he absolutely was, you have to remember the third world didn't get media until the 90's, nobody in India or China knew the name of a single US president, that's 3 billion bonus votes for Jordan off the rip
he was the most famous person of all time probably but Trump wins now, and it isn't even close, Trump dominates the most oppressive media landscape to ever exist across the entire globe, you'd literally have to find uncontacted tribes or aboriginal people to find somebody who doesn't know who Donald Trump is
Date: August 29th, 2026 8:01 PM Author: Beady-eyed Onyx Locus
Obama / Trump are contenders
Another contender is Mr Beast. I just googled and saw 1 billion people watch a Mr Beast video every month. At the very least, that's way more actual engagement than Jordan ever got (though Jordan was sort of famous for being famous even if no one in Angola ever watched him actually play basketball).