Born in the comments of a post on the most famous Jackson at False Hustle is this question: who’s the all-time most famous person with the first name Michael? Some contenders:
I’m thinking your top 3 are, in order…
1. Jackson
2. Jordan
3. Tyson
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- Moore
- Vick
- The Archangel
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There could be any number of people after that, but the distance between 1 and 2 is great; the distance between 2 and 3 is light years. With the first two, as long as the conversation is understood to be about their field of endeavor, you could get away with only using their first name and everybody would know who you’re talking about. Tyson, on the other hand…if he were to get a one-word appellation, it would probably be Tyson rather than Mike.
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:01 am
When I say “MJ,” do you think of Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson or Magic Johnson?
May 24th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Yeah, the first 3 are pretty much set. I was waffling on the top two but now I think MJ is more for Jordan than anything else.
There’s a whole set of folks overseas and who read gossip mags that know Michael Jackson as “Jacko.” But I hafta think he gets the top spot.
What we really need to know is where Michael Evans fits into all this?
May 27th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Unfortunately, i think mike evans the character is more famous than mike evans, the creator of the character — the original lionel.
February 8th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
when i think of MJ i think of Marijuana