Lionel Messi
Argentina·association football playerAlive
Born June 24, 1987
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 5 | 3 | 40.9 | Issue No. 2 |
| August 2026 | 5 | 3 | 39.8 | Issue No. 1 |
| July 2026 | 6 | 4 | 36.6 | Retrospective · v5.27 |
Lists held, September 2026
Every country, origin, region and sector list this name appears on in the current issue
- 10
The Most Famous People in United Arab EmiratesAlive No. 8 - 5
The Most Famous People in AngolaAlive No. 3 - 2The Most Famous People in ArgentinaAlive No. 1
- 16
The Most Famous People in AustriaAlive No. 11 - 15
The Most Famous People in AustraliaAlive No. 11 - 3
The Most Famous People in BangladeshAlive No. 1 - 12
The Most Famous People in BelgiumAlive No. 10 - 11
The Most Famous People in BrazilAlive No. 7 - 15
The Most Famous People in CanadaAlive No. 12 - 6
The Most Famous People in SwitzerlandAlive No. 4 - 22
The Most Famous People in ChileAlive No. 20 - 14
The Most Famous People in ChinaAlive No. 8 - 16
The Most Famous People in GermanyAlive No. 13 - 11
The Most Famous People in DenmarkAlive No. 8 - 7
The Most Famous People in AlgeriaAlive No. 6 - 4
The Most Famous People in SpainAlive No. 3 - 6
The Most Famous People in FranceAlive No. 5 - 14
The Most Famous People in United KingdomAlive No. 10 - 8
The Most Famous People in GhanaAlive No. 6 - 18
The Most Famous People in IndonesiaAlive No. 11 - 18
The Most Famous People in IsraelAlive No. 13 - 27
The Most Famous People in IndiaAlive No. 21 - 13
The Most Famous People in IranAlive No. 9 - 5
The Most Famous People in ItalyAlive No. 4 - 14
The Most Famous People in JapanAlive No. 9 - 48
The Most Famous People in South KoreaAlive No. 40 - 6
The Most Famous People in Sri LankaAlive No. 6 - 6
The Most Famous People in MoroccoAlive No. 5 - 10
The Most Famous People in MexicoAlive No. 7 - 6
The Most Famous People in NigeriaAlive No. 5 - 27
The Most Famous People in PhilippinesAlive No. 18 - 10
The Most Famous People in PortugalAlive No. 9 - 12
The Most Famous People in Saudi ArabiaAlive No. 6 - 18
The Most Famous People in TürkiyeAlive No. 15 - 46
The Most Famous People in United StatesAlive No. 32 - 10
The Most Famous People in South AfricaAlive No. 8 - 1The Most Famous People from ArgentinaAlive No. 1
- 2The Most Famous Footballers in the WorldAlive No. 2
- 3The Most Famous People in AfricaAlive No. 2
- 65The Most Famous People in East AsiaAlive No. 38
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