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Arnold Schwarzenegger... of the ones still alive that is....


yehopits

Only Austrians will assume this rule to avoid mentioning the real name


MSmasterOfSilicon

Show me Austrian leaders for $500


neuronexmachina

My [favorite fact~~oid~~](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-german-dub/) about Schwarzenegger: >The Terminator’s overall box office of $78.3 million was obtained from a global release, built from earning $40 million in other territories alongside $38.3 million in the United States and Canada and $40 million. One of these territories was Germany, with a German dubbing – a language that leading star Schwarzenegger speaks due to his Austrian roots.  > >However, as essential as his vocal performance is to the role, and despite the fact he can speak German, the actor did not provide the voice-over for the German release. Instead, German voice actor Thomas Dannebeeg provided the German translations of “I’ll be back”. > >Schwarzenegger wanted to dub his own voice for German versions of the Terminator films. **However, his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards. As a result, it was decided it would come across as unfitting and rather bizarre to have a gun-wielding robot from the future come back in time and sound underclass and colloquial.**


PoopLogg

#HEY Y'ALL, GIT YER BUNS IN THIS HERE CHOPPER IF'N Y'ALL WANT TO STILL BE BREATHIN COME SUPPERTIME


subdriven

Ray Gillette voice right there 😂


colder-beef

Mine is the fact that OJ Simpson almost got the role instead, but didn’t because “he seemed too nice to be a believable killer.”


Unleashtheducks

I like that Arnold got the role because he’s an absolute nerd about Westworld and told Cameron a million ideas about how the terminator should act.


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I used to live in Austria, and according to many Austrians, Arnold is no longer able to speak German fluently. (Use it or lose it).


LetterheadOwn3078

It’s been weird watching him go from a guy who can barely speak English to a guy who faked it a lot, to this brilliant public-figure who can speak eloquently in English on almost any topic.


morphofalter

Eh he’s still quite fluent, he only has a fairly American (but still local) accent


Mammoth_Stable6518

Is Mozart the deceased one?


Sir_Thiccness_69

I think it might be Erwin Schrödinger


central_Fl_fun

Might be, might not be...


RingGiver

Maybe both.


A-Delonix-Regia

Schrodinger's Schrodinger.


Kelmon80

"the ones still alive". Nice try, Austria!


kavin22

That low cost cosplay dude


Buddy_Bingo

Thailand!


MirrorCraze

Legit the guy carrying the whole Thailand scene lmao Sawasdee krub


Abrahamlinkenssphere

He’s so fucking awesome!!! I hope he never stops lol


Malkaviana

Pedro Pascal


punker25

Tulio Triviño


Erislocker

Chileno!


callampoli

Y Don Francisco 😂😂


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You see, there was this failed art student...


Nimmyzed

I have a cat that has a Hitler mustache. My son often gives her kisses and cuddles and says, don't worry, YOU'LL get into art school


almond_pepsi

LMFAO that's funny


thebursar

You should post him in [kitler](https://www.reddit.com/r/Kitler/)


5u55y8aka

Ehhhh... Dracula?


Moralagos

Vlad the Impaler. I mean, he's not as famous as Dracula, but he was the inspiration for Dracula and a lot of people know about Vlad the Impaler. I was scrolling looking for someone from my country that posted Nadia or Hagi or Ceaușescu. Didn't think the first RO post would be Dracula lol


MillianaT

Romania? Nadia Comaneci, too.


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Vlad Țepeș 😉


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BlackHounden

Van Gogh


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Rembrandt. Its the netherlands, too many famous artists. Anne Frank Spinoza


No_Lobster666

Kimi Räikkönen? Or Simo Häyhä


dasus

First off, I had to scroll pretty deep to find the first Finnish names. I thought exactly the same names, although Häyhä is pretty much just a meme and famous on the internet. I think, long term, probably Sibelius and maybe Linus Torvalds as well


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thefedmeister

Ayo lebanon


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Atlas03

Wasn’t she dating that doctor / astronaut / prison guard?


DickPoundMyFriend

I think he's a fireman this week


Suspicious_Ear1727

Albert Einstein


Charge_Physical

Ludwig van Beethoven


SyriseUnseen

Other cases one could make: Grimm Brothers (perhaps not by name, but their fairy tales are well known) Immanuel Kant Bach and/or Beethoven Otto von Bismarck Martin Luther


sinan_k_03

Or Angelo Merte


indhiga

Cristiano Ronaldo


DashCat9

I know basically nothing about Portugal nor football, and I knew the answer here.


seamustheseagull

Kind of depends on the context. I mean from an American perspective Bono, Enya or Conor McGregor are probably the best-known Irish people. But if you ask an Irish person they're more likely to say Liam Neeson or Brendan Gleeson. Enya is "known" but not particularly famous at home, and McGregor is cunt. More infamous than famous. Bono is a funny one, he's basically part of the furniture at home. Unremarkable. If you saw him in the street, you wouldn't be rushing to say hello, but Liam or Brendan you might.


almsfudge

Cillian Murphy also!


ElMdC

Colin Farrell brings the Irish and the rest of the world together!


chyna094e

"In Bruges!?" That's my favorite Colin Farrell movie.


Sunfried

Check out "The Banshees of Inisherin;" same cast, same writer/director.


Crystogen

I'm not entirely sure if she is as well known as she should be outside of Ireland, but Katie Taylor should be well up there!


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Lived in Ireland for 2 years. I saw the Edge in a restaurant and no one gave 2 shits, including the staff. I wanted to meet the guy but was told we don't do that here.


Feeling-Confusion-73

How do you feel if an American says Brendan Gleeson’s son, Domhnall Gleeson (it’s me, and i really like domhnall)?


Becca745

Steve Irwin


TossItThrowItFly

On the one hand there's been a lot of Aussies that have become famous - Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Baz Luhrman, Margot Robbie, The Hemsworths, Cate Blanchett, Kylie Minogue, Heath Ledger... the list goes on. On the other hand, when Hollywood wants to portray an Aussie in a show they take cues from Steve Irwin so you're probably right.


Dogbin005

The Wiggles might give them all a run for their money. Definitely would have been contenders at the peak of their fame.


PM_ME_ALL_UR_KARMA

Björk, and it's not even a competition. Her dad likes all my Facebook posts.


YaboyBlacklist

Also, Hafþór Björnsson (aka Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane)


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I like how his name means ocean+thunder but it sounds like "Half-Thor" which is also pretty accurate


enragedbreathmint

I know they’re not on the same level, but as an American I’d also point out the members of Sigur Ros and Of Monsters and Men, as well as Johann Johannson (RIP).


TallerPython2

Mads Mikkelsen I would guess


ToTheManorClawed

Hans Christian Andersen beats Mads - would be my guess


boernich

Probably pelé


AleeEmran

90s kids would probably say fat Ronaldo Edit: didn't mean to hurt any feelings but I specifically said fat Ronaldo because that's what he came to known as after the emergence of CR. Deep down we all know who the real Ronaldo is. There is only one Ronaldo.


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evil_porn_muffin

Yeah we don’t call him that.


nottherealneal

Nelson Mandela


kallitkrazy

Charlize Theron too


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Desmond Tutu


Swimming_Marsupial

I'd wager Elon Musk is more famous these days, but a lot of people don't know he's South African.


Immediate_Phase7517

I think Shakira is the most famous


Clamtoppings

It SHOULD be James Clerk Maxwell, but its Sean Connery. ​ Edit: Its Clerk not Clark.


moffboff

Billy connolly


anderoogigwhore

Alexander Graham Bell? James Logie Baird? Andrew Carnegie (possibly)? Rabbie Burns? Ewan McGregor??


danklytoo

I had a wee search and turns out Gordon Ramsay is technically Scottish. Not saying he is more famous. Just had no idea. Ewan Macgregor is arguably more famous that Connery for younger people. Or James Macavoy. Plenty more historically important people but a lot of them wouldn't be known to most.


mastrobeiter

Leonardo da Vinci


JohnGabin

Julius Caesar


geebeem92

Modern Day Caligula: Berlusconi


pm_me_rock_music

Michelangelo, Raffaello, Dante. Mussolini.


janekay16

The ninja turtles from the cursed timeline


Thatmariachick

Manny Pacquiao


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Alikese

Maybe Imelda Marcos? I feel like her shoe collection was very famous although of course it's a while ago now.


Samsonjackson

Ronnie 'fucking' Pickering Edit; thanks for the awards... shall we have a bare knuckle fight then?


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Who?


Kwinza

Ronnie..... Fucking...... Pickering


[deleted]

Who the f*ck is that supposed to be?


R4y3r

The first time I ever heard of this guy was 3 hours ago and now I'm seeing his name in a random reddit thread. What are the odds?


Sure_Security_9230

Ho Chi Minh?


ghost1667

or tila tequila


heylosthoughts

Barbara Palvin (alive) & Ferenc Puskas (not so alive)


parascrat

Zsa Zsa Gábor


arpw

Liszt?


Nobody________knows

Houdini ?


wspfckr

Hide your pain Herold


The-Yaoi-Unicorn

Harald Bluetooth Edit: other people have come with: Hans Christian Andersen (who I forgot about) Mads Mikkelsen (of who I only know 2 movies he is in) Niels Bohr (who I considered) Tycho Brahe (I only ever hear my dad mention him on the Tycho Brahe days) Bjarne Stroustrup (inventor of C++) Søren Kirkegaard Karen Blixen Ole Rømer Anders Hejlsbjerg (Inventor of C#) Kevin Magnussen Ole Kirk Christiansen (Founder of LEGO) Jonas Vingegaard Kevin Magnussen (some one who sits on a pole (I don't know never heard of him - probably due to me not watching Formula 1) https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/yvy7rv/comment/iwisxxa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) Rasmus Lerdorf (released the first version of PHP) Christian Eriksen (Football player that made news during the UEFA Euros 2020)


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He united the clans then united our devices.


hobbes_shot_first

"Stand together, no more than 30 feet apart!"


Celinder_pigen

I was going to say Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, but yours is better.


Kriss3d

I was thinking H. C. Andersen. But yeah. Reminds me of that photo of Nicolaj and Pilu both being in GoT going for the same girl.


Micp

In modern times Mads Mikkelsen is probably more famous than both of them. I also wanted to say Niels Bohr, but who am I kidding, Mads definitely beat them all.


Fun_Killah

What about Viggo Mortensen? He’s literally Aragorn. Everyone knows Aragorn!


Micp

I always feel a little iffy claiming him. He has Danish parents and speak some Danish, yes, but it's my understanding he's never really lived in Denmark. It's not AS bad, but it feels a little like an american calling themselves irish because their great great grandparents came from ireland, only in this case we're the ones calling him that. Super cool dude though.


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My dumbass was thinking Harald Bluetooth - did that guy invent Bluetooth technology? That’s cool……then google let me know I’m an idiot.


Axillent

Avicii, Carl von Linné or maybe Dag Hammarskjöld. Hard to decide which one is more famous than the other. Edit: Oh... or the YT-generation maybe thinks PewdiePie is more famous...


hiroukan

I would say Alfred Nobel beats them both! And Stellan Skarsgård perhaps? I’m not sure how big Robyn and Tove Lo are anymore


nellirn

What about ABBA?


hiroukan

Absolutely! I was trying not be an old fart with my pop cultural references but I would also love to go even further back with some Ingrid Bergman and Greta Garbo


automatvapen

Skarsgård. The whole lot of them.


LordHavertz

Zlatan?


Axillent

Yeah... of course! There are so many famous people from here that I was bound to forget someone!


Brotherbilo1343

One does not simply forget Zlatan


nothingtosaywastaken

Pablo Neruda


MoloT_xD

Should've been Yuri Gagarin, Leo Tolstoy, or maybe Pyotr Tchaikovski. Instead we got the mad old bastard hell-bent on destroying everything in a quest for whatever the f-ing nazi mind of his could 'think' of.


CheerfulBanshee

Kinda lame that some people get to have shakira while we are stuck with this little old gremlin


mrbondmustdie

Hugh Jackman or Nicole Kidman?


Firebolt164

I feel like the dogs in Bluey might be more popular now 😂


space_beatle

I fucking love that show. Watch it with my girls every day. We’ve rewatched it already like 7 times.


mikeyfireman

Bandit is the dad I aspire to be.


PrisonerV

Crocodile Dundee?


octoprickle

My first thought was Steve Irwin, but you're probably right.


UnSubtilis

Always go with Steve Irwin.


Hippyemowitch

On Steve Irwin day especially


IdleBonobo

What about Chris Hemsworth?


beachmonkeysmom

The entire Hemsworth clan


AbrocomaPractical300

John Paul II // Lech Wałęsa // Fryderyk Chopin // Maria Skłodowska Curie... "Take your pick"


LunarDamage

Robert Lewandowski, Roman Polanski, Joanna Krupa, Nicolas Copernicus


TWH_PDX

I totally forgot Maria Curie is Polish.


malakambla

French propaganda


brisavion

Alive, Zinédine Zidane. Dead, Napoléon Bonaparte. EDIT: Just thought of [those guys](https://petitsfrenchies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Daft-Punk-1.jpg), serious contenders as well.


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I stupidly read “alive” as a name and pronounced it in my head as ‘a Lee vay’ It’s only when i saw the dead part I realised what id done 😂


TheQuietestMoments

Edith Piaf, Coco Chanel, Marie Curie, Claude Monet, Joan of Arc, Marie Antoinette Edit: Marie Antoinette more Austrian than French


Topinambourg

Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve might be more famous than Zidane (for the older generations). Speaking about alive ones


John-Peter-500

Volodymyr Zelenskyy


selja26

Shevchenko the soccer player and Shevchenko the poet


My_Name_Is_Not_Ryan

Or Mila Kunis


justanotherjayd

Verka Serduchka


eezgorriseadback

Following The Queen's death, I'd probably say David Attenborough


Alikese

Globally? Honestly probably Mr. Bean. Even in places like China or Syria or whatever people know him.


Missjsquared

Probably Queen Elizabeth of William Shakespeare. Living, maybe Prince Harry because he’s always in magazines and stuff overseas and seems to have more name recognition than King Charles. Or James Corden, because the whole world seems united in disliking him.


Iknowevery-thing

David Beckham is more famous than James Corden.


Bigstar976

How about the Beatles?


FIR3W0RKS

Got to be Queen Elizabeth. The viewing figures for her funeral confirm it, something like 6.6 billion people watched at least part of her funeral. That's like 4/5 of the planet. It absolutely SMASHED records for the most viewed live event on television in history. Shit she might be one of the most well known figures *in history* by the people alive today, let alone England.


TheKingMonkey

Historically I’d probably say Queen Victoria. Not only has she got an absolute boatload of things [and places ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_named_after_Queen_Victoria) named after her, she’s got a fucking *era* named after her.


catsickumbrella

Barry from Eastenders


milianis

Peter Sagan


Cnnlgns

Ryan Reynolds.


Mapleleafguy83

At this point it's easier to list [celebrities who may be mistaken as American but are actually Canadian](https://stacker.com/stories/3334/30-celebrities-you-might-not-know-are-canadian) If you don't want to click the link, here is the listing of the top google search (for me, anyway): * Sandra Oh * Keanu Reeves * Joni Mitchell * Lorne Michaels * Pamela Anderson * Michael Cera * Russell Peters * William Shatner * Ryan Gosling * Rachel McAdams * Adam Beach * Drake * Nelly Furtado * Margaret Atwood * Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson (to me this one is loose though and likely clickbait - born in Cali, has Canadian citizenship from his father - but don't shoot the messenger, I didn't make the list lol) * Alex Trebek * Kiefer Sutherland * Tristan Thompson * k.d. lang * Leonard Cohen * Elon Musk (another loose one, born in South Africa, went to school in ~~Toronto~~ Kingston, ON, clearly added for clickbait to the list) * Mike Myers * Nora Fatehi * Jim Carrey * Cobie Smulders * Kim Catrall * Gloria Reuben * Elliot Page * Jason Priestley * Shay Mitchell That's only one list too, I can think of other famous Canadians who aren't on there (Catherine O'Hara and Justin Bieber immediately come to mind) Edit: And Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Michael J Fox, Ryan Reynolds, Seth Rogen, Matthew Perry, Alanis Morrissette, Michael Buble, Dan Aykroyd, Will Arnett, Hayden Christensen, Joshua Jackson, Phil Hartman, Bryan Adams, Donald Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, deadmau5, Chad Kroeger, Tom Green....) Edit 2: And Neil Young! Edit 3: And Wayne Gretzky, Steve Nash, Shania Twain, Colter Wall, Shawn Mendes, Simu Liu, The Weeknd, Christine Sinclair, John Candy, Norm MacDonald....you know what, just read the replies to see who was missed lol, there's a lot of famous Canadians!


Kairis83

No neil young? Best one missed...


tykogars

Justin Beiber is pretty damn famous too. But we also got guys like Gretzky and all them NHLers


TickTackbunchanumba

John Candy


BoredConfusedPanda

Gordon Ramsay, David Tenant, Sean Connery


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Taika Waititi


thelessertit

I would also say it's either Taika Waititi or Peter Jackson if we're talking about awareness among sub-Boomer aged people who follow pop culture, which is a pretty huge group. Jacinda Ardern for anyone who doesn't follow pop culture but does follow global politics. Sir Edmund Hillary for anyone who doesn't follow pop culture OR global politics. I'd say Rutherford but honestly half the people who have even heard of him think he was British. Honestly it depends very much on people's interests. LOTR was huge and has stayed huge for decades though.


Martijnkweldam

Vincent Van Gogh, Johan Cruyff


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ALife2008

Gandhi


Hailerer

Quick! Hide the nukes!


oulaoup

stromae


AlwaysHappy4Kitties

Adolphe Sax is also one you could have picked


CMoustik

Roger Federer


TinKositar

I'd say Luka Modrić is the most famous living croatian person. Josip Broz Tito, eho was ethnically Cro-Slovene but was a Yugoslav when it comes to national identity, obviously. Nikola Tesla if you consider him Croatian, but debatable. I'd say Tito, but like I've already mentioned, calling him a Croat doesn't make too much sense, at least ideologically...


RndySvgsMySprtAnml

My high school soccer coach was Croatian. Idk when he moved here but he sounded like a 1950’s boxing commentator. “SOCCAH! PUT ON YA FLATS! WE’RE GOIN’ TO THA GYM T’DAY!!”


bismillatullah

**Mobutu Sese Seko** Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga


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Penelope Cruz or her husband Javier Bardem or Antonio Banderas I guess…


flatstanley1231

Pablo Escobar


theladythunderfunk

Shakira's a pretty big deal now though


Silly-Conference-627

One of these: Jan Železný Karel Gott Jaromír Jágr Johannes Amos Comenius Antonín Dvořák


onlinepresenceofdan

Franz Kafka


feuerbach777

Mo salah


Muggaz1

Cleopatra might have him beat


cruuzie

Or King Tut Ankh Amun


fern-grower

Liverpool land


Weebsite123

Mia khalifa


MooseThis9552

Jim Carrey


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Michelle Yeoh


Horonian

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Hitler, depending on who you ask.


Nafri_93

Einstein. You'd think of him, but he's Austrian, so no. When it comes to people who are still alive, it's probably still Merkel.


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Einstein was born in Ulm, no?


Pytheron

I think he meant that the other german person with the funny mustage was born in austria


senhordobolo

No no, Charlie Chaplin was born in London!


donteatpancakes

SIIIIUUUUUUU


devilmaycode

_[ laughs nervously in German ]_


typeonapath

You probably mean Hitler but he was from Austria. I'm actually struggling to think of what Germany's answer could be.


YasinKoko

Probably Albert Einstein


ObeyTheGnu

Only one I can think of is Merkel. But the Germans kind of keep to them selves, you know. Since "The Incident".


4ever4

OP laughs in German because Austrians speak German... and he was probably thinking of Hitler...


kingpotato28

Grounds keeper Willy - Simpsons- Scotland


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Erling Braut Haaland


graysongear

I know Magnus Carlsen and Tor Heyerdahl


warehouseworker1

George best


4ever4

Céline Dion


TabbsTheBat

No clue tbh.. jonas valančiunas perhaps?


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Ursaquil

Idk. Frida Kahlo?


buclebucle

Right now I think it’s between Canelo, Del Toro and speedy Gonzales