25 famous people of the 1990s ranked

by Writersroom Boardwalk: Michael Jackson

Countdown goes 25 to 1 and Michael Jackson sits on top, singer, with Madonna second and Mike Tyson third as a boxer. Fourth belongs to Princess Diana under royalty, then Bill Gates as an entrepreneur at five, Whitney Houston singing at six, Arnold Schwarzenegger acting at seven, Michael Jordan at eight as a basketball player. Spice Girls bring the pop group slot at nine, Pope John Paul II takes ten, Jim Carrey acts at eleven, Saddam Hussein is listed twelfth as a president. Céline Dion sings at thirteen, Metallica bring the metal at fourteen, Nelson Mandela is a president at fifteen, Queen Elizabeth II a queen at sixteen, Tom Hanks acts at seventeen, Guns N' Roses rock at eighteen, Britney Spears sings at nineteen. Bill Clinton as president, Nirvana as a grunge band, Mariah Carey singing, Steven Spielberg directing, Backstreet Boys as a pop group and Julia Roberts as an actress fill out the last six. One decade, all these labels stacked together. #MichaelJackson