Who is the most famous person ever?

[Bucky]

I'm gonna say Mohammed, although Kylie Minogue runs a close second, thanks to the internets.

[Heidi]

1. Sorry, but this guy may be more famous than either of them:

Waaaaaaaaay famous guy

[Kutjara]

39. I have that URL memorized, Heidi.

Nice try though! :hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. elvis

[stuntcat]

3. Michael?

(he was cute :cry: )

[IzaSparrow]

10. I second...nt

[GalleryGod]

4. Maybe...

Matt Albie & Danny Tripp !?!?

[AllegroRondo]

5. Depends on how you define famous

I've heard that Pope John Paul II holds the record as the man seen in person by more other people in history.

[SteppingRazor]

6. Gotta be J.C.

With the missionary tendencies of many Christian sects, there's damn few people who haven't heard of Jesus. The fact that his fame has been sustained for a couple millennia, I think pretty much seals the deal.

[Aristus]

8. I'd like to think that His fame was due to his "love one another" creed,

rather than for missionary zeal. But who knows?

[SteppingRazor]

9. You'd like to think that (and so would I) but...

let's face it. There's been plenty of other people who have dedicated their lives to that same creed. But none of them had an army of followers spreading their message.

[Aristus]

12. Too true...

B-)

[Deep13]

15. That was my first guess, but...

...then I remembered that there really isn't any reason t suppose he was real. Same with Moses. Mohammad was certainly a real person.

[SteppingRazor]

16. Definitely a good point. If we're gonna go with people who can be historically verified...

I guess I gotta go with one of the other big religious leaders too. Mohammad or Buddha, I suppose. Probably Buddha, actually, when you consider the amount of people in India and China. Then again, Mohammad's certainly as well known in India. I dunno. Tough call.

[quip]

24. Yes, there is.

Yawn. :boring:

[Deep13]

25. Well, are you going to keep me in suspense?

:shrug:

[quip]

29. Jesus is a part of the historical record.

Do some research to find more.

Too hard for me; I'm on my iPhone now... :hi:

[Deep13]

30. My own research says he is not.

I'm busy too, but archeological evidence contradicts many of the claims concerning his birth.

[quip]

32. His birth story could well be mythical.

He, as a historical figure in history though, is pretty well-documented. As least as much as other figures in history whom we accept as to have existed.

[Deep13]

34. If you can point to anything outside the Bible...

...I would be glad to know about it.

When you say other figures in history we accept as existed, I wonder who you have in mind. We know about Alexander, for example, because of contemporaneous writing that survives, a city he founded, the hellenistic influence on all of the Mediterranean world. Others who knew him wrote about him. His enemies wrote of their defeats. Augustus visited his tomb. The point is I don't need to credit any single source to accept that he existed. His face has been plastered all over the ancient world.

On the other hand, all the information about JC was written by people who did not know him and based it on earlier oral stories. What is more, the accounts do not agree with each other. Bishop Spong theorizes that the increasingly elaborate cannonical gospels were really liturgical calendars designed to replace the Jewish one. In other words they are of theological origin, not historical. JC did not spread Judaism or Christianity the way Al spread hellenism. That had to wait first for Paul and then for Constantine. Roman records confirm that Pilate was real. I am not aware that he ever wrote about Jesus. In fact no one but his followers did. None of the miracles were noted by any contemporary source. At the crucifixion, there were storms, earth quakes and dead people walkin g around. None of the Romans or Jews wrote about that. Paul, the oldest Christian writer, notes nothing about his life and does not mention any miracle. And frankly, without those, what's so special about him. There was nothing especially original about his teachings. His whole history seems to be reverse engineered.

Like I said, if there is any evidence, I would be happy to hear about it.

[quip]

37. They are pretty well known; here is a wiki link that doesn't do a bad

job of summarizing (scroll down to Greco-Roman Sources)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus

[LynneSin]

7. I say Abe Vigoda - which btw, do you know he's still alive!

http://www.abevigoda.com/

[BarenakedLady]

13. Thank goodness!

I pray to His holy alter nightly.

[SallyMander]

11. Oprah!

:hide:

[Pierre.Suave]

14. I was going to say me...

but then I remembered that I am infamous...

[Tikki]

17. Either Kim Fowley or Malcolm McLeran.....

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/11/12/malcolm_mclaren_narrowweb__300x414,0.jpg



Tikki

[flvegan]

18. Hitler.

[MissMillie]

19. that would be this guy... that's right you guessed it

Frank Stallone

[Fire Walk With Me]

40. I saw him in class a few times at Bikram Yoga...

There is now one degree of separation between you and Frank, Miss Millie! :)

[Sannum]

20. Steve Guttenburg

[formerrepuke]

21. LUCY (not the one from TV):

[Phillycat]

22. Michael Jordan or Michael Jackson.

Weren't there studies back in Jordan's halycon days that showed that Aboriginal tribespeople in the depths of Africa were able to recognize Michael Jordan's face?

[Bucky]

23. True, but...

I think that's a spin off from his appearances in the Cuba Gooding underwear commercials.

[underpants]

26. It was Jesus but now it is the Beatles

O8)

[PassingFair]

27. Everybody seems to know THIS guy:

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Mahatma Gandhi

[gmoney]

28. well, everyone in the world hates W. so they must know him, right?

and the few freeps who don't hate him certainly know who he is.

And despite his best efforts, the global population is at an all-time high...

[FredScuttle]

31. For a while, it was this guy...

[Dr. Strange]

33. Will Smith?

[BlueJazz]

35. Spock

[Generic Brad]

36. Charlie Chaplin

Wasn't he the first international superstar?

[Chovexani]

38. Your mom

At least that's what the word is on the street.

:yoiks:

[GirlinContempt]

41. Hitler

[applegrove]

42. Jesus.