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Originally Posted by Mark17
Jordan has been famous since the mid-1980s, Ali since the mid-1960s, but Ruth has been famous for more than a century. More sports fans have revered, and loved, Ruth than any other athlete by far.
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I'd agree with this.
Another interesting way to look at it might be to see which US athletes had the highest name recognition globally at any given point in time. In that case, I'd say Michael Jordan wins in a landslide.