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"More Famous" is too idiomatic to provide an adequate answer without poll data from various areas & age groups, perhaps even from different socio economic groups.
Without any data of this sort there is no way to really determine which person is more widely known to the general populace therefore any answer would really be speculation, opinion and/or conjecture from the individual who answered.
Earl Petty.
I believe it was Tom Petty It was Tom Petty, which many of the kids today would not know since all they know is of that John Mayer version.
No, Tom Petty did not laugh at all the night John Lennon died.
No. The lead singer of Cracker is David Lowery who sounds eerily similar to Tom Petty when singing the song, "Low". This song was never performed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
Tom Petty was born on October 20, 1950
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Shrek, he came out way before Tom Cruise stars in his movies.
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Lady Gaga
Mick Jagger, definitely!
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David Bowie, definitely! He made a much bigger impact in music. Not discounting Tom Petty's contributions, but Bowie is more widely known and much more influential.
It would probably be Clapton, since he's performed in more areas of the world and sold more records; but Petty did very well for himself also.
Tom Petty is usually classified as Rock, or more specifically Classic Rock.
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