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1962
Whose working lives fell in 1962. 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 1962, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Pope Benedict XVI2 decades - 2
Gabriel García Márquez7 decades - 3
Bhumibol Adulyadej5 decades - 4
Roger Moore7 decades - 5
Sidney Poitier7 decades - 6
Ferenc Puskás0 decades
- 7
Peter Falk6 decades - 8
Gina Lollobrigida7 decades - 9
Olof Palme5 decades - 10
Harry Belafonte7 decades - 11
Janet Leigh7 decades - 12
Eartha Kitt7 decades - 13
Bob Fosse5 decades - 14
George C. Scott6 decades - 15
Günter Grass8 decades - 16
Chandra Shekhar6 decades - 17
Stuart Sutcliffe0 decades - 18
Simone Veil6 decades - 19
Turgut Özal1 decades - 20
Robert Shawnot measured- - 21
Steve Ditkonot measured- - 22
Jerry Stillernot measured- - 23
Andy Williamsnot measured- - 24
Antônio Carlos Jobim0 decades - 25
John McCarthy10 decades - 26
Vladimir Komarov7 decades - 27
Rosalynn Carter5 decades - 28
Cesar Chaveznot measured- - 29
Ken Russellnot measured- - 30
L. K. Advaninot measured- - 31
Coretta Scott King5 decades - 32
Rosemary Harrisnot measured- - 33
Albert Uderzo4 decades - 34
Kim Young-sam4 decades - 35
Marvin Minsky4 decades - 36
Raúl Alfonsín5 decades - 37
Margaret Keanenot measured- - 38
Robert Ludlum4 decades - 39
Neil Simonnot measured- - 40
Mstislav Rostropovich6 decades - 41
Roy Cohnnot measured- - 42
Eldar Ryazanov5 decades - 43
Enzo Bearzotnot measured- - 44
Samuel P. Huntington6 decades - 45
Gilbert Bécaudnot measured- - 46
Robert Guillaumenot measured- - 47
Juliette Gréconot measured- - 48
Stan Getznot measured- - 49
Harvey Kormannot measured- - 50
Mary Higgins Clark3 decades - 51
Hans-Dietrich Genscher6 decades - 52
Mikhail Ulyanov6 decades - 53
Hubert de Givenchynot measured- - 54
William Danielsnot measured- - 55
Robert Hosseinnot measured- - 56
Estelle Parsonsnot measured- - 57
Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgiumnot measured- - 58
Yves Kleinnot measured- - 59
Lois Maxwellnot measured- - 60
Leontyne Pricenot measured- - 61
Pat Carrollnot measured- - 62
Hiroshi Yamauchinot measured- - 63
Daniel Keyesnot measured- - 64
László Kubalanot measured- - 65
Lucio Fulcinot measured- - 66
Niklas Luhmannnot measured- - 67
Gordon Coopernot measured- - 68
Oleg Yefremovnot measured- - 69
Tadeusz Mazowiecki4 decades - 70
Don Shirleynot measured- - 71
Mirtha Legrandnot measured- - 72
Hugo Prattnot measured- - 73
Daniel Patrick Moynihannot measured- - 74
Patti Page6 decades - 75
R. D. Laing6 decades - 76
Phil Hillnot measured- - 77
Clint Walkernot measured- - 78
Gisèle Haliminot measured- - 79
Althea Gibsonnot measured- - 80
John Warnernot measured- - 81
Al Martinonot measured- - 82
Leszek Kołakowski0 decades - 83
Paul Volckernot measured- - 84
Robert Noycenot measured- - 85
Edward Abbeynot measured- - 86
Tom Bosleynot measured- - 87
Sergio Corbuccinot measured- - 88
David Dinkinsnot measured- - 89
Sabahnot measured- - 90
Maurice Ronetnot measured- - 91
Barbara Rushnot measured- - 92
Romano Mussolininot measured- - 93
Dick Brunanot measured- - 94
Gerry Mulligannot measured- - 95
Rachel Robertsnot measured- - 96Herbert Rossnot measured-
- 97
Don Revienot measured- - 98
Martin Walsernot measured- - 99
Brock Petersnot measured- - 100
Emmanuelle Riva6 decades
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.