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Who are the biggest celebrities (TV, music, film, ect) of your country?
You can break it down into categories like current, of all time, most embarrassing, and so on.
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There are quite a few celebrities people don't know were born in the UK like Slash, Christian Bale, Guy Pearce, Orlando Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman and the scientist Stephen Hawking.
I'm actually waiting for an irish person to give an honorable mention to Dylan Moran. :)
Biggest British celebrities INSIDE Britain currently (for better or for worse):
The Queen
J.K. Rowling
Stephen Fry
Simon Cowell
Adele
David Tennant
One Direction
Daniel Craig
Daniel Radcliffe
Ant and Dec
Russell Brand
Robert Pattinson
This is just based on ubiquity and fame, not talent. It's also based on how big they are 'right now'. There are loads of famous people in the past recognisable the world over (The Beatles, Churchill, Pink Floyd etc.).
Alan Carr
Jonathan Ross
Chris Evans
Victoria Beckham
Cheryl Cole
Other 'royals'
Davina McCall
....and loads of sportspersons.
You forgot Morrissey, he is easily the most well known person inside Britain outside of the queen.
There's no way he is the most well known person inside Britain outside of the queen. Certainly not from my experience.
Unless you were being sarcastic and I missed it...
If you're under 20 maybe, but beyond that I'd say he's certainly up there. Most 40 year olds don't listen to One Direction for instance.
You mostly named people who are in the "current" mainstream, something half the people out there don't give a shit about. If you were to poll EVERY British person, he'd be right beneath the queen or darn close.
I named who I think are the biggest celebrities in our country right now, and by biggest I mean most widely publicised, most active, most talked about. Because that is what the question asks for. It makes sense that those who are in the "current mainstream" are the biggest celebrities at the moment. Even if "half the people out there don't give a shit" about them, they will probably talk about these celebs, hear about them and see them frequently (whether they want to or not). Most 40 year olds might not listen to One Direction, but they'll probably have heard of them.
I wouldn't say Morrisey is more widely recognised than Chris Martin, Liam Gallagher, Robbie Williams, Bono, Elton John or David Bowie. Plenty of people I know, young and old, wouldn't be able to pick Morrisey's face out of a line-up, but would recognised Robbie Williams in an instant.
This is nothing about taste or preferences by the way. As we both know, popularity and ubiquity doesn't always indicate quality. I was trying to be as objective as possible, rather than list famous people I like.
Your famous people of the past Churchill, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc. were way better than today, One Direction, Russell Brand, Robert Pattinson. Of course it is the same here.
True, but most of the famous people of today will be distant memories in 40 years, but the few who have made the greatest impact will remain in public consciousness as the 'Beatles' and 'Churchills' of now.
From your list above which do you think will be known in 40 years? I have to admit, I don't know about half of them.
Well that was a list of the biggest British celebs today.
But I omitted a lot of actors and musicians that are likely to remain in people's minds for a long time and have cross-generational appeal.
I guess as Brits go: Damien Hirst, Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Daniel Day Lewis, Judie Dench, Stephen Fry, Sam Mendez, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Oasis, Thatcher, Ricky Gervais. They'll probably be remembered in 40 years time.
Probably someone like Simon Cowell.:/ Although, I've never met anyone who doesn't love, or at least like, Stephen Fry or David Attenborough. They're sort of National Treasures.:P The Beatles are very famous as well.
Edit: Crap! I forgot the Queen! Does she count?
I'd have put David Beckham as the undisputed most famous Briton, honestly. I'm actually really surprised nobody has mentioned him.
Other famous Brits in Britain *right now* are Simon Cowell (most famous annoying TV personality), Michael McIntyre (most famous stand-up comedian), David Cameron (most famous living politician, although now I think about it Tony Blair might be more famous), Paul McCartney and (most famous musician), Katie Price (most famous model/tabloid fodder), Daniel Radcliffe (most famous actor), Andy Murray (most famous sportsperson who isn't a footballer), J.K. Rowling (most famous writer) and more. Honourable mentions to Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, Brain May and dozens of popstars and Olympians.
I'm American but I like some music from other countries. Lights is from Canada, Lily Allen is British and Kerli is from Estonia but currently lives in the US. I like some foreign movies too, like Harry Potter, which was filmed in the UK :)
I live in the US but i'm puerto rican. some of the biggest stars in puerto rico are:
j-lo
marc anthony
don omar
pitbull
prince royce
shakira
enrique iglesias
1D
JB
Romeo Santos
Omega
I'm from India. Katrina Kaif is a really great actress from here. Among singers, I'd say Lata Mangeshkar. Don't really like any male actors from India .
I guess Lady Gaga.
(I'm sorry but I've been "out-of-touch" with celebrities for quite a awhile)
I don't think there are any internationally famous Swiss people who didn't die a long time ago.
Maybe Bruno Ganz a Swiss actor who usually plays Germans (like Hitler)
And if you like Tennis you may know Roger Federer.
Well there's only seven millions of us.
I'm not really sure how big people are elsewhere the main two I can think of now are Adele and Mumford and sons.
I'm an American and we love Russell Crowe and Steve Irwin! He (Irwin) taught us so much about how to treat animals right and how to respect nature. He was such an awesome person.
Only a Kiwi for 4 years. Depends on what he identifies himself as, really.
I know. He was born in New Zealand, lived there for 4 years, spent the rest of his childhood and most of his life in Australia. He's more of an Australian than a New Zealander. For one thing, he acquired Australian citizenship in 2006. So identifies as an Aussie.
I'd say that makes Eveyana correct to include Russell Crowe as an Australian celeb.
Russell Crowe is proud of his heritage as a new Zealand born actor. To call him Australian is of disrespect to him and quite naive. But its very common for people to have Thr viewpoint you have, adopting him as Australian. It's such a minor thing let's not argue it further and just agree to disagree. You're sweet to stick up for your friend but if they had issue with it they would discuss it with me them self.
I've been listening to Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" for years!
From a British point of view, others I'd add to your list are:
Kath and Kim
Susan and Karl Kennedy
Chris Lilley
Probably people like Adela Banášová and shit like that. I never cared about them since they all suck at everything they do.
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