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1958
Whose working lives fell in 1958. 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 1958, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Henry Kissinger7 decades - 2
Lee Kuan Yew7 decades - 3
Shimon Peres8 decades - 4
Maria Callas1 decades - 5
Charlton Heston7 decades - 6
Richard Attenborough7 decades - 7
Italo Calvino8 decades - 8
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco1 decades - 9
Rocky Marciano7 decades - 10
Norman Mailer8 decades - 11
Anne Baxter8 decades - 12
Heydar Aliyev3 decades - 13
Wojciech Jaruzelski4 decades - 14
Cliff Robertson5 decades - 15
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek0 decades - 16
Alan Shepard6 decades - 17
Lee Teng-hui7 decades - 18
Bob Dole6 decades - 19
Chuck Yeager4 decades - 20
Bob Barkernot measured- - 21
Dev Anandnot measured- - 22
Charles Durningnot measured- - 23
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu0 decades - 24
Glynis Johns5 decades - 25
Marcel Marceau7 decades - 26
Peter II of Yugoslavia0 decades - 27
Gloria Grahame5 decades - 28
Franco Zeffirelli7 decades - 29
René Girardnot measured- - 30
Faisal II of Iraqnot measured- - 31
Roy Lichtenstein6 decades - 32
Estelle Gettynot measured- - 33
Robert Maxwellnot measured- - 34
Leonid Gaidai3 decades - 35
Wisława Szymborska0 decades - 36
Freeman Dyson6 decades - 37
Peter Lawfordnot measured- - 38
Conrad Bain0 decades - 39
Bettie Pagenot measured- - 40
Aaron Spellingnot measured- - 41
Mas Oyamanot measured- - 42
Rudolph A. Marcus0 decades - 43
Linda Darnellnot measured- - 44
Joseph Heller6 decades - 45
Shūsaku Endōnot measured- - 46
Carroll Shelbynot measured- - 47
N. T. Rama Raonot measured- - 48
James Arnessnot measured- - 49
Bert Trautmannnot measured- - 50
Lola Floresnot measured- - 51
Nizar Qabbani0 decades - 52
Jean Stapletonnot measured- - 53
Peter Vaughannot measured- - 54
Rose Marienot measured- - 55
Markus Wolfnot measured- - 56
Diane Arbusnot measured- - 57
Bonita Granvillenot measured- - 58
Don Adamsnot measured- - 59
Duncan Edwardsnot measured- - 60
György Ligeti6 decades - 61
Ann Millernot measured- - 62
Nadine Gordimer6 decades - 63
Rhonda Flemingnot measured- - 64
Tito Puentenot measured- - 65
V. C. Andrewsnot measured- - 66
Yaşar Kemal0 decades - 67
Loriotnot measured- - 68
Mukeshnot measured- - 69
Otfried Preußlernot measured- - 70
Linda Christiannot measured- - 71
Albert Kingnot measured- - 72
Ahmet Ertegünnot measured- - 73
Irvin Kershnernot measured- - 74
Yuriko, Princess Mikasanot measured- - 75
Dale Robertsonnot measured- - 76
Brendan Behannot measured- - 77
Akkineni Nageswara Raonot measured- - 78
Valentina Cortesenot measured- - 79
Betsy Blairnot measured- - 80
Jim Reevesnot measured- - 81
Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlevnot measured- - 82
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria0 decades - 83
Wes Montgomerynot measured- - 84
Rasul Gamzatov8 decades - 85
Dina Merrillnot measured- - 86
Sergey Akhromeyevnot measured- - 87
Richard Avedonnot measured- - 88
Wally Schirranot measured- - 89
Mrinal Sennot measured- - 90
Jean Hagennot measured- - 91
Dexter Gordonnot measured- - 92
Horst Tappertnot measured- - 93
Morrisnot measured- - 94
Ted Stevensnot measured- - 95
Larry Storchnot measured- - 96
Vladimir Basovnot measured- - 97
Patrick Moorenot measured- - 98
Lindsay Andersonnot measured- - 99
Stephanie L. Kwolek0 decades
- 100
Belisario Betancurnot 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.