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TelecoM
United States10727 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45979 Posts
On October 18 2014 12:28 DannyJ wrote: Would have to be Obama right now. I've often wondered what image/symbol would be the most recognized if you asked every person on Earth. I bet it's something sad like the logos of McDonald's, Coke, or Apple. Presumably the Cross, Swastika, yin yang, American flag and others are up there. Yeah I agree with you that religious symbols and international billionaire company logos would certainly be the most recognizable. Perhaps a flag or two that looks quite different than most others, like the American flag? | ||
Souma
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
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ninazerg
United States7291 Posts
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Darkdwarf
Sweden960 Posts
On October 18 2014 12:28 DannyJ wrote: Would have to be Obama right now. I've often wondered what image/symbol would be the most recognized if you asked every person on Earth. I bet it's something sad like the logos of McDonald's, Coke, or Apple. Presumably the Cross, Swastika, yin yang, American flag and others are up there. Coke and the Cross, I'd say. | ||
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N.geNuity
United States5112 Posts
i might throw in the pope/dalai lama, even if people only recognise them as that and not their real names i agree jackie chan or bill gates, and football stars (messi, ronaldo, pele) would be way up there too maybe usain bolt would get up there | ||
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B.I.G.
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Ghost151
United States290 Posts
Worldwide, soccer players are definitely bigger than any athlete from the USA, who coincidentally couldn't give two shits about soccer, for the most part. Yet most people who claim to know "sports" have heard of Pele or Beckham, even if they don't necessarily know who they are or what they look like. Ironically lance armstrong is fading pretty fast after the fire of his scandal died down. The pope and the queen of england may be important to a lot of people, but honestly only cultures that overlap with with the respective denominations are going to know them across generations. As far as world leaders go, currently living anyway, the queen, obama and bush (still) are extremely prominent in foreign minds too. The queen is the monarch of history's largest (since declined) empire, dubya was one of the most recognizable presidents in recent memory for many because of his wars and being viewed as such a hated, incompetent leader by many, and obama is simply the current head of state of the USA, which has always been pretty high profile since WW2 and the nukes. Putin is probably more well known outside of the USA's direct sphere of influence. Whether that's simply because he's the current head of state of one the world's other superpowers or because he's, well, Putin I could not say. But I can say this: I don't even know who the head of China is, despite how intertwined we are with them. | ||
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Prowler
Sweden22 Posts
7.1 billion people live in the world, 4.3 billion in Asia and I'd say its very likely almost all of them know who he is. If you add up Europe and North America you get a total of 1.1 billion(or about the population of Africa), that is less than the population of China alone. If its not the former chairman of the Communist Party of China its probably some famous Chinese dude whom we have never heard of. | ||
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HereBeDragons
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Chinese head of states aren't well-known by their names to other countries in Asia outside of China. A random person in South-East Asia probably wouldn't be able to name anyone else besides Mao (who's dead so not eligible for this thread). Beckham is known to people who have zero interests in any sports whatsoever, so he tops the sports category for me. Also, does japanese cartoon characters count as recognizable faces? If so, Doraemon and Hello Kitty would rule them all. (Hello Kitty is more recognized in the western hemisphere, Doraemon is the king of all comic book characters in the eastern hemisphere). | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45979 Posts
On October 18 2014 17:09 HereBeDragons wrote: Bush is more recognized than Obama worldwide even by people who doesn't follow worldnews at all (think rural areas where you can starve to death and have no access to electricity). Putin and Queen Elizabeth II would both be equally as recognizable. Chinese head of states aren't well-known by their names to other countries in Asia outside of China. A random person in South-East Asia probably wouldn't be able to name anyone else besides Mao (who's dead so not eligible for this thread). Beckham is known to people who have zero interests in any sports whatsoever, so he tops the sports category for me. Also, does japanese cartoon characters count as recognizable faces? If so, Doraemon and Hello Kitty would rule them all. (Hello Kitty is more recognized in the western hemisphere, Doraemon is the king of all comic book characters in the eastern hemisphere). If we're including those, then Nintendo's Pikachu and Mario pretty much win at everything. Pac Man too. | ||
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virpi
Germany3599 Posts
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
EDIT: Wtf'd at "Doraemon" - Only just found out what this thing is. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9174 Posts
On October 18 2014 16:06 Prowler wrote: I would say Hu Jintao. President of China 2003-2013. 7.1 billion people live in the world, 4.3 billion in Asia and I'd say its very likely almost all of them know who he is. Obama's universally known in the West and literally every 10+ year old Korean student I've had knows who he is. I doubt almost all asians knew the president of china, a lot from India and South East Asia probably don't give a shit. Beyonce for music Messi/Beckham/Ronaldo/Usain/Kobe for sport Pitt/Cruise/Depp for film | ||
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Deleted User 3420
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On October 18 2014 12:28 DannyJ wrote: Would have to be Obama right now. I've often wondered what image/symbol would be the most recognized if you asked every person on Earth. I bet it's something sad like the logos of McDonald's, Coke, or Apple. Presumably the Cross, Swastika, yin yang, American flag and others are up there. I definitely think that would be coca cola. It's everywhere! | ||
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Ovid
United Kingdom948 Posts
On October 18 2014 23:16 travis wrote: I definitely think that would be coca cola. It's everywhere! It's sold in all but two countries, so I would assume that the spread is the most out of any company. | ||
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virpi
Germany3599 Posts
On October 18 2014 17:36 DannyJ wrote: I think the pope would probably be pretty far down on the list. I don't think many people in Asia would really know who he is and even in the Western world there are a lot of people who wouldn't know or care. outside of asia, basically everyone knows the pope. even in muslim countries he should be kind of known. in asia, there's the philippines who are mostly catholic, so there are some additional millions. India / China could be tough, though. The current pope might not be that well known, but John Paul II. was famous as hell, because he travelled EVERYWHERE and was pope for quite some time. (almost 30 years) | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45979 Posts
On October 19 2014 00:17 virpi wrote: outside of asia, basically everyone knows the pope. even in muslim countries he should be kind of known. in asia, there's the philippines who are mostly catholic, so there are some additional millions. India / China could be tough, though. The current pope might not be that well known, but John Paul II. was famous as hell, because he travelled EVERYWHERE and was pope for quite some time. (almost 30 years) I think if the Pope was in his attire (robes, hat, etc.), then people would recognize that the person is "The Pope". On the other hand, I think a lot of people would have issue with figuring out *which Pope he is*. I think the title and role is easily recognizable worldwide, but I also think that a lot of people aren't aware of who the current Pope is at any given time. | ||
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