Who is the most famous person ever ..'lived'?

I think there is not such thing as most famous person in the world. Famous person is more famous in one place, but less famous in another. So that cannot be measured. And along with Gandhiji, there is Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina, they are super famous in India too, just for different reasons. India has different 'most famous' people in different states, cities, areas too. It is too huge, we cannot measure it. It will take years to get an accurate answer and by that time, people would have new favorites. We can maybe measure India's most famous person, but even that is a difficult task, we are such a huge country, with that large variety in taste and preferences.

well i hope your discussion survives here since it is just a poll question. but i would say Jesus! bar none, because even people that dont believe in him in other countries, etc. has heard of him. and Santa claus second

If i had to guess i would say Hitler.He is probably the most famous/infamous person of all time and is still talked about a lot as shown by the large number of documentaries,films and books etc that continue to be made about him.The evil and terrible things that he did will mean that he won't be forgotten for a very long time.

Hi gara vegeta: Oh really you don't know who was Elvis? First of all you mention that in your country Elvis is not so well known compared to Michael who was one of the greatest pop artists in music story. However if you say: the most famous person ever lived it means not only in your country but in the whole world and you must know that Elvis has bought more records than Michael Jackson so I think he still is most famous than MJ. ALVARO

yeah for me, the most famous person ever lived was Michael Jackson, i mean here in India we adore him like anything. More than his controversial life, he gave priority to his extraordinary talent that made him immortal in our hearts for ever.

King David and Moses seem to be great candidates. Noah and many others as well, but I would say KING DAVID is the most famouse of all time.

People become famous for right and wrong reasons.Gandhiji is famous and so is Abraham Lincoln.In contrast,there was Osama Bin Laden.Osama and Dawood Ibrahim are also well known in our country and also in the USA.People know the names of these terrorists or perpetrators of terrorism.But now let us talk about so called mythical characters such as ShriRam.I have seen illiterate people who don't know who Gandhi was,let alone Lincoln.But they know ShriRam and chant His name every morning.In my opinion,ShriRam and ShriKrishna are not mythological characters.They are historical persons like Jesus in western countries.I think,these so called mythological characters are still the most popular persons of the world.