Anyone who can see the face of Lady Gaga, the Beatles or Rihanna is able to recognize it; but the Pope is also known all over the world. Is Michael Jackson or Charles Dickens more famous? It all depends on the criteria used to define a "famous" person.
In the list below, you can see who are the ten most famous people in history:
10. Isaac Newton
The tenth place in our ranking is contested between Einstein and Newton. The former is clicked about 6.1 million times a month on "Google", despite a million searches per month for Newton, but the books written about the latter seem to be more numerous than those about Einstein: fully 400. moreover, Newton's existence is absolutely essential: it is estimated that still 000% of classical mechanics is based on his theories.
9. Leonardo da Vinci
The number of searches on "Google" for him reaches more than 4 million in a month. Books written about him: 600 000. The great Leonardo da Vinci had many skills: he was an architect, inventor, painter, mathematician, geologist, an expert in anatomy, sculptor, botanist, cartographer, musician and writer. Who can do more than such things as he?
8. William Shakespeare
The number of times that Shakespeare is searched on Google every month is 4,7 million, while about 1 million books have been written about him. But what perhaps not everyone knows is that 50% of the words used in common English come from the King James Bible, while another 30% is attributed to this great poet! Moreover, Egil Aarvik, who is part of the committee that gives the "Nobel" prizes, has said that, if Shakespeare had lived in the twentieth century, he would probably have won more than one "Nobel" prize. !
7. Adolf Hitler
Hitler is in the seventh place of our classification; however, its position is not absolute. The Nazi dictator, in fact, is nominated along with the worst and most evil characters of the time (if we could call them that), such as Stalin, Lucifer and "The Devil", while he is the only character on this list, which belongs to both the 20th and 11th centuries.
6. Paolo di Tarso
Paolo di Tarso is credited with exponentially increasing the spread of Christianity through his 13 famous letters. The amazing thing is that Paolo di Tarso is better known than the 12 apostles taken separately and the only Pope who can compete with him is Pietro!
5. Siddhartha Gautama
Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha, at the age of 35 became involved worldwide in the cause of peace and the elimination of human suffering. "Google" registers more than 4 million clicks in a month and so far 7 million books have been written about it!
4. Moses
Moses, the founder of a large part of the Jewish tradition, ranks fourth based on the number of searches per month on "Google", where more than 2.7 million such are calculated, while the books about him are 8 million!
3. Abraham
Do you remember Abraham, the prophet whom God asked to sacrifice his only son as a true test of faith in him? Known by Christians, Jews and Muslims, it is not surprising that he won the "bronze medal": in just one month he is searched on "Google" a full 9 times, while the books talking about him are 500 million!
2. Muhammad
Muhammad is in the second place of this classification, with over 13 searches per month and with a number of books so high that it is incalculable. Meanwhile, the name Muhammad is the most widespread in the whole world: there are more than 600 million people who are called this. However, considering its importance, this does not surprise us too much. The curiosity lies in the fact that he is the most famous person in history, despite the fact that Islam somehow stops this representation!
1. Jesus Christ
In the first place is Jesus Christ. The number of books about him is incalculable. According to an estimate made by "Google" itself, there are 129 books written throughout the history of mankind, and about 864% of them talk about Jesus Christ!
