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1982
Whose working lives fell in 1982. 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 1982, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Arnold Schwarzenegger4 decades - 2
David Bowie5 decades - 3
Stephen King8 decades - 4
Hillary Clinton3 decades - 5
Elton John5 decades - 6
Salman Rushdie4 decades - 7
Johan Cruyff4 decades - 8
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar5 decades - 9
Brian May3 decades - 10
Sheikh Hasina4 decades - 11
Glenn Close4 decades - 12
Mitt Romney2 decades - 13
Rob Reiner5 decades - 14
Farrah Fawcett5 decades - 15
Sam Neill3 decades - 16
James Woodsnot measured- - 17
Larry David2 decades - 18
Iggy Pop3 decades - 19
David Letterman4 decades - 20
Dan Quayle4 decades - 21
Carlos Santana6 decades - 22
O. J. Simpson5 decades - 23
Richard Dreyfuss5 decades - 24
Tom Clancy4 decades - 25
Kevin Kline4 decades - 26
Geoffrey Hinton0 decades - 27
John Belushi4 decades - 28
Meat Loafnot measured- - 29
Paulo Coelho2 decades - 30
Richard Griffiths4 decades - 31
Mario Draghi3 decades - 32
France Gall6 decades - 33
Florentino Péreznot measured- - 34
James Huntnot measured- - 35
Sofia Rotaru4 decades - 36
Anwar Ibrahim4 decades - 37
Ted Danson4 decades - 38
Dilma Rousseff1 decades - 39
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo0 decades - 40
Robert Kiyosaki1 decades - 41
Takeshi Kitano0 decades - 42
Edward James Olmos3 decades - 43
Jonathan Banks0 decades - 44
Paul Auster3 decades - 45
Jonathan Prycenot measured- - 46
Dick Advocaatnot measured- - 47
Michio Kaku2 decades - 48
Ali Abdullah Saleh1 decades - 49
Brian Johnsonnot measured- - 50
Temple Grandinnot measured- - 51
Queen Camilla0 decades - 52
Ronnie Woodnot measured- - 53
James Pattersonnot measured- - 54
Megawati Soekarnoputri1 decades - 55
Octavia E. Butler1 decades - 56
Paco de Lucía5 decades - 57
Joe Mantegnanot measured- - 58
Shirin Ebadi2 decades - 59
Danielle Steel4 decades - 60
Harry Redknappnot measured- - 61
Gyanendra of Nepal0 decades - 62
Robert Englundnot measured- - 63
Don Henleynot measured- - 64
Richard Jenkinsnot measured- - 65
John Mearsheimernot measured- - 66
Alan Thickenot measured- - 67
Mohammad Najibullah0 decades - 68
Emmylou Harrisnot measured- - 69
Albert Brooksnot measured- - 70
Laurie Anderson4 decades - 71
Randy Rhoadsnot measured- - 72
Roy Hodgsonnot measured- - 73
Kim Campbell3 decades - 74
Gilles Villeneuvenot measured- - 75
Wes Studinot measured- - 76
Peter Wellernot measured- - 77
Gerry Raffertynot measured- - 78
Jeff Lynnenot measured- - 79
Anne Archernot measured- - 80
Ian Andersonnot measured- - 81
Josep Borrell3 decades - 82
Richard Lewisnot measured- - 83
Yukio Hatoyama0 decades - 84
Gregg Allmannot measured- - 85
Jerry Rawlings4 decades - 86
Petra Kellynot measured- - 87
Pete Maravichnot measured- - 88
Joe Walshnot measured- - 89
Ismail Omar Guelleh0 decades - 90
Jerzy Popiełuszkonot measured- - 91
Zahi Hawassnot measured- - 92
Herman Van Rompuy1 decades - 93
Melanienot measured- - 94
Dwight Schultznot measured- - 95
Sandie Shawnot measured- - 96
Greg Lakenot measured- - 97
Martha Nussbaumnot measured- - 98
Ann Widdecombenot measured- - 99
Jimmy Lainot measured- - 100
Alexander Rutskoynot measured-
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. 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.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.