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Ok so who is the longest person living in humanity's memory? Toetanchamon?
Pretty sure Ea-Nasir beats him by a bit.
Do we actuall remember Ea-Nasir, or do we just recall a modern meme about one aspect of his life?
We remember that he existed, and some facts about his life.
Is that really that different from an ancient king?
Not at all, but I'd say we don't really remember ancient kings either. We might remember the effect they had on the world, or some particularly unusual characteristic that was recorded for posterity, but I'd say that once the last person who knew them dies, we can no longer remember 'them', so much as witness a sort of 'shell' of ideas about them.
We don't remember what they sounded like, or smelt like, how they smiled or what they said to their nearest and dearest. We don't really know much about them as people compared to the king that became their shell. The things that made them unique people are gone when the last person who experienced them dies, so I'd say we really don't remember them as people, even if we do remember the 'king' or 'copper merchant'.
Well he was pretty much forgotten and deemed irrelevant for centuries until we accidentally stumbled over his grave and learned who he was.
Well that just means his memory was revived.
But if we're counting revived memories, I guess we should mention Ötzi, and better, Lucy. Though one could argue that if their original names are lost it doesn't count.
Ea-Nasir, maybe?