Issue No. 1 · August 2026
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    The monthly record of fame.

    Issue No. 1 · August 2026

    The most famous people in the world, August 2026

    The 100 · No. 1
    Jesus Christ
    Fame score 53.6
    Read The 100
    Alive, August 2026 · No. 1
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    PTFame score 48.3Alive
    Read the Alive list

    Editorial

    The journal's writing on the August 2026 record

    Editorial →
    The month in fame

    The month in fame, August 2026

    The first issue of the record opens with a name that has held the world's attention for two thousand years, a footballer who holds it now, and a list on which the living and the dead are measured on one scale.

    iFAMOUS Editorial Desk · September 5, 2026 · 3 min read

    Dispatch

    Around the world, August 2026

    Sixty-two country lists, fifty-five named No. 1s, twenty-four of them politicians, seven of them the same man. A tour of the first issue's map.

    iFAMOUS Editorial Desk · September 5, 2026

    The two lists

    The most famous people in the world

    The standard list covers everyone, living or dead. The Alive list is the same ranking restricted to living people, August 2026.

    The 100 Most Famous People in the World

    The standard list: everyone, living or dead

    Read The 100
    RankNameScore
    1
    Jesus Christ
    historical figure
    		53.6
    2
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    PTcelebrityAlive
    		48.3
    3
    Michael Jackson
    UScelebrity
    		42.2
    4
    Donald Trump
    USpoliticianAlive
    		41.7
    5
    Lionel Messi
    ARcelebrityAlive
    		39.8
    6
    Justin Bieber
    CAcelebrityAlive
    		39.0
    7
    Taylor Swift
    UScelebrityAlive
    		37.3
    8
    Kim Kardashian
    UScelebrityAlive
    		34.8
    9
    Rihanna
    BBcelebrityAlive
    		34.7
    10
    Shakira
    COcelebrityAlive
    		33.8

    The Most Famous People in the World (Alive)Alive

    Living people only, August 2026

    Read the Alive list
    RankNameScore
    1
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    PTcelebrity
    		48.3
    2
    Donald Trump
    USpolitician
    		41.7
    3
    Lionel Messi
    ARcelebrity
    		39.8
    4
    Justin Bieber
    CAcelebrity
    		39.0
    5
    Taylor Swift
    UScelebrity
    		37.3
    6
    Kim Kardashian
    UScelebrity
    		34.8
    7
    Rihanna
    BBcelebrity
    		34.7
    8
    Shakira
    COcelebrity
    		33.8
    9
    Beyoncé
    UScelebrity
    		32.9
    10
    Eminem
    UScelebrity
    		32.8

    Around the world

    The most famous person in every country list with sufficient evidence, August 2026, with the most famous living person where they differ

    World →

    7 more countries have a list this month but no named No. 1 yet, because evidence coverage is still low: Angola, China, Greece, Iran, Jordan, Nepal, Singapore.

    By region

    By sector

    Every sector list opens at its No. 1. Sector tags are broad, so the journal prints lists, not sector titles.

    Sectors →

    Beyond people

    Brands, groups, works and games: the other names the world knows best

    Brands and products →
    1. 1YouTube
    2. 2Facebook
    3. 3Instagram
    4. 4EUBE
    5. 5NetflixUS
    Groups and teams →
    1. 1Real Madrid Club de FútbolES
    2. 2FC BarcelonaES
    3. 3Paris Saint-Germain FC
    4. 4Manchester United F.C.
    5. 5Arsenal F.C.
    Movies and TV →
    1. 1Game of ThronesUS
    2. 2Stranger ThingsUS
    3. 3Breaking BadUS
    4. 4Money HeistES
    5. 5OppenheimerUS
    Games →
    1. 1Grand Theft Auto VGB
    2. 2Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

    By origin

    The most famous people from each country, wherever they are famous now

    All lists →
    AE United Arab EmiratesAR ArgentinaAT AustriaAU AustraliaBD BangladeshBE BelgiumBR BrazilCA CanadaCD Congo - KinshasaCH SwitzerlandCL ChileCM CameroonCN ChinaCO ColombiaCZ CzechiaDE GermanyDK DenmarkDO Dominican RepublicDZ AlgeriaEC EcuadorEG EgyptES SpainET EthiopiaFI FinlandFR FranceGB United KingdomGE GeorgiaGH GhanaGR GreeceHR CroatiaHU HungaryID IndonesiaIE IrelandIL IsraelIN IndiaIQ IraqIR IranIT ItalyJE JerseyJO JordanJP JapanKE KenyaKR South KoreaKW KuwaitKZ KazakhstanLB LebanonLK Sri LankaMA MoroccoMX MexicoMY MalaysiaNG NigeriaNL NetherlandsNO NorwayNP NepalNZ New ZealandPE PeruPH PhilippinesPK PakistanPL PolandPT PortugalQA QatarRO RomaniaRS SerbiaRU RussiaSA Saudi ArabiaSE SwedenSG SingaporeSI SloveniaSN SenegalST São Tomé & PríncipeTH ThailandTN TunisiaTR TürkiyeTW TaiwanTZ TanzaniaUA UkraineUG UgandaUS United StatesVE VenezuelaVN VietnamZA South Africa
    Methodology and data note

    Powered by the iFANN Global Fame Rankings v5.62. Rankings assess overall global fame from independent public evidence, historical and current: not merit, not one month's attention, and never activity on iFANN. The 100 ranks everyone on one scale; the Alive list is the same ranking restricted to living people.

    14,818 names ranked across 249 lists in 83 countries; 99% with full evidence coverage.

    MethodologyAbout the rankings
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    iFAMOUS
    No. 1 · August 2026
    Frozen
    September 2, 2026
    Published
    September 3, 2026
    Publisher
    Rock Digital LLC
    Rankings
    iFANN Global Fame Rankings, methodology v5.62
    Lists
    456

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