WORLD CELEBRITIES

Top 10 World Celebrities of the year as per Forbes magazine since 1999. 

	Nr. 1	Nr. 2	Nr. 3	Nr. 4	Nr. 5	Nr. 6	Nr. 7	Nr. 8	Nr. 9	Nr. 10
1999	Michael Jordan	Oprah Winfrey	Leonardo DiCaprio	Jerry Seinfeld	Steven Spielberg	Spice Girls*	Harrison Ford	Robin Williams	Celine Dion	The Rolling Stones*
2000	Julia Roberts	George Lucas	Oprah Winfrey	Tom Hanks	Michael Jordan	The Rolling Stones*	Tiger Woods	Backstreet Boys	Cher	Steven Spielberg
2001	Tom Cruise	Tiger Woods	The Beatles*	Britney Spears	Bruce Willis	Michael Jordan	Backstreet Boys*	NSYNC*	Oprah Winfrey	Mel Gibson
2002	Britney Spears	Tiger Woods	Steven Spielberg	Madonna	U2*	NSYNC*	Mariah Carey	Oprah Winfrey	Michael Jordan	Tom Hanks
2003	Jennifer Aniston	Eminem andDr. Dre	Tiger Woods	Steven Spielberg	Jennifer Lopez	Paul McCartney	Ben Affleck	Oprah Winfrey	Tom Hanks	The Rolling Stones*
2004	Mel Gibson	Tiger Woods	Oprah Winfrey	Tom Cruise	The Rolling Stones*	J.K. Rowling	Michael Jordan	Bruce Springsteen	Steven Spielberg	Johnny Depp
2005	Oprah Winfrey	Tiger Woods	Mel Gibson	George Lucas	Shaquille O'Neal	Steven Spielberg	Johnny Depp	Madonna	Elton John	Tom Cruise
2006	Tom Cruise	The Rolling Stones*	Oprah Winfrey	U2*	Tiger Woods	Steven Spielberg	Howard Stern	50 Cent	Cast of The Sopranos*	Dan Brown
2007	Oprah Winfrey	Tiger Woods	Madonna	The Rolling Stones*	Brad Pitt	Johnny Depp	Elton John	Tom Cruise	Jay-Z	Steven Spielberg
2008	Oprah Winfrey	Tiger Woods	Angelina Jolie	Beyoncé Knowles	David Beckham	Johnny Depp	Jay-Z	Usain Bolt	J.K. Rowling	Brad Pitt
2009	Angelina Jolie	Oprah Winfrey	Madonna	Beyoncé Knowles	Tiger Woods	Bruce Springsteen	Steven Spielberg	Jennifer Aniston	Brad Pitt	Kobe Bryant
2010	Oprah Winfrey	Beyoncé Knowles	James Cameron	Lady Gaga	Tiger Woods	Britney Spears	U2*	Sandra Bullock	Johnny Depp	Madonna
2011	Lady Gaga	Oprah Winfrey	Justin Bieber	U2*	Elton John	Tiger Woods	Taylor Swift	Bon Jovi*	Simon Cowell	LeBron James
2012	Jennifer Lopez	Oprah Winfrey	Justin Bieber	Rihanna	Lady Gaga	Britney Spears	Kim Kardashian	Katy Perry	Tom Cruise	Steven Spielberg
2013	Oprah Winfrey	Lady Gaga	Steven Spielberg	Beyoncé Knowles	Madonna	Taylor Swift	Bon Jovi*	Roger Federer	Justin Bieber	Ellen DeGeneres

TOP TEN MOST SUCCESSFUL WORLD POLITICIANS

M. K. Gandhi (1869)	Hugo Chávez (1954)
Abraham Lincoln (1809)	Willy Brandt (1913)
Nelson Mandela (1918)	Maximilien de Robespierre (1758)
Winston Churchill (1874)	John F. Kennedy (1917)
Woodrow Wilson (1856)	Indira Gandhi (1917)

              * Year indicates Year of Birth.

TOP TEN SPORTS STAR OF ALL TIME

Michael Phelps (Swimming)	Steffi Graf (Tennis)
Tiger Woods (Golf)	Lance Armstrong (Cycling)
Carl Lewis (Athletics)	Kelly Slater (Surfing)
Don Bradman (Cricket)	Muhammad Ali (Boxing)
Michael Jordan (Basketball)	Pele (Football)

50 Most Popular Tourist Attractions In The World

Times Square New York City, NY, USA 35 million	National Mall & Memorial Parks Washington, D.C., USA 25 million
Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA 16.6 million	Trafalgar Square London, England, UK 15 million
Disneyland Park Anaheim, CA, USA 14.7 million	Niagara Falls Ontario, Canada & New York State, USA 14 million
Fisherman’s Wharf / Golden Gate National Recreation Area San Francisco, CA, USA 13 million	Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea Tokyo, Japan 12.9 million
Notre Dame de Paris Paris, France 12 million	Disneyland Paris Marne-La-Vallee, France 10.6 million
Great Wall of China Badaling area, China 10 million	Great Smoky Mountain National Park Tennessee/North Carolina, USA 9.2 million
Universal Studios Japan Osaka, Japan 8.5 million	Basilique du Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre Paris, France 8 million
Musee du Louvre Paris, France 7.5 million	Everland Kyonggi-Do, South Korea 7.5 million
The Forbidden City/Tienanmen Square Beijing, China 7 million	Eiffel Tower Paris, France 6.7 million
Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure Orlando, FL, USA 6 million	Sea World Florida Orlando, FL, USA 5.7 million
Pleasure Beach Blackpool, England, UK 5.7 million	Lotte World Seoul, South Korea 5.5 million
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Japan 5.4 million	Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong, China 5.2 million
Centre Pompidou Paris, France 5.1 million	Tate Modern London, England, UK 4.9 million
British Museum London, England, UK 4.8 million	Universal Studios Los Angeles, CA, USA 4.7 million
National Gallery London, England, UK 4.6 million	Metropolitan Museum New York, NY, USA 4.5 million
Grand Canyon National Parkgrand-canyon Arizona, USA 4.4 million	Tivoli GardensTivoli-Gardens2 Copenhagen, Denmark 4.4 million
Ocean ParkOcean_Park_overview2 Hong Kong, China 4.38 million	Busch GardensBush-Gardens-Tampa-Bay Tampa Bay, FL, USA 4.36 million
Sea World CaliforniaSeaWorld-San-Diego2 San Diego, CA, USA 4.26 million	Statue of Liberty New York, NY, USA 4.24 million
The Vatican (Vatican Square) & the surrounding museums Vatican City (surrounded by Rome, Italy) 4.2 million	Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia 4 million
The Coliseum Rome, Italy 4 million	American Museum of Natural History New York, NY, USA 4 million
Grauman’s Chinese Theater Hollywood (Los Angeles), CA, USA 4 million	Empire State Building New York, NY, USA 4 million
Natural History Museum London, England, UK 3.7 million	The London Eye London, England, UK 3.5 million
Palace of Versailles France 3.45 million	Yosemite National Park California, USA 3.44 million
Pyramids of Giza Egypt 3 million	Pompeii Italy 2.5 million
Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg, Russia 2.5 million	Taj Mahal Agra, India 2.4 million