Month by month
Standing on The 100 and on the Alive list for every recorded month. Positions are not compared across methodology versions.
| Month | The 100 | Alive | Score | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 6 | 4 | 40.4 | Issue No. 2 |
| August 2026 | 6 | 4 | 39.0 | Issue No. 1 |
| July 2026 | 7 | 5 | 34.1 | Retrospective · v5.27 |
Lists held, September 2026
Every country, origin, region and sector list this name appears on in the current issue
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The Most Famous People in United Arab EmiratesAlive No. 4 - 6
The Most Famous People in AngolaAlive No. 4 - 41
The Most Famous People in ArgentinaAlive No. 30 - 21
The Most Famous People in AustriaAlive No. 15 - 6
The Most Famous People in AustraliaAlive No. 4 - 23
The Most Famous People in BangladeshAlive No. 14 - 27
The Most Famous People in BelgiumAlive No. 24 - 21
The Most Famous People in BrazilAlive No. 14 - 2
The Most Famous People in CanadaAlive No. 1 - 17
The Most Famous People in SwitzerlandAlive No. 14 - 41
The Most Famous People in ChileAlive No. 35 - 25
The Most Famous People in ChinaAlive No. 14 - 19
The Most Famous People in GermanyAlive No. 15 - 14
The Most Famous People in DenmarkAlive No. 11 - 20
The Most Famous People in AlgeriaAlive No. 19 - 25
The Most Famous People in SpainAlive No. 19 - 27
The Most Famous People in FranceAlive No. 18 - 18
The Most Famous People in United KingdomAlive No. 13 - 28
The Most Famous People in GhanaAlive No. 24 - 24
The Most Famous People in IndonesiaAlive No. 16 - 47
The Most Famous People in IsraelAlive No. 32 - 63
The Most Famous People in IndiaAlive No. 47 - 48
The Most Famous People in IranAlive No. 36 - 32
The Most Famous People in ItalyAlive No. 27 - 61
The Most Famous People in JapanAlive No. 40 - 91
The Most Famous People in South KoreaAlive No. 81 - 11
The Most Famous People in Sri LankaAlive No. 9 - 36
The Most Famous People in MexicoAlive No. 25 - 51
The Most Famous People in NigeriaAlive No. 42 - 19
The Most Famous People in PhilippinesAlive No. 11 - 2
The Most Famous People in RussiaAlive No. 1 - 14
The Most Famous People in Saudi ArabiaAlive No. 7 - 58
The Most Famous People in TürkiyeAlive No. 47 - 11
The Most Famous People in United StatesAlive No. 9 - 26
The Most Famous People in South AfricaAlive No. 22 - 1The Most Famous People from CanadaAlive No. 1
- 2The Most Famous Pop Stars in the WorldAlive No. 1
- 1The Most Famous R&B and Soul Artists in the WorldAlive No. 1
- 10The Most Famous People in AfricaAlive No. 7
- 76The Most Famous People in East AsiaAlive No. 47
In the journal
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
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
The most famous living person in the world is still a footballer from Madeira
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the Alive list at No. 1 in September 2026, more than five points clear of Donald Trump, and leads Portugal, Africa, Europe and every footballer on earth.
iFAMOUS Editorial Desk · October 2, 2026
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