The Most Famous People in United Kingdom
Top 100 of 400 ranked · September 2026 · See today's live standing →
First issue under methodology v5.70. Movement begins with the next issue frozen under the same version.
The Most Famous People in United Kingdom is the September 2026 edition of the ranking, frozen and published by iFAMOUS, the monthly journal of the iFANN Global Fame Rankings.
| Rank | Name | Score | Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jesus Christ historical figure | 83.6 | iFANN → |
| 2 |  Elizabeth II celebrity | 66.3 | iFANN → |
| 3 |  Donald Trump  politicianAlive | 62.3 | iFANN → |
| 4 |  Cristiano Ronaldo  celebrityAlive | 60.7 | iFANN → |
| 5 |  Taylor Swift celebrityAlive | 59.7 | iFANN → |
| 6 |  Charles III politicianAlive | 59.3 | iFANN → |
| 7 |  William Shakespeare celebrity | 59.3 | iFANN → |
| 8 |  Michael Jackson celebrity | 59.0 | iFANN → |
| 9 |  Harry Styles celebrityAlive | 55.0 | iFANN → |
| 10 |  Boris Johnson politicianAlive | 54.4 | iFANN → |
| 11 |  Tyson Fury celebrityAlive | 54.3 | iFANN → |
| 12 |  Catherine, Princess of Wales celebrityAlive | 53.4 | iFANN → |
| 13 |  Ed Sheeran celebrityAlive | 51.8 | iFANN → |
| 14 |  Lionel Messi  celebrityAlive | 51.4 | iFANN → |
| 15 |  David Beckham internet personalityAlive | 49.8 | iFANN → |
| 16 |  Diana, Princess of Wales public figure | 49.0 | iFANN → |
| 17 |  Anthony Joshua celebrityAlive | 48.2 | iFANN → |
| 18 |  Justin Bieber  celebrityAlive | 47.2 | iFANN → |
| 19 |  Beyoncé celebrityAlive | 47.2 | iFANN → |
| 20 |  Winston Churchill politician | 47.1 | iFANN → |
| 21 |  Eminem celebrityAlive | 47.0 | iFANN → |
| 22 |  Rihanna  celebrityAlive | 46.1 | iFANN → |
| 23 |  William, Prince of Wales celebrityAlive | 45.9 | iFANN → |
| 24 |  David Bowie celebrity | 45.6 | iFANN → |
| 25 |  Kim Kardashian celebrityAlive | 44.5 | iFANN → |
| 26 |  Rishi Sunak politicianAlive | 44.0 | iFANN → |
| 27 |  Elton John public figureAlive | 43.5 | iFANN → |
| 28 |  Adele celebrityAlive | 43.1 | iFANN → |
| 29 |  Wayne Rooney celebrityAlive | 43.0 | iFANN → |
| 30 |  Harry Kane celebrityAlive | 42.9 | iFANN → |
| 31 |  David Attenborough celebrityAlive | 42.7 | iFANN → |
| 32 |  Nigel Farage politicianAlive | 42.6 | iFANN → |
| 33 |  Tom Hardy celebrityAlive | 42.5 | iFANN → |
| 34 |  Freddie Mercury celebrity | 42.3 | iFANN → |
| 35 |  Lewis Hamilton celebrityAlive | 42.1 | iFANN → |
| 36 |  Amy Winehouse celebrity | 42.0 | iFANN → |
| 37 |  Jeremy Clarkson celebrityAlive | 41.7 | iFANN → |
| 38 |  Nigella Lawson celebrityAlive | 41.2 | iFANN → |
| 39 |  Keir Starmer politicianAlive | 41.2 | iFANN → |
| 40 |  Andy Murray celebrityAlive | 40.8 | iFANN → |
| 41 |  Robert Pattinson celebrityAlive | 40.6 | iFANN → |
| 42 |  Jude Bellingham celebrityAlive | 40.5 | iFANN → |
| 43 |  Shakira  celebrityAlive | 40.5 | iFANN → |
| 44 |  Emma Watson public figureAlive | 40.3 | iFANN → |
| 45 |  Erling Haaland  celebrityAlive | 40.1 | iFANN → |
| 46 |  Sam Fender celebrityAlive | 39.5 | iFANN → |
| 47 |  Dua Lipa celebrityAlive | 39.4 | iFANN → |
| 48 |  Paul McCartney celebrityAlive | 39.3 | iFANN → |
| 49 |  Liz Truss politicianAlive | 39.1 | iFANN → |
| 50 |  Olivia Dean celebrityAlive | 38.9 | iFANN → |
| 51 |  Tom Holland celebrityAlive | 38.8 | iFANN → |
| 52 |  John Lennon celebrity | 38.7 | iFANN → |
| 53 |  Andy Burnham politicianAlive | 38.6 | iFANN → |
| 54 |  Kylian Mbappé  celebrityAlive | 38.6 | iFANN → |
| 55 |  Robbie Williams celebrityAlive | 38.5 | iFANN → |
| 56 |  J. K. Rowling public figureAlive | 38.0 | iFANN → |
| 57 |  Stephen Hawking celebrity | 36.9 | iFANN → |
| 58 |  Liam Payne celebrity | 36.4 | iFANN → |
| 59 |  Jason Statham celebrityAlive | 36.3 | iFANN → |
| 60 |  Elizabeth I of England celebrity | 36.1 | iFANN → |
| 61 |  Piers Morgan celebrityAlive | 35.9 | iFANN → |
| 62 |  Rod Stewart celebrityAlive | 35.7 | iFANN → |
| 63 |  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor celebrityAlive | 35.5 | iFANN → |
| 64 |  Jane Austen celebrity | 35.5 | iFANN → |
| 65 |  Michelle Keegan celebrityAlive | 35.3 | iFANN → |
| 66 |  Liam Gallagher celebrityAlive | 35.0 | iFANN → |
| 67 |  Isaac Newton celebrity | 35.0 | iFANN → |
| 68 |  Muhammad  historical figure | 34.9 | iFANN → |
| 69 |  KSI internet personalityAlive | 34.8 | iFANN → |
| 70 |  Mohamed Salah  celebrityAlive | 34.7 | iFANN → |
| 71 |  Gary Lineker celebrityAlive | 34.6 | iFANN → |
| 72 |  Jack Grealish celebrityAlive | 34.5 | iFANN → |
| 73 |  Tony Blair politicianAlive | 34.4 | iFANN → |
| 74 |  Daniel Craig celebrityAlive | 34.3 | iFANN → |
| 75 |  Neymar  celebrityAlive | 34.2 | iFANN → |
| 76 |  Christian Bale celebrityAlive | 34.1 | iFANN → |
| 77 |  Frank Lampard celebrityAlive | 33.9 | iFANN → |
| 78 |  Liam Neeson celebrityAlive | 33.8 | iFANN → |
| 79 |  Michael Owen celebrityAlive | 33.7 | iFANN → |
| 80 |  Phil Collins celebrityAlive | 33.7 | iFANN → |
| 81 |  Gary Oldman celebrityAlive | 33.6 | iFANN → |
| 82 |  Daniel Radcliffe celebrityAlive | 33.6 | iFANN → |
| 83 |  Steven Gerrard celebrityAlive | 33.5 | iFANN → |
| 84 |  Ozzy Osbourne celebrity | 33.4 | iFANN → |
| 85 |  Lily Allen celebrityAlive | 33.3 | iFANN → |
| 86 |  Catherine Zeta-Jones celebrityAlive | 33.2 | iFANN → |
| 87 |  Keira Knightley celebrityAlive | 33.2 | iFANN → |
| 88 |  Mason Greenwood celebrityAlive | 33.1 | iFANN → |
| 89 |  Kate Winslet celebrityAlive | 32.8 | iFANN → |
| 90 |  Raye celebrityAlive | 32.8 | iFANN → |
| 91 |  Florence Pugh celebrityAlive | 32.7 | iFANN → |
| 92 |  Sean Connery celebrity | 32.6 | iFANN → |
| 93 |  Charles Darwin celebrity | 32.6 | iFANN → |
| 94 |  Bukayo Saka celebrityAlive | 32.6 | iFANN → |
| 95 |  Amanda Holden celebrityAlive | 32.5 | iFANN → |
| 96 |  Emily Blunt celebrityAlive | 32.4 | iFANN → |
| 97 |  Helen Mirren celebrityAlive | 32.4 | iFANN → |
| 98 |  Sting celebrityAlive | 32.4 | iFANN → |
| 99 |  Michael Caine celebrityAlive | 32.2 | iFANN → |
| 100 |  Sam Smith celebrityAlive | 32.0 | iFANN → |
About this list
This list ranks the most famous people connected to United Kingdom as of September 2026, by overall fame rather than one month's attention: the top 100 of 400 names the rankings measured for United Kingdom, frozen as the permanent record of that edition. This is the standard reading: everyone, living or dead, on one scale. 81 of the 100 listed are living; the Alive reading restricts the same ranking to living people.
Jesus Christ is No. 1 on this list for September 2026. Behind Jesus Christ come Elizabeth II and Donald Trump. Evidence coverage for this list is high, so its order can be quoted with confidence.
What famous means here
Fame, in iFAMOUS, is how widely the world knows a name: how recognisable a person's name, face or work is, and how well people know who they are. It is assessed from extensive historical and current public data, some of it reaching back more than twenty years, and it is not merit, talent, importance or popularity on iFANN. The rankings model real-world global fame, not internet fame; the data is the instrument, not the subject. Activity on iFANN itself is excluded.
The month in the title is the date of this edition, not the period measured. The list is a snapshot of overall fame as it stood when the issue was frozen: a name does not lose its place because one month was quiet, and a trending moment alone does not put a name here. Trending attention is published separately on ifann.net.
How the list was ranked
The iFANN Global Fame Rankings combine worldwide Wikipedia readership across languages, worldwide news coverage and search interest anchored against stable reference names, with search history reaching back to 2004. A twelve-month baseline sits behind the current reading and short-lived surges are capped, so the list reflects durable recognition rather than one week of headlines. Rankings are computed daily on ifann.net and frozen on the second day of the following month as that month's issue; a published issue never changes.
About United Kingdom
United Kingdom is one of the countries and regions the journal ranks every month. Country lists use the same rankings and the same scale as The 100, so a name can be compared with its neighbours and against the world.
Powered by iFANN
iFAMOUS is published by iFANN and powered by the iFANN Global Fame Rankings v5.70. Today's live standing for this list is on ifann.net; the journal freezes it once a month so it can be cited permanently.
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"Jesus Christ, No. 1 on The Most Famous People in United Kingdom", iFAMOUS No. 2 (September 2026), ifamous.org