Re-reading my last post, I realize that "Earth" is bigger than the United States (it IS, isn't it?) so we have to think about the other countries too. That makes me go back to Wells and Verne.

So IMHO those are the Big Three famous-wise, H.G., Julie and Rod.

Although I could be talked into kicking Verne to the curb in favor of Stan Lee, whose movies they must be watching in Hsdfghgsg-land and Usdadf-istan and everywhere else.

Try walking across Bolivia trying to find somebody who's ever heard of friggin' DANDELION WINE and THE ILLUSTRATED MAN!