594th most famous person in the world!

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He has directed the Hayden Planetarium since 1996 and hosted numerous science shows including 'NOVA ScienceNow' and 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey'. He is renowned for popularizing science through his books and media appearances.

This is based on winning 9 head-to-head matchups with other famous people, but also losing 14 head-to-head matchups.

Most recently Neil deGrasse Tyson lost a matchup to Charlotte Rampling (#1913) voted by someone from United States.