Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal·association football player, fashion entrepreneur, modelAlive
Born February 5, 1985
Profile on iFANNMonth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 2 | 1 | 48.3 | Issue No. 1 |
| July 2026 | 3 | 2 | 45.2 | Retrospective · v5.27 |
Lists held, August 2026
Every country, origin, region and sector list this name appears on in the current issue
- 3
The Most Famous People in United Arab EmiratesAlive No. 2 - 2
The Most Famous People in AngolaAlive No. 1 - 11
The Most Famous People in ArgentinaAlive No. 7 - 5
The Most Famous People in AustriaAlive No. 4 - 2
The Most Famous People in AustraliaAlive No. 2 - 7
The Most Famous People in BangladeshAlive No. 3 - 9
The Most Famous People in BelgiumAlive No. 8 - 3
The Most Famous People in SwitzerlandAlive No. 3 - 20
The Most Famous People in ChileAlive No. 18 - 14
The Most Famous People in ChinaAlive No. 7 - 6
The Most Famous People in DenmarkAlive No. 4 - 8
The Most Famous People in AlgeriaAlive No. 7 - 7
The Most Famous People in GhanaAlive No. 6 - 9
The Most Famous People in IndonesiaAlive No. 5 - 13
The Most Famous People in IsraelAlive No. 9 - 8
The Most Famous People in IranAlive No. 4 - 7
The Most Famous People in ItalyAlive No. 5 - 5
The Most Famous People in JapanAlive No. 3 - 44
The Most Famous People in South KoreaAlive No. 36 - 2
The Most Famous People in Sri LankaAlive No. 2 - 3
The Most Famous People in MoroccoAlive No. 2 - 23
The Most Famous People in NigeriaAlive No. 20 - 1The Most Famous People in PortugalAlive No. 1
- 15
The Most Famous People in Saudi ArabiaAlive No. 6 - 8
The Most Famous People in TürkiyeAlive No. 6 - 18
The Most Famous People in United StatesAlive No. 15 - 1The Most Famous People from PortugalAlive No. 1
- 1The Most Famous Footballers in the WorldAlive No. 1
- 6The Most Famous People in AfricaAlive No. 5
- 46The Most Famous People in East AsiaAlive No. 26
- 1The Most Famous People in EuropeAlive No. 1
- 28The Most Famous People in Latin AmericaAlive No. 20
- 7The Most Famous People in Middle EastAlive No. 5
- 25The Most Famous People in OceaniaAlive No. 22
- 27The Most Famous People in South AsiaAlive No. 18
- 21The Most Famous People in Southeast AsiaAlive No. 12
In the journal
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 a footballer from Madeira
Cristiano Ronaldo opens the Alive list at No. 1 in August 2026, with a fame score that puts him above every politician, every musician and every actor on earth, and second only to Jesus Christ on the standard list.
iFAMOUS Editorial Desk · September 5, 2026
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