Thread 150152134

he's the most famous athlete of all time, right? if not then who

>>150152134 (OP)
Probably Jordan no one knows niggerlips outside of America

>>150152232
In Brazil the Babe is ubiquitously known as the King of Baseball just like Pelé is known as the King of Soccer, I was taught about him in High School. Here Michael Jordan is a famous celebrity in that someone might know his name but not necessarily the sport he played or even that he was an athlete.

The time trial champion of Uzbekistan. Oh she cute!

Spartacus

Of all time? Yeah, it’s probably either him, Jordan, or Spartacus.

>>150152134 (OP)
>here’s that White American I was telli bf you about

>>150152134 (OP)
>here’s that White American I was telling you about

>>150152994
In my country nobody knows who he is

>>150152134 (OP)
Hate to say it, but it‘s probably between the Argentinian HGH abuser and the Portuguese boys underwear competition enjoyer. They play the by far most popular sport in the world and have, particularly thanks to the internet, massive campaigns behind them
Babe Ruth likely isn’t a household name outside countries where baseball is the number one sport (plus Canada). And most of the people there will now Messi and Ronaldo as well. Michael Jordan probably is a better shot, he has a sportswear brand, plays the overall bigger sport, and played more recently in a more globalized world where mass media was already a thing

Yeah, it's probably Jordan or Pissi/Rolando. The tricky part is: How exactly do we define "of all time"? Is it "the athlete, active or inactive, who is most well known right now" (so "of all time" meaning simply "an athlete from any given time human history" in this context) or is it "the athlete who was/is known by the highest percentage of people around the world at the same time at any given point in human history"?
I assume currently more people know Pissi and Rolando than Jordan. But maybe in the 90s the percentage of people who knew Jordan was higher back then than the percentage of people who know Pissi and Rolando right now.

>>150156019
>countries where baseball is the number one sport
Are there even any?

>>150152134 (OP)
Pre-iPhone, might have been Clay or Pele.
World's changed, there are no legends anymore. Social media and the ads it facilitates leveled the playing field.

I think Tiger Woods is up there as well. Even in the most bumfuck towns I've been if you mention him people say yes I know him.

>>150156506
It's not even the number one sport in your country.

>>150152134 (OP)
>>150155686
100% German ancestry btw

>>150156506
Japan, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Taiwan (if it counts as a country), Puerto Rico (if it counts as a country), possibly South Korea

>>150152134 (OP)
Ive known Babe Ruth since childhood from the Sandlot movie and thats it. Michael Jordan was known all around the world. Same with Mike Tyson and Mohammed Ali. But thats just limiting to American sports. I'd say Messi, Cristiano or Maradona are all three more famous worldwide than Babe Ruth, MJ, LeBron

She is

Hulk Hogan

>>150157195
You didn’t post it, you coward.

Ali, Jordan or Tiger Woods

>>150152134 (OP)
Who is that fat cunt? The most famous athlete of all time is CR7

I doubt Ruth would make top 25 globally
Top 10 would be footballers, Jordan and Ali

It can't be soccer players guys, i'll concede that babe ruth is also not as well known to non americans/japanese but if you include a footballer you just totally lose that whole section of the world. you can't have someone who is the most famous not known in the most influential and largest regions.

I think it's Ali all things considered. Maybe Jordan but that's also my own millennial bias.

>>150157434
most famous chud racist who's burning in hell maybe

>>150157864
when will you realize that there’s a world outside of western europe?

>>150158225
Very hilarious how hated he was just because he talked about his daughter's preferred type of men in his leaked sex tape of all thing.

>>150158082
>no Japanese or American knows any football player
Football is quite large in Japan and I am sure they know plenty of footballers, not to mention Messi and Ronaldo. Young Americans are relatively likely to have heard of them as well - much more likely than Europeans having heard of Babe Ruth at least, probably Jordan as well. Africa and India exist as well (unfortunately)

>>150158290
From the perspective of someone born and raised in the U.S., people know who Messi, Ronaldo, and maybe David Beckham are, and that’s about it. Some older folks will know Pele, otherwise you would either have to live near a bunch of spics or frequent communities like /sp/ to know anybody else.
I can’t speak for Japan, but based on the news and media they produce, soccer doesn’t seem that huge over there. Same with a lot of other large non-european countries.
If you want to contend that Messi and Ronaldo should be in the top 10 of all-time most famous athletes, I’m fine with that, but it’s pretty silly to fill the rest of that list with soccer players.

>>150158573
>Messi and Ronaldo

even these names are really not that well known in the US. the average person who would know who babe ruth or micheal jordan is would not know those names. I don't even know who they really are besides vaguely knowing I hear their names with soccer.

>>150158616
In all honesty you’re probably right, but if you wanted to give people even an inkling of a chance to name one soccer player, they would either come up with Messi or Ronaldo just because they heard the names somewhere. I didn’t really want to mention this though, it might’ve made Gunther’s head explode to learn that our entire country doesn’t follow soccer.

>>150158616
>the average person
I'm not sure you can describe the average American.
Anybody on insta knows Messi and Ronaldo.
Ruth is in the same category as Arnold Palmer, meaning if you watch ESPN long enough he'll be in a montage or something.
Wouldn't surprise me if under 40s couldn't name Ruth if you showed them a picture while they'd probably recognize Messi from social media.

>>150159084
>anybody on insta
most of the world is old since people don't have kids anymore

>>150152134 (OP)
Hulk Hogan and it’s not even close

>>150152134 (OP)
Who is that fat guy?

>>150153536
This is very haram

>>150152994
>brazilflag
>soccer
bro really thinks he can fool us

>>150157779
For me is Sam Snead, Bill Russel and Guy LaFleur

I still dont get it how boomers ( and people who didnt even see him play ) say he is the goat. Ohtani & Bonds clear him.

>>150173245
>Ohtani
He could pass Ruth but he hasn't yet
>Bonds
Steroids taint his legacy

>>150152134 (OP)
Muhammad Ali
Michael Jordan
Pele
Hulk Hogan
O.J. Simpson
That's your top 5.

>>150152134 (OP)
Michael Jordan, most likely just because he's also known in China and East Asia as a whole.

>>150173245
Aura & myth

Spartacus

>>150152134 (OP)
Literally who?

>>150152134 (OP)
What a stupid post, not even close.

Brazil's national team, the canonical team of soccer, put Jordan on their jersey. This automatically invalidates soccer from the running.

>>150152232
lots of people know of Ruth

The most famous athletes are Messi / Ronaldo, Tiger Woods and Roger Federer.
You can’t pick American sports since most people outside of America don’t watch them.

What the fuck is this delusional thread, just because people are force fed americans namedropping sportsnames in their series/movies doesn’t mean they are well known, nobody knows who the fuck babe ruth is.

>>150174072
Why do bongs always shill for Federer ? Novak won, he's a bigger name and he's more successful. He beat the Rolex merchant. Even Nadal is bigger than Federer.

>>150174109
The only American I would think had any amount of global reach is Muhammad Ali, but we might be too far removed from that. Does Arnold Schwarzenegger still count as an athlete? Obviously not an American athlete, but at his peak he may have been the most famous athlete.

>>150174772
Kobe Bryant is a well known in China and South Korea. MJ even more so around the world. If we're talking any American, regardless if they're an athlete or not, Michael Jackson might be the most known non-religious figure person of all-time. Anyone that says they've never heard of Michael Jackson, I assume is lying.

>>150152134 (OP)
>If not then who

Everyone’s heard the name ronaldo, whether it’s the fat one or the gay one

>>150152134 (OP)
Who is that?

>>150152232
Most people here dojt know anything about basketball. Id say its pele

>>150175671
americans know beckem way more than whoever that is and american's control the culture of the world so soccer players can't make it sorry

also if you're "most famous" person is a millennial or younger that doesn't count because he hasn't had time for history to actually cement their legacy or not.

>>150174072
No one outside of western europe and third world villages gives a shit about soccer

it's Usain Bolt

>>150152134 (OP)
Muhammad Ali, Ronaldo, Messi, Michael Jordan and Kobe. The rest aren't even close

>>150174190
the question is who is more famous, not who is better

>>150168358
She koshers up pretty gud

>>150184479
america defines the first world dumbass, it's a term from the cold war to say who is on our side or not

Federer, Nadal, Tiger Woods, Muhammed Ali, Jordan, Usain Bolt no one knows baseball outside spicmerica and its east asian colonies

>>150152134 (OP)
Who is this guy
Hotdog eating contest legend?

>>150184479
>americans
>>150184479
>think
I see you're not familiar with Americans

>>150158274
The world you are talking about watches football

>>150152134 (OP)
Didn't know Al Capone was a Yankees fan.

>>150157195
Oh, haven't had roast beef in ages, thanks mate!

>>150152134 (OP)
>most famous US athlete
>German speaker

>>150176354
its over boomer. your boring sports are dead

>>150152134 (OP)
who ?

>>150187492
It's Babe Ruth you ignorant faggot

>>150188286
Give him the benefit of the doubt, yes he might be a teenager but even then there's a chance he was just trolling.

>>150152134 (OP)
Who is this half nigger

Weekly American bubble thread

babe ruth was the ultimate american. fat, usually drunk, but also the very best there ever was.

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Babe Ruth
POWERGAP
the rest

>>150152134 (OP)
Maybe Pele although zoomers don’t know anything except tik tokers

Man what a strange thread. CR7 has +150x more followers on Instagram than Tiger Woods and some people genuinely think the latter is more famous than the former? Babe Ruth, the greatest player of a sport 90% of the world's population have never watched a single match of, is the most famous athlete of all time?

Pessi or Pele

>>150193165
>muh social media followers

Schumacher

>>150197018
It's the only objective way to measure this, and the fact is that Ronaldo has a lot more people following him than Babe Ruth or Michael Jordan or whatever.

>>150152134 (OP)
Still Pissi

>>150157818
Famous to pakis and Indians

>>150153536
>blue hair
>taking pictures in women's bathrooms
is this a tranny?