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1965
Whose working lives fell in 1965. 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 1965, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Clint Eastwood6 decades - 2
Sean Connery6 decades - 3
Neil Armstrong6 decades - 4
Warren Buffett3 decades - 5
George Soros3 decades - 6
Buzz Aldrin3 decades - 7
Gene Hackman5 decades - 8
Ray Charles7 decades - 9
Helmut Kohl6 decades - 10
Jean-Luc Godard6 decades - 11
Steve McQueen6 decades - 12
Mobutu Sese Seko5 decades - 13
Hafez al-Assad5 decades - 14
Richard Harris9 decades - 15
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon0 decades - 16
Joanne Woodward7 decades - 17
Baudouin of Belgium0 decades - 18
Gena Rowlands4 decades - 19
Jacques Derrida6 decades - 20
Pierre Bourdieu7 decades - 21
Anton LaVey2 decades - 22
Carlos Menem5 decades - 23
Michael Collins9 decades - 24
Bernie Ecclestone0 decades - 25
Maximilian Schell6 decades - 26
Harold Pinter6 decades - 27
Tippi Hedren3 decades - 28
Robert Wagnernot measured- - 29
Armin Mueller-Stahlnot measured- - 30
Jean-Louis Trintignant6 decades - 31
Harvey Milk4 decades - 32
Ted Hughes6 decades - 33
Salvatore Riinanot measured- - 34
Ben Gazzara5 decades - 35
Robert Loggianot measured- - 36
Silvana Mangano7 decades - 37
Thomas Sowellnot measured- - 38
Vera Milesnot measured- - 39
Claude Chabrol7 decades - 40
Philippe Noiret6 decades - 41
Ross Perotnot measured- - 42
J. G. Ballard5 decades - 43
Chinua Achebe6 decades - 44
Tu Youyounot measured- - 45
Ali Sistaninot measured- - 46
Stephen Sondheimnot measured- - 47
Niki de Saint Phallenot measured- - 48
Georgiy Daneliya4 decades - 49
Jean Rochefortnot measured- - 50
Richard Donnernot measured- - 51
Rod Taylornot measured- - 52
Edsger W. Dijkstra0 decades - 53
James Baker4 decades - 54
José Sarney1 decades - 55
Shel Silversteinnot measured- - 56
Shammi Kapoornot measured- - 57
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzennot measured- - 58
Sandra Day O'Connor4 decades - 59
Tom Wolfenot measured- - 60
Carolyn Jonesnot measured- - 61
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdonnot measured- - 62
Itamar Franco2 decades - 63
Sonny Rollinsnot measured- - 64
Ion Iliescu2 decades - 65
Jim Naborsnot measured- - 66
Ed White8 decades - 67
Kader Khannot measured- - 68
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir0 decades - 69
Mario Adorfnot measured- - 70
Robert Culpnot measured- - 71
Marion Zimmer Bradleynot measured- - 72
John Frankenheimernot measured- - 73
Barbaranot measured- - 74
Harold Bloom6 decades - 75
John Astinnot measured- - 76
Anne Francisnot measured- - 77
Katherine Jacksonnot measured- - 78
Frank McCourtnot measured- - 79
Biljana Plavšićnot measured- - 80
John Young9 decades - 81
Jasper Johnsnot measured- - 82
Rolf Harrisnot measured- - 83
Félix Guattarinot measured- - 84
Gladys Westnot measured- - 85
Ornette Coleman6 decades - 86
Michel Rocardnot measured- - 87
Edward Woodwardnot measured- - 88
Walter Bonattinot measured- - 89
Pat Robertsonnot measured- - 90
Polly Bergennot measured- - 91
Roy E. Disneynot measured- - 92
Dick Sargentnot measured- - 93
Pete Conrad0 decades - 94
Ivan Silayevnot measured- - 95
Frances Sternhagennot measured- - 96
Edna O'Briennot measured- - 97
Silvio Santosnot measured- - 98
Mary Quantnot measured- - 99
Derek Walcott5 decades - 100
Lois Smithnot 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.