If we define "around the globe" as every continent except Antarctica and just say that someone living there permanently being able to regocnize it is good enough, Jesus is a good guess. With the first colony in Australia in 1788 there would be people living on every continent recognizing the likeness of Jesus.

If guesses are allowed, mine would be Alexander the Great. His name was known through the Mediterranean to India and central Asia, inside and outside his empire.