Top 20 Famous Persons In The World
Below is the list of the Top 20 Famous Persons in the World .
1. Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson, nicknamed “The Rock”, is the most famous person in the world as of 2021. Dwayne who was WWE champion wrestler earlier is now an actor and producer. He is one of the greatest professional wrestlers the game has ever witnessed.
Dwayne Johnson is now one of the highest-grossing actors of Hollywood, with an estimated net worth close to $320 million.
He is also very active on social media site Instagram by sharing his workout videos and diet tips with his 263 million followers.
2. Joe Biden
Joe Biden, the 46th and current President of the United States is not only among the most famous personalities but also the most googled person of 2021.
In the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden became the sixth-youngest senator when he was just 30 years old.
Biden, who represents the Democratic party served as 47th Vice President of the United States for 8 years under the leadership of the Obama government. Biden defeated incumbent president Donald Trump in the 2020 high voltage presidential elections.
3. Donald Trump
Donald Trump is an American businessman and also former President of the United States of America. Trump, the 45th president, was always in the limelight for many of his controversial comments and actions during his tenure.
Before joining politics, Trump was a TV personality and business interest in real estate and construction. Trump is the first US president who had no prior exposure to government service or military. His tenure was mired with controversies and there have been umpteen protests because of his policies and strategies over the years.
Trump was very active on the microblogging site Twitter for direct communication, which was later suspended as he made several inaccurate statements during the run-up to the 2020 presidential election campaign.
Trump refused to accept defeat and even filed an appeal in the supreme court even though he lost the US 2020 presidential election to his rival Joe Biden.
4. Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, founder, and chairman of American multinational tech company Amazon Inc is the world’s richest and also one of the famous personalities in 2021. Bezos estimated net worth is more than $190 billion, as per Forbes Magazine.
He earlier served as president and CEO of Amazon, which he resigned recently to pursue his interest in space. He was in the news recently for successfully completing his maiden space voyage for 11 minutes. Jeff Bezos is the second billionaire to travel to space.
Bezos’s company Amazon, which started as an online bookstore in 1993 is now the world’s second-largest company with a market cap of 1.7 trillion dollars.
5. Bill Gates
Bill Gates, who is currently a technology advisor of Microsoft, is one of the most famous personalities in the world. Gates, founder of tech behemoth Microsoft, is a role model for the common man. He is a great philanthropist who is co-chairperson of Bill and Minda gates foundation, which is the second-largest charitable foundation in the world with assets of $49.8 billion. Gates cares more about needy people.
Gates was very good at studies, where he was first introduced to computers in school. He later went to complete his higher studies at Harvard University where he met Paul Allen, who was co-founder of Microsoft.
Both Allen and Gates had a strong belief that the personal computer will be the next big thing in the coming days, so they started software development for personal computers. They made computer language BASIC on the first microcomputer and started Microsoft Company in 1975.
6. Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner is an American media personality and businesswoman , ranking sixth in our list of the world’s famous personalities. Kylie is popular as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire. Kylie was born in the year 1997 in California.
She shot to fame for her role in the television series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”. She is the founder of the cosmetics company Kylie Cosmetics and her family’s popularity was an added advantage for her. Her signature product Kylie Lip Kit was a huge success which made her garner millions from sales.
Kylie has a huge fan following on various social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Time Magazine has featured her in the list of one of the Most Influential Teens.
7. Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey is a famous personality from the Hollywood industry who happens to be one of the highest-paid actors. His net worth is estimated to be more than $300 million. He is known for his role in blockbuster hit movies like Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes, and Chaplin.
Robert was born in the year 1965, in New York, and worked as a child artist. He was mired in drug controversy after he gained success in his first appearance as a cast member on Saturday Night Live in 1980. The actor was even arrested a number of times for drug-related charges.
8. Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese professional, is one of the most famous persons in the world. He is the world’s richest in soccer with a net worth of more than one billion. He is the highest-paid celebrity on the Forbes 2020 list. He is very active on social media with a huge fan following. He is recognized worldwide for being one of the most generous people and footballers of all time.
For his outstanding performance as a Real Madrid player, Ronaldo was greeted by around 80,000 people at the Stadium. He holds the record to win the UEFA Champions League five times. Ronaldo holds the record for scoring the most goals in the history of Real Madrid.
9. Barack Obama
Barack Obama is the first African American to become The 44th President of the United States. Obama was the senator from Illinois in 2005 until he tendered his resignation after his victory in the 2008 presidential election.
In the 2008 presidential election, he defeated John McCain. Obama was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize award in 2009.
Obama won the second term by defeating Republican opponent Mitt Romney in 2013. He promoted inclusion for LGBT Americans in his second term. He has gained a reputation all around the world during his terms as president, and the American economy has improved significantly.
10. Justin Beiber
Justin Bieber is a very famous singer with a huge fan following across the world. Justin’s videos racked up more than 10 million views just from word of mouth. His debut album, My World, sold more than 137,000 copies in less than a week in 2009.
Bieber is among the best-selling music artists, with sales of close to 150 million records worldwide. He holds 31 Guinness World Records and won two Grammy Awards as well.
11. Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift who hails from America is a famous singer-songwriter. Her songwriting skills have won her accolades all over the world and have received widespread media coverage.
After her second studio album in 2008, she rose to mainstream prominence as it was certified as Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Swift is among the best-selling music artists worldwide, with sales of more than 200 million records. Swift won 11 Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, and 49 Guinness World Records among others.
12. Oprah Winfrey
Media mogul Oprah Gail Winfrey is estimated to be worth $2.7 billion. Oprah Winfrey started her career as a news anchor and her famous talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, used to garner the highest ratings which was the world record in its category.
She was featured as the most influential woman in the world in 2007. Oprah was born in 1954 in extreme poverty in rural Mississippi to a housemaid single teenage mother.
Oprah started working in a local grocery store when she was a teenager, and she won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant at the age of 17. Oprah Winfrey was the first black news anchor and also the youngest.
13. Usher
Usher is a famous American singer and dancer. Usher released his first debut album ‘Usher’ in the year 1994 but gained popularity later when his second album ‘My Way’ was released in 1997.
In the US, Usher has sold a record 23.8 million albums and 38.2 million digital songs, and more than 80 million records worldwide. He was conferred with many awards.
14. Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods is a famous American professional golfer. He is considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time and holds numerous golf records.
Tiger Woods estimated net worth is more than $800 million.
He had a minor setback in his long career in 2010 to resolve marital issues where he took a self-imposed break from professional golf only to emerge stronger. He was the number one golf player in the world for the most consecutive weeks.
15. Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez is a famous American singer and actress. Gomez has sold over 7,000,000 albums and 22 million singles worldwide.
She is very popular on various social media platforms. Her Instagram account has over 253 million followers.
16. Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez, is a famous American singer and actress. She started her career as a dancer in 1991 and started pursuing an acting career in 1993. Lopez became the first Latin actress to earn more than $1 million USD for her leading role in a film in 1997. She later established herself in Hollywood as the highest-paid Latin actress.
Lopez started her debut studio album in 1999 and her remix album J to that L–O! The remixes became the first to debut atop the US Billboard 200. She is considered a pop culture icon. Her films grossed US$3.1 billion in total and global sales of 70 million records, making her the most influential Latin entertainer in North America.
She was also featured in the list of “Forbes most powerful celebrity in the world” in 2012 and in 2018 she was among the 100 most influential people in the world list published by Time Magazine.
17. Rihanna
Rihanna is one of the world’s famous personalities who made her way to the billionaire’s list very recently. She is now the richest female musician in the world as well as the second-richest female entertainer in the world, the first being Oprah Winfrey.
Rihanna was born in 1988 in Barbados. In 2003, she started a musical trio with two of her classmates. Rihanna has been successful in selling over 250 million records.
18. Kim Kardashian
Kimberly Noel Kardashian West, popular as Kim Kardashian is a famous American media personality and actress. She has millions of followers on social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram.
Kim Kardashian is the founder and primary owner of the beauty brand KKW Beauty. She introduced a variety of beauty products with her brand KKW Beauty. She was also featured in Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2015.
19. Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande is an American singer and actress. She has won many awards in her career which include two Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, nine MTV Video Music Awards, and 27 Guinness World Records.
Speaking about the singing career of Ariana Grande, it includes 6 studio album releases, 1 compilation album, 1 live album, 1 remix album, 2 extended plays, 52 singles along with 12 promotional single songs.
20. Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton is an American politician and diplomat who served as a Secretary of State for the US for a term of 4 years (2009 – 2013). Clinton was a senator for 8 years (2001-2009) from New York and First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She was the first woman in the history of the United States to be nominated for President of the United States.
After winning her Democratic Party nomination, she stood against Donald Trump in presidential elections in 2016. She is also the first woman who won the popular vote in an American presidential election but failed to win the Electoral College.
Hillary Clinton married former US president Bill Clinton in the year 1975. As a lawyer, she was appointed as the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978 and featured twice in the list of one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by The National Law Journal.
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