There are some people that shouldn't be associated with gaming, for the good of everybody.

Miyamoto

Gotta be Miyamoto really. Responsible for more great games than anyone else and has been with the industry since it's effective beginning (the console industry could be considered to have started with the NES)

Ken Kutaragi

Why?

The gaben

It's a joke on multiple levels. It's sexist because she is a woman and only men have been mentioned, and on top of that, she stands on a platform preaching about sexism in gaming whenever she opens her mouth. Calling the lack of her name being mentioned sexist pokes fun at her general position in gaming related media.

I hate explaining jokes.

Imho for core gamers Miyamoto, for everyone else PewDiePie. It's true that Miyamoto's recognition hasn't been the same for a while but has to be related to the Wii U failure, Kojima while beeing on the spotlight right now isn't really that known either. I have plenty of friends that claim to be MGS hardcore fans and if you ask them they can't answer to the question "Who is Hideo Kojima ?"

Everybody is gonna choose Miyamoto tbh. Hate him or love him, he's the most influential developer of all times. Tho his games now are just .... meh.

Anyways, i vote for Pachter.

#YouCan'tPatchThePachter

Edit: Sorry, wrong quote.

Do we mean as a celebrity? If so, a bunch of youtubers are at the top, with PewDiePie at the very top. Most famous developer is probably Notch.