Who Is the Most Famous Person in the World?

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2,618 celebrities

1,551 voters

Top 30 Most Famous People in the World

...according to 61,925 votes by 1,551 people. See the full list.

Image of Tom Cruise

1

Image of Arnold Schwarzenegger

2

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Image of Adele

3

Image of Taylor Swift

4

Image of Beyoncé

5

Image of Donald Trump

6

Image of Michelle Obama

7

Image of Madonna

8

Image of Katy Perry

9

Image of Barack Obama

10

Image of Bill Gates

11

Image of Justin Bieber

12

Image of David Beckham

13

Image of Matt Damon

14

Image of J. K. Rowling

15

Image of Bruno Mars

16

Image of Kanye West

17

Image of Ed Sheeran

18

Image of Johnny Depp

19

Image of Hillary Clinton

20

Hillary Clinton

Image of Lionel Messi

21

Image of Ellen DeGeneres

22

Ellen DeGeneres

Image of Paul McCartney

23

Image of Robert Downey Jr.

24

Robert Downey Jr.

Image of Will Smith

25

Image of LeBron James

26

Image of Vin Diesel

27

Image of Angelina Jolie

28

Image of Rowan Atkinson

29

Image of Brad Pitt

30

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The Most Famous People by Country

United States	Leonardo DiCaprio
Canada	Gillian Anderson
Netherlands	Arnold Schwarzenegger
Singapore	Neil Diamond
United Kingdom	Rachel Riley
Germany	Gerard Butler
Austria	Sean Combs
Belgium	Allen Iverson