The Most Famous People in United States
Top 100 of 348 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 States 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 | 81.4 | iFANN → |
| 2 |  Donald Trump politicianAlive | 66.2 | iFANN → |
| 3 |  Taylor Swift celebrityAlive | 47.8 | iFANN → |
| 4 |  Michael Jackson celebrity | 46.4 | iFANN → |
| 5 |  Barack Obama politicianAlive | 41.1 | iFANN → |
| 6 |  Joe Biden politicianAlive | 41.0 | iFANN → |
| 7 |  Ariana Grande celebrityAlive | 39.7 | iFANN → |
| 8 |  Lady Gaga celebrityAlive | 39.0 | iFANN → |
| 9 |  Elon Musk celebrityAlive | 38.9 | iFANN → |
| 10 |  KANYE WEST celebrityAlive | 38.5 | iFANN → |
| 11 |  Justin Bieber  celebrityAlive | 38.0 | iFANN → |
| 12 |  Olivia Rodrigo celebrityAlive | 37.8 | iFANN → |
| 13 |  Beyoncé celebrityAlive | 35.7 | iFANN → |
| 14 |  Miley Cyrus celebrityAlive | 35.0 | iFANN → |
| 15 |  Eminem celebrityAlive | 34.4 | iFANN → |
| 16 |  LeBron James celebrityAlive | 33.9 | iFANN → |
| 17 |  George W. Bush politicianAlive | 33.8 | iFANN → |
| 18 |  Madonna celebrityAlive | 33.7 | iFANN → |
| 19 |  Elvis Presley public figure | 33.7 | iFANN → |
| 20 |  Bruno Mars celebrityAlive | 33.6 | iFANN → |
| 21 |  Ella Langley celebrityAlive | 33.6 | iFANN → |
| 22 |  John F. Kennedy politician | 33.5 | iFANN → |
| 23 |  Charlie Kirk public figure | 33.1 | iFANN → |
| 24 |  Abraham Lincoln politician | 33.0 | iFANN → |
| 25 |  Kim Kardashian celebrityAlive | 32.8 | iFANN → |
| 26 |  George Washington politician | 32.7 | iFANN → |
| 27 |  Tom Cruise celebrityAlive | 32.6 | iFANN → |
| 28 |  Dolly Parton celebrity | 32.5 | iFANN → |
| 29 |  Martin Luther King Jr. politician | 32.4 | iFANN → |
| 30 |  Johnny Depp celebrityAlive | 32.3 | iFANN → |
| 31 |  Katy Perry celebrityAlive | 32.3 | iFANN → |
| 32 |  Michael Jordan celebrityAlive | 32.2 | iFANN → |
| 33 |  Rihanna  celebrityAlive | 31.7 | iFANN → |
| 34 |  Kamala Harris politicianAlive | 31.5 | iFANN → |
| 35 |  Brad Pitt celebrityAlive | 31.5 | iFANN → |
| 36 |  Jeff Bezos celebrityAlive | 31.4 | iFANN → |
| 37 |  Tupac Shakur public figure | 31.2 | iFANN → |
| 38 |  Selena Gomez celebrityAlive | 31.1 | iFANN → |
| 39 |  Ronald Reagan politician | 30.9 | iFANN → |
| 40 |  Adolf Hitler  politician | 30.9 | iFANN → |
| 41 |  Britney Spears celebrityAlive | 30.7 | iFANN → |
| 42 |  Jeffrey Epstein celebrity | 30.7 | iFANN → |
| 43 |  Steve Jobs public figure | 30.3 | iFANN → |
| 44 |  Cristiano Ronaldo  celebrityAlive | 30.2 | iFANN → |
| 45 |  Angelina Jolie celebrityAlive | 30.1 | iFANN → |
| 46 |  Lionel Messi  celebrityAlive | 30.1 | iFANN → |
| 47 |  Jennifer Lopez celebrityAlive | 30.1 | iFANN → |
| 48 |  MrBeast celebrityAlive | 30.1 | iFANN → |
| 49 |  Sydney Sweeney celebrityAlive | 29.9 | iFANN → |
| 50 |  Marilyn Monroe celebrity | 29.8 | iFANN → |
| 51 |  Nicole Kidman celebrityAlive | 29.7 | iFANN → |
| 52 |  Scarlett Johansson celebrityAlive | 29.7 | iFANN → |
| 53 |  Tom Brady celebrityAlive | 29.7 | iFANN → |
| 54 |  Elizabeth II  celebrity | 29.5 | iFANN → |
| 55 |  Dwayne Johnson celebrityAlive | 29.5 | iFANN → |
| 56 |  Billie Eilish celebrityAlive | 29.4 | iFANN → |
| 57 |  Anne Hathaway celebrityAlive | 29.1 | iFANN → |
| 58 |  Bill Clinton politicianAlive | 29.1 | iFANN → |
| 59 |  Sylvester Stallone public figureAlive | 28.8 | iFANN → |
| 60 |  Leonardo DiCaprio celebrityAlive | 28.7 | iFANN → |
| 61 |  Will Smith celebrityAlive | 28.6 | iFANN → |
| 62 |  Kobe Bryant celebrity | 28.6 | iFANN → |
| 63 |  Jennifer Aniston celebrityAlive | 28.4 | iFANN → |
| 64 |  Jay-Z celebrityAlive | 28.3 | iFANN → |
| 65 |  Clint Eastwood celebrityAlive | 28.3 | iFANN → |
| 66 |  Sandra Bullock celebrityAlive | 28.3 | iFANN → |
| 67 |  Drake celebrityAlive | 28.2 | iFANN → |
| 68 |  Zendaya celebrityAlive | 28.2 | iFANN → |
| 69 |  Adam Sandler celebrityAlive | 28.1 | iFANN → |
| 70 |  Bill Gates celebrityAlive | 27.9 | iFANN → |
| 71 |  Thomas Jefferson politician | 27.8 | iFANN → |
| 72 |  Mike Tyson celebrityAlive | 27.8 | iFANN → |
| 73 |  Mark Zuckerberg celebrityAlive | 27.5 | iFANN → |
| 74 |  Snoop Dogg celebrityAlive | 27.4 | iFANN → |
| 75 |  Lana Del Rey celebrityAlive | 27.3 | iFANN → |
| 76 |  Morgan Wallen celebrityAlive | 27.3 | iFANN → |
| 77 |  Sean Combs celebrityAlive | 27.3 | iFANN → |
| 78 |  Mark Wahlberg celebrityAlive | 27.3 | iFANN → |
| 79 |  Zohran Mamdani politicianAlive | 27.2 | iFANN → |
| 80 |  William Shakespeare celebrity | 27.1 | iFANN → |
| 81 |  Matthew McConaughey celebrityAlive | 27.1 | iFANN → |
| 82 |  Bob Dylan celebrityAlive | 27.1 | iFANN → |
| 83 |  Jennifer Lawrence celebrityAlive | 27.1 | iFANN → |
| 84 |  Travis Kelce celebrityAlive | 27.0 | iFANN → |
| 85 |  Vladimir Putin  politicianAlive | 26.9 | iFANN → |
| 86 |  Nicolas Cage celebrityAlive | 26.9 | iFANN → |
| 87 |  Tom Hanks celebrityAlive | 26.7 | iFANN → |
| 88 |  Megan Fox celebrityAlive | 26.7 | iFANN → |
| 89 |  Serena Williams celebrityAlive | 26.4 | iFANN → |
| 90 |  Kendrick Lamar celebrityAlive | 26.4 | iFANN → |
| 91 |  Chris Brown celebrityAlive | 26.3 | iFANN → |
| 92 |  Sabrina Carpenter celebrityAlive | 26.2 | iFANN → |
| 93 |  Shakira  celebrityAlive | 26.2 | iFANN → |
| 94 |  Robert De Niro celebrityAlive | 26.1 | iFANN → |
| 95 |  Tiger Woods celebrityAlive | 26.1 | iFANN → |
| 96 |  Stephen Curry celebrityAlive | 26.0 | iFANN → |
| 97 |  Charles III politicianAlive | 25.9 | iFANN → |
| 98 |  Matt Damon celebrityAlive | 25.9 | iFANN → |
| 99 |  Ben Affleck celebrityAlive | 25.8 | iFANN → |
| 100 |  Johnny Cash celebrity | 25.8 | iFANN → |
About this list
This list ranks the most famous people connected to United States as of September 2026, by overall fame rather than one month's attention: the top 100 of 348 names the rankings measured for United States, frozen as the permanent record of that edition. This is the standard reading: everyone, living or dead, on one scale. 80 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 Donald Trump and Taylor Swift. 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 States
United States 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 States", iFAMOUS No. 2 (September 2026), ifamous.org