Who Is the Most Famous Person in the World?

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2,618 celebrities

1,543 voters

Top 30 Most Famous People in the World

...according to 61,203 votes by 1,543 people. See the full list.

Image of Adele

1

Image of Tom Cruise

2

Image of Arnold Schwarzenegger

3

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Image of Donald Trump

4

Image of Beyoncé

5

Image of Taylor Swift

6

Image of Madonna

7

Image of Katy Perry

8

Image of Barack Obama

9

Image of Bruno Mars

10

Image of Bill Gates

11

Image of J. K. Rowling

12

Image of Michelle Obama

13

Image of Kanye West

14

Image of Ed Sheeran

15

Image of David Beckham

16

Image of Justin Bieber

17

Image of Hillary Clinton

18

Hillary Clinton

Image of Lionel Messi

19

Image of Ellen DeGeneres

20

Ellen DeGeneres

Image of Paul McCartney

21

Image of LeBron James

22

Image of Vin Diesel

23

Image of Angelina Jolie

24

Image of Rowan Atkinson

25

Image of Brad Pitt

26

Image of Bill Clinton

27

Image of Johnny Depp

28

Image of Jennifer Lawrence

29

Jennifer Lawrence

Image of Jackie Chan

30

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The Most Famous People by Country

United States	Leonardo DiCaprio
Canada	Natalie Imbruglia
Netherlands	Arnold Schwarzenegger
Singapore	Ed Sheeran
United Kingdom	Eminem
Germany	Gerard Butler
Austria	Sean Combs
Belgium	Allen Iverson