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1971
Whose working lives fell in 1971. 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 1971, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Pope Francisnot measured- - 2
Jim Morrison5 decades - 3
Robert Redford5 decades - 4
Silvio Berlusconi6 decades - 5
John McCain4 decades - 6
Mario Vargas Llosa7 decades - 7
Sepp Blatter2 decades - 8
Burt Reynolds5 decades - 9
Wilt Chamberlain6 decades - 10
Yves Saint Laurent5 decades - 11
Kris Kristofferson5 decades - 12
Roy Orbison4 decades - 13
Alan Alda5 decades - 14
Ursula Andress4 decades - 15
David Carradine5 decades - 16
Mary Tyler Moore5 decades - 17
Albert Finney6 decades - 18
Václav Havel3 decades - 19
Jim Henson4 decades - 20
F. W. de Klerk4 decades - 21
B. J. Habibie0 decades - 22
Bruce Dern5 decades - 23
Andrei Chikatilonot measured- - 24
Amancio Ortega2 decades - 25
Aga Khan IV0 decades - 26
Engelbert Humperdincknot measured- - 27
Mikhail Tal0 decades - 28
Virna Lisi7 decades - 29
Zine El Abidine Ben Alinot measured- - 30
Bobby Darinnot measured- - 31
Glenda Jackson6 decades - 32
Valery Legasovnot measured- - 33
Ken Loach3 decades - 34
Glen Campbellnot measured- - 35
Yury Luzhkov3 decades - 36
Michael Landonnot measured- - 37
Louis Gossett Jr.not measured- - 38
Bill Wymannot measured- - 39
Dean Stockwellnot measured- - 40
Yasuo Fukuda1 decades - 41
Jim Brownnot measured- - 42
Antonin Scalia5 decades - 43
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela0 decades - 44
Valerie Solanasnot measured- - 45
Hideki Shirakawa0 decades - 46
Don DeLillo4 decades - 47
Zubin Mehta6 decades - 48
Buddy Guynot measured- - 49
Uwe Seeler6 decades - 50
John Saxonnot measured- - 51
Frank Caprionot measured- - 52
Héctor Elizondonot measured- - 53
Vyjayanthimalanot measured- - 54
Georges Perec6 decades - 55
Duane Allmannot measured- - 56
Tariq Aziz4 decades - 57
Margaret Hamiltonnot measured- - 58
Anna Germannot measured- - 59
Brian Blessednot measured- - 60
Jill Irelandnot measured- - 61
Nutannot measured- - 62
Edie Sedgwicknot measured- - 63
Robert Downey Sr.not measured- - 64
Richard Bach5 decades - 65
Walter Koenignot measured- - 66
Ghassan Kanafaninot measured- - 67
Abdul Qadeer Khannot measured- - 68
Joe Don Bakernot measured- - 69
Abbie Hoffmannot measured- - 70
Larry McMurtrynot measured- - 71
François Pinaultnot measured- - 72
Ismail Kadare4 decades - 73
Steve Reichnot measured- - 74
Leonid Kuravlyovnot measured- - 75
Frederic Forrestnot measured- - 76
Ziaur Rahmannot measured- - 77
Raymond Poulidornot measured- - 78
Alex Rocconot measured- - 79
Raimonds Paulsnot measured- - 80
Wolf Biermannnot measured- - 81
Shirley Knightnot measured- - 82
Ruth Buzzinot measured- - 83
Bekim Fehmiunot measured- - 84
Anthony Kennedynot measured- - 85
Ken Mattinglynot measured- - 86
Keir Dulleanot measured- - 87
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvynot measured- - 88
Mary Traversnot measured- - 89
Paul L. Smithnot measured- - 90
Alejandra Pizarniknot measured- - 91
Stanislav Govorukhinnot measured- - 92
Richard Wilsonnot measured- - 93
Charles Napiernot measured- - 94
Gabriel Matzneffnot measured- - 95
A. S. Byatt3 decades - 96
Denny Hulmenot measured- - 97
Henry Lee Lucasnot measured- - 98
Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschildnot measured- - 99
Roger Whittakernot measured- - 100
Troy Donahuenot 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.