Issue No. 2 · September 2026
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    The monthly record of fame.

    Issue No. 2 · September 2026
    ← No. 1

    The most famous people in the world, September 2026

    The 100 · No. 1
    Jesus Christ
    Fame score 55.7
    Read The 100
    Alive, September 2026 · No. 1
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    PTFame score 48.2Alive
    Read the Alive list

    Editorial

    The journal's writing on the September 2026 record

    Editorial →
    The month in fame

    The month in fame, September 2026

    The second issue opens with the same name at the top and a wider gap behind him: Jesus Christ at 55.7, Ronaldo the most famous living person again, and a hundred on which seventy-seven are alive.

    iFAMOUS Editorial Desk · October 2, 2026 · 4 min read

    Dispatch

    Around the world, September 2026

    Sixty-one country lists, fifty-six named No. 1s, twenty-five of them the same man. A tour of the second issue's map.

    iFAMOUS Editorial Desk · October 2, 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, September 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
    		55.7
    2
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    PTcelebrityAlive
    		48.2
    3
    Michael Jackson
    UScelebrity
    		43.0
    4
    Donald Trump
    USpoliticianAlive
    		42.8
    5
    Lionel Messi
    ARcelebrityAlive
    		40.9
    6
    Justin Bieber
    CAcelebrityAlive
    		40.4
    7
    Rihanna
    BBcelebrityAlive
    		37.2
    8
    Taylor Swift
    UScelebrityAlive
    		37.1
    9
    Kim Kardashian
    UScelebrityAlive
    		35.4
    10
    Shakira
    COcelebrityAlive
    		34.8

    The Most Famous People in the World (Alive)Alive

    Living people only, September 2026

    Read the Alive list
    RankNameScore
    1
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    PTcelebrity
    		48.2
    2
    Donald Trump
    USpolitician
    		42.8
    3
    Lionel Messi
    ARcelebrity
    		40.9
    4
    Justin Bieber
    CAcelebrity
    		40.4
    5
    Rihanna
    BBcelebrity
    		37.2
    6
    Taylor Swift
    UScelebrity
    		37.1
    7
    Kim Kardashian
    UScelebrity
    		35.4
    8
    Shakira
    COcelebrity
    		34.8
    9
    Beyoncé
    UScelebrity
    		33.9
    10
    Eminem
    UScelebrity
    		33.8

    Around the world

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

    World →

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

    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. 4GoogleUS
    5. 5UNUS
    Groups and teams →
    1. 1Real Madrid Club de FútbolES
    2. 2FC BarcelonaES
    3. 3Manchester United F.C.
    4. 4Paris Saint-Germain FC
    5. 5Manchester City F.C.
    Movies and TV →
    1. 1Game of ThronesUS
    2. 2Breaking BadUS
    3. 3Stranger ThingsUS
    4. 4InceptionUS
    5. 5Money HeistES
    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 ChileCN ChinaCO ColombiaCZ CzechiaDE GermanyDK DenmarkDO Dominican RepublicDZ AlgeriaEC EcuadorEG EgyptES SpainFI FinlandFR FranceGB United KingdomGE GeorgiaGH GhanaGR GreeceHR CroatiaHU HungaryID IndonesiaIE IrelandIL IsraelIN IndiaIQ IraqIR IranIT ItalyJE JerseyJM JamaicaJO JordanJP JapanKR South KoreaKW KuwaitKZ KazakhstanLB LebanonMA MoroccoMX MexicoMY MalaysiaNG NigeriaNL NetherlandsNO NorwayNP NepalNZ New ZealandPE PeruPH PhilippinesPK PakistanPL PolandPT PortugalRO RomaniaRS SerbiaRU RussiaSA Saudi ArabiaSE SwedenSG SingaporeSN SenegalST São Tomé & PríncipeTH ThailandTN TunisiaTR TürkiyeTW TaiwanUA UkraineUG UgandaUS United StatesUY UruguayVE VenezuelaVN VietnamZA South Africa
    Methodology and data note

    Powered by the iFANN Global Fame Rankings v5.70. 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.

    15,510 names ranked across 242 lists in 81 countries; 99% with full evidence coverage.

    MethodologyAbout the rankings
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    iFAMOUS
    No. 2 · September 2026
    Frozen
    October 2, 2026
    Published
    October 2, 2026
    Publisher
    Rock Digital LLC
    Rankings
    iFANN Global Fame Rankings, methodology v5.70
    Lists
    444

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