He is part of the fellowship of the ring. He acted as their guide. He was gandalf the grey and then he returns as gandalf the white in 'the two towers.' To add to that he is awesome!
This is kind of an un-answerable question. It will vary from person to person. Personally, I knew about Gandalf before Yoda, but they are both awesome movie characters.
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Gandalf....simple as that.
At this point in time, Gandalf is more famous.
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Pikachu! He was here since 1998. Gandalf was from books in 1972 but movies in 2002.