79th most famous person in the world!

Kobe Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. He won five NBA championships and was named an All-Star 18 times, regarded as one of the greatest players in NBA history.

This is based on winning 53 head-to-head matchups with other famous people, but also losing 26 head-to-head matchups.

Most recently Kobe Bryant lost a matchup to Cher (#177) voted by someone from United States.