Improbable Research - Table 1 provides a wealth of data worthy of comment. For
example, the Lennon Theorem (1966) stated that The Beatles were “more
popular than Jesus,” but this has not been true in any of the fame
observations since 2001. A determination of whether the Lennon Theorem
was true in 1966 is beyond the scope of this paper, but we can state
that The Beatles are not currently more popular than Cristiano Ronaldo,
who is 1.6 dBHa more famous. ... Of the nine ‘B’ List
celebrities from 2005, one (John Lennon) has become an ‘A’ List
celebrity and six have become ‘C’ List celebrities.
The sole ‘H’ List
celebrity from 2005 to 2009, Elisabeth Scheneman, is now a Chief of Staff at the Pennsylvania Department of Health and has become a ‘G’ List celebrity.
Although it is simple to determine who the most famous is
among a particular group of subjects, determining the most famous person
of all is non-trivial. Schulman (2009) concluded
that Barack Obama was the most famous person in the world in February
2009, and since his fame was greater than +15 dBHa (+16.3 dBHa), he was
in a celebrity category by himself: an ‘A+’ List celebrity. This is no
longer the case, as his fame has dropped to +12.1 dBHa over the past
seven and a half years and he is now an ‘A’ List celebrity. In fact, he
has been overtaken by one of the people seeking his job: Donald Trump
now has a fame of +14.0 dBHa (for those who are curious, Hillary Clinton
has a fame of +12.0 dBHa, Gary Johnson has a fame of –1.9 dBHa, Jill
Stein has a fame of –2.7 dBHa, and Evan McMullin has a fame of –10.7
dBHa).
5. Conclusion
Donald Trump is the most famous person in the world, but he is not as famous as Barack Obama was in 2009.
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