Christ and the French leader top a list of the 2,000 most influential people to have lived, ranked according to their significance on the internet.
The Islamic prophet Mohammed is the third most important, say the researchers who used mathematical formulae to measure millions of opinions expressed online, including on encyclopedia Wikipedia.
William Shakespeare and Abraham Lincoln take fourth and fifth spots respectively, according to the team at New York’s Stony Brook University.
But there is bad news for David Cameron, who has been deemed half as important as Britney Spears.
The Prime Minister is ranked a lowly 1,483rd, far behind the pop singer at 689th. » | Eleanore Robinson | Monday, December 16, 2013
