get away from the crush of fans.

 

the money you could be saving with GEICO?

 

This is a pretty North-American centric list

For instance, this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashan is wildly popular in China, which puts him in the minds of close to a billion people

Not sure there's a lot of Liza Minelli fans in East and South Asia and, like heavy-electoral vote states, you can't win without those constituencies.


Pope
Dalai Llama
Queen
Obama
Bush
Pele
Usain Bolt (track is big everywhere in the world)

 

We forgot Barbra Streisand.