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1969
Whose working lives fell in 1969. 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 1969, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Brigitte Bardot7 decades - 2
Jane Goodall5 decades - 3
Sophia Loren7 decades - 4
Carl Sagan6 decades - 5
Charles Manson5 decades - 6
Leonard Cohen5 decades - 7
Maggie Smith6 decades - 8
Judi Dench5 decades - 9
Shirley MacLaine6 decades - 10
Albert II of Belgium0 decades - 11
Sharon Tate5 decades - 12
Alan Arkin6 decades - 13
Sydney Pollack5 decades - 14
Manuel Noriega9 decades - 15
Wilford Brimley1 decades - 16
Bill Russell7 decades - 17
Giorgio Armani5 decades - 18
Brian Jones5 decades - 19
Garry Marshall3 decades - 20
Nana Mouskouri0 decades - 21
Joan Didion5 decades - 22
Jean Chrétien8 decades - 23
Richard Chamberlain6 decades - 24
Daniel Kahneman4 decades - 25
Louise Fletcher3 decades - 26
Gloria Steinem5 decades - 27
Shirley Jones7 decades - 28
Pierre Richardnot measured- - 29
Hank Aaron5 decades - 30
Pratibha Patil0 decades - 31
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani3 decades - 32
Leonid Kravchuk3 decades - 33
Empress Michiko1 decades - 34
Bettino Craxi6 decades - 35
Alexey Leonov6 decades - 36
Jacques Anquetil6 decades - 37
Harlan Ellisonnot measured- - 38
Ulrike Meinhof5 decades - 39
Rue McClanahannot measured- - 40
Ralph Nader6 decades - 41
Udo Jürgens6 decades - 42
Frankie Vallinot measured- - 43
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.not measured- - 44
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmarknot measured- - 45
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi0 decades - 46
Pat Boonenot measured- - 47
George Segalnot measured- - 48
Marty Feldmannot measured- - 49
Édith Cresson4 decades - 50
Audre Lorde5 decades - 51
Bill Bixbynot measured- - 52
Alan Batesnot measured- - 53
Paco Rabannenot measured- - 54
Tom Bakernot measured- - 55
Eileen Atkinsnot measured- - 56
Wole Soyinka6 decades - 57
Georges Moustakinot measured- - 58
Alisa Freindlichnot measured- - 59
Ronald Waynenot measured- - 60
Vladimir Poznernot measured- - 61
Diana Wynne Jonesnot measured- - 62
Gene Cernan0 decades - 63
Barack Obama Sr.not measured- - 64
Vavánot measured- - 65
Roberto Clementenot measured- - 66
Eduard Khilnot measured- - 67
Bill Cobbsnot measured- - 68
Ornella Vanoninot measured- - 69
Jan Palach1 decades - 70
Abimael Guzmánnot measured- - 71
Larisa Latynina1 decades - 72
Jackie Wilsonnot measured- - 73
Jean Marshnot measured- - 74
Russ Tamblynnot measured- - 75
John Surtees1 decades - 76
Fred Hamptonnot measured- - 77
Elgin Baylornot measured- - 78
Mohamed Farrah Aididnot measured- - 79
Wendell Berrynot measured- - 80
Barry Humphriesnot measured- - 81
Florence Hendersonnot measured- - 82
Ingvar Carlssonnot measured- - 83
John Kennedy Toolenot measured- - 84
Joan Hackettnot measured- - 85
Dashrath Manjhinot measured- - 86
Miguel de la Madridnot measured- - 87
Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Amblernot measured- - 88
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyinot measured- - 89
Oleg Basilashvilinot measured- - 90
Kenny Bakernot measured- - 91
Roman Herzog6 decades - 92
Vasily Lanovoynot measured- - 93
Stanislaw Shushkievich3 decades - 94
Claude Berrinot measured- - 95
Rossana Podestànot measured- - 96
Ruskin Bondnot measured- - 97
Inger Stevensnot measured- - 98
Alfred Schnittkenot measured- - 99
Gino Paolinot measured- - 100
Yakubu Gowonnot 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.