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1957
Whose working lives fell in 1957. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 1957, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Judy Garland9 decades - 2
Christopher Lee6 decades - 3
Yitzhak Rabin9 decades - 4
Stan Lee3 decades - 5
Doris Day8 decades - 6
Pier Paolo Pasolini8 decades - 7
Jack Kerouac6 decades - 8
Ava Gardner8 decades - 9
Betty White7 decades - 10
Carl Reiner6 decades - 11
Kurt Vonnegut6 decades - 12
José Saramago1 decades - 13
Hiroo Onoda0 decades - 14
Norodom Sihanouk8 decades - 15
Bea Arthur0 decades - 16
Jason Robards6 decades - 17
Blake Edwards6 decades - 18
Telly Savalas5 decades - 19
Vittorio Gassman8 decades - 20
Dilip Kumar7 decades - 21
Erich Hartmann4 decades - 22
Boutros Boutros-Ghali3 decades - 23
Lucian Freud4 decades - 24
Franjo Tuđman0 decades - 25
Yvonne De Carlonot measured- - 26
Christiaan Barnard4 decades - 27
Cyd Charisse6 decades - 28
Veronica Lake6 decades - 29
Charles M. Schulznot measured- - 30
Howard Zinn6 decades - 31
Pierre Cardin5 decades - 32
Dorothy Dandridgenot measured- - 33
Eleanor Parker7 decades - 34
Julius Nyerere7 decades - 35
Thomas Kuhn5 decades - 36
Chen-ning Yang8 decades - 37
Gérard Philipe8 decades - 38
George McGovernnot measured- - 39
Barbara Bel Geddesnot measured- - 40
Ugo Tognazzinot measured- - 41
Jake LaMottanot measured- - 42
Michael Ansaranot measured- - 43
Denholm Elliottnot measured- - 44
Charles Mingusnot measured- - 45
Agostinho Neto5 decades - 46
Jack Klugmannot measured- - 47
Enrico Berlinguernot measured- - 48Liliane Bettencourtnot measured-
- 49
Anatoli Papanovnot measured- - 50
Kim Hunternot measured- - 51
Jackie Coopernot measured- - 52
Paul Scofield7 decades - 53
Michel Galabrunot measured- - 54
Alain Resnais7 decades - 55
Erving Goffman6 decades - 56
Yma Sumacnot measured- - 57
Barbara Halenot measured- - 58
Ruby Deenot measured- - 59
Nils Liedholmnot measured- - 60
Emil Zátopek0 decades - 61
Philip Larkinnot measured- - 62
Ahmed Sékou Touré6 decades - 63
Sid Caesarnot measured- - 64
Patrick Macneenot measured- - 65
Russ Meyernot measured- - 66
Kingsley Amis7 decades - 67
Luis Echeverríanot measured- - 68
Redd Foxxnot measured- - 69
Ademir de Menezesnot measured- - 70
Alistair MacLeannot measured- - 71
Elmer Bernsteinnot measured- - 72
Arthur Pennnot measured- - 73
Hussein-Ali Montazerinot measured- - 74
Steven Hillnot measured- - 75
Adolfo Celinot measured- - 76
Oskar Wernernot measured- - 77
Alain Robbe-Grillet8 decades - 78
Yuri Knorozovnot measured- - 79
John Edward Williamsnot measured- - 80
Alfonso de Portagonot measured- - 81
Sōsuke Unonot measured- - 82
Hermann Buhlnot measured- - 83
Margherita Hacknot measured- - 84
Iannis Xenakisnot measured- - 85
Otto Cariusnot measured- - 86
Maila Nurminot measured- - 87
Juan Antonio Bardemnot measured- - 88
Joanne Drunot measured- - 89
Jacques Piccardnot measured- - 90
Paul Winchellnot measured- - 91
Roscoe Lee Brownenot measured- - 92
Serge Reggianinot measured- - 93
Francesco Rosinot measured- - 94
Norman Learnot measured- - 95
Jock Steinnot measured- - 96
John B. Goodenough0 decades - 97
Carlos Andrés Péreznot measured- - 98
Hal Moorenot measured- - 99
Guy Hamiltonnot measured- - 100
Alexander Zinovievnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.