Ricky Martin x Patton Oswald?

American here. I have no idea who this is.

This is Lemmy, which crowd are you expecting to know him, the Marxists, the distro-snobs or the furries?

As an American I didn't recognize his face. Then I read that he is Robbie Williams and I also didn't recognize his name.

Not that good with faces or pop singers, but pretty sure it's Robbie Williams.

Since lemmy-verse user base skews heavily towards the western world, I think the real gap is not going to be UK vs Not UK, but US vs Rest of the World. And since there was a popular movie and a Netflix documentary about him, even Americans are probably more aware of who he is.

Yes, mainly because I'm an elder 🎶mil-len-ni-al🎶.

AND THROUGH IT ALL, SHE OFFERS ME PROTECTION..

Angels is played a lot as a warm up or "please leave now" song at least in my area in southern Germany

I live in the United States and I’m in my 40s; no idea who this is.

I'd need to see him without his skin first.

Im from Germany and Im quite shocked right now that there are people who dont know him. I was under the impression he was famous all around the world, kind of like Michael Jackson or Elvis. I think if you ask 100 random people in Germany at least 90 will know him.

Yeah, it's Matt Damon and Patton Oswald's fusion dance result.

robin williams rip

US here, no clue dont recognize it at all

I'd recognize that man anywhere. That's Bear Grylls.

Most of Europeans will recognize him.

!askusa@discuss.online will probably be different

I don't. Looks like a talk show host

Smuggy McSmugface?

He is quite known here in Germany, take that !

Usa, No

He is pretty well known, or at least used to be more well known (European)

German here. He's super famous in Germany. I used to think he was an international superstar and only learned a couple of years ago that nobody knows him in the US. Still don't quite understand how that happened. How is "Feel" and "Angels" not stuck in everyone's head every once in a while?

Didn't know Patton Oswald started dyeing his hair

USA here, and no. However he does look like a mash-up of several celebrities that I would recognize.

Well yeah, who doesn't know Robbie Williams? Isn't he more or less one of the best known solo artists internationally?

Though he now isn't as young as in that picture anymore.

For reference: I'm Swiss, and in my early 30s

Germany here, this is:

Robbie! One of the better musicians to rise from the age of boy bands.

TIL I haven't seen a photo of Robbie Williams in 20 years.

Dutch, Robbie Williams, ezpz

He’s the Carson Daly we have at home.

Robbie Williams? (from US, best friend used to have "Millennium" on repeat for a spell) I honestly thought at first that this was a Jonas brother or maybe post-reconstructive surgery Zac Ephron, but that didn't make sense with the UK part of the question.

Edit: I see I'm correct. But I honestly only dug into that part of my mind because I recalled both the aforementioned single and the general thing, stemming back to those days, that he was like huge in the UK but practically nowhere else. In other words, the question itself served as a clue to who he was (meaning he is apophatic--I only recognize him because I am aware of his absence)

I grew up in the US but have been living in Japan for 11 years and spent maybe one total month in the west between 2017 and 2023. I've seen a picture of this person before, I think, but couldn't tell you who he is. Looking at the other comments, I do know the name but only from watching UK panel shows on YouTube.

Robbie something. A singer, right? (France)

Isn't this Robbie Williams? I've never been in UK.

Couldn’t remember the name immediately but the song Rock DJ came to mind. Remember the music video of him ripping his skin off.

French guy in his late 30s here.
I recognize Robbie Williams. He had at least one song in the charts (Angels reached n°7 in France in 1997-1999).
Probably saw him on MTV at the time. Also heard him on the radio more than a few times.
Used to mix up his name with Robin Williams' ^^

That's Andy Burnham, our new Prime Minister.

From USA, no idea who this is.

No.

"Outside the UK" may not be correct. "Outside Western Europe" maybe or "younger people outside the UK". Around the release of Swings Both Ways was the last time I noticed his presence in the media here in Germany, that would be 10-15 years ago.