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1966
Whose working lives fell in 1966. 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 1966, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Mikhail Gorbachev4 decades - 2
Boris Yeltsin4 decades - 3
Robert Duvall5 decades - 4
Raúl Castro9 decades - 5
Toni Morrison5 decades - 6
Rupert Murdoch5 decades - 7
William Shatner5 decades - 8
Anne Bancroft7 decades - 9
Leonard Nimoy5 decades - 10
Roger Penrose3 decades - 11
Rajneesh3 decades - 12
John le Carré2 decades - 13
James Earl Jones6 decades - 14
Desmond Tutu4 decades - 15
Isabel Martínez de Perón5 decades - 16
Ian Holm4 decades - 17
Rita Moreno5 decades - 18
Chun Doo-hwan4 decades - 19
Larry Hagman4 decades - 20
Olympia Dukakis2 decades - 21
Anita Ekberg4 decades - 22
Mike Nichols6 decades - 23
Mário Zagallo0 decades - 24
Angie Dickinson6 decades - 25
Rip Tornnot measured- - 26
Monica Vitti6 decades - 27
Ike Turner3 decades - 28
Fernando Henrique Cardoso4 decades - 29
Raymond Kopa3 decades - 30
Alice Munro5 decades - 31
Annie Girardot7 decades - 32
Barbara Edennot measured- - 33
Leslie Caron7 decades - 34
Carroll Baker5 decades - 35
George Jonesnot measured- - 36
Vishwanath Pratap Singh2 decades - 37
Thomas Bernhard8 decades - 38
Regis Philbinnot measured- - 39
Irvin D. Yalomnot measured- - 40
Lucia Bosenot measured- - 41
Guy Debord5 decades - 42
Nawal El Saadawi3 decades - 43
Willie Maysnot measured- - 44
Claire Bloomnot measured- - 45
Viktor Korchnoinot measured- - 46
Dominic Chianesenot measured- - 47
Faten Hamamanot measured- - 48
Jack Swigertnot measured- - 49
Mickey Mantlenot measured- - 50
Tab Hunternot measured- - 51
João Gilberto0 decades - 52
Michael Lonsdalenot measured- - 53
Clive Cusslernot measured- - 54
Anatoly Dyatlovnot measured- - 55
Barbara Bainnot measured- - 56
Philip Baker Hallnot measured- - 57
Diana Dorsnot measured- - 58
Dan Rathernot measured- - 59
Ram Dassnot measured- - 60
William Goldmannot measured- - 61
Philip Kotlernot measured- - 62
Don Kingnot measured- - 63
Stephen Boydnot measured- - 64
John Gavinnot measured- - 65
James Tolkannot measured- - 66
Marianne Kochnot measured- - 67
Mitzi Gaynornot measured- - 68
Jacques Demynot measured- - 69
Mamie Van Dorennot measured- - 70
Caterina Valentenot measured- - 71
Silvia Pinalnot measured- - 72
Ettore Scolanot measured- - 73
Jerry Van Dykenot measured- - 74
Johannes Rau5 decades - 75
Daniel Ellsbergnot measured- - 76
David Janssennot measured- - 77
Richard Rorty4 decades - 78
Toshiki Kaifu1 decades - 79
Freddy Quinnnot measured- - 80
Larry Silversteinnot measured- - 81
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose0 decades - 82
John Charlesnot measured- - 83
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam0 decades - 84
Gene Wolfenot measured- - 85
Josef Masopustnot measured- - 86
Roma Dasguptanot measured- - 87
Robert Morsenot measured- - 88
Mikael Tariverdievnot measured- - 89
Trịnh Thị Ngọnot measured- - 90
Khieu Samphannot measured- - 91
E. L. Doctorownot measured- - 92
Nick Adamsnot measured- - 93
Ken Takakuranot measured- - 94
Della Reesenot measured- - 95
Charles Whitmannot measured- - 96Chuck Feeneynot measured-
- 97
Shintarō Katsunot measured- - 98
Yulian Semyonovnot measured- - 99
Ivan Rebroffnot measured- - 100
Marla Gibbsnot 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.