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1983
Whose working lives fell in 1983. 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 1983, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Ozzy Osbourne3 decades - 2
George R. R. Martin1 decades - 3
Al Gore4 decades - 4
Samuel L. Jackson3 decades - 5
Kathy Bates3 decades - 6
Jeremy Irons4 decades - 7
Gérard Depardieu5 decades - 8
Charles IIInot measured- - 9
Alice Cooper5 decades - 10
Olivia Newton-John5 decades - 11
Robert Plant4 decades - 12
Terry Pratchett3 decades - 13
Jean Reno2 decades - 14
Donna Summer5 decades - 15
Cat Stevens5 decades - 16
Richard Simmons4 decades - 17
Hema Malini0 decades - 18
Steven Tyler2 decades - 19
Andrew Lloyd Webber5 decades - 20
Stevie Nicks3 decades - 21
Hassan Rouhani1 decades - 22
Billy Crystal4 decades - 23
George Wendt0 decades - 24
Brian Eno4 decades - 25
Mikhail Baryshnikov3 decades - 26
John Carpenternot measured- - 27
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan0 decades - 28
Jean-Michel Jarre4 decades - 29
Dianne Wiest2 decades - 30
Margot Kidder3 decades - 31
Karen Carpenter3 decades - 32
Frank Abagnale, Jr.0 decades - 33
Tony Iommi0 decades - 34
Barbara Hershey3 decades - 35
Grace Jonesnot measured- - 36
Tom Wilkinson1 decades - 37
John de Lancienot measured- - 38
Eckhart Tolle1 decades - 39
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan0 decades - 40
Glenn Frey0 decades - 41
William Gibsonnot measured- - 42
Jaya Bachchan0 decades - 43
Jayaram Jayalalithaanot measured- - 44
Ian McEwan4 decades - 45
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa0 decades - 46
Yoshihide Suga0 decades - 47
Christa McAuliffe4 decades - 48
Gerry Adamsnot measured- - 49
Clarence Thomasnot measured- - 50
Marcello Lippi3 decades - 51
Lulunot measured- - 52
Jackson Brownenot measured- - 53
Bernard-Henri Lévy5 decades - 54
Joschka Fischer4 decades - 55
Carl Weathersnot measured- - 56
John R. Bolton8 decades - 57
Svetlana Alexievich4 decades - 58
James Taylornot measured- - 59
Sven-Göran Eriksson0 decades - 60
Andrzej Sapkowski0 decades - 61
Luiz Felipe Scolari0 decades - 62
Phil Hartmannot measured- - 63
Linda McMahonnot measured- - 64
Mahesh Bhattnot measured- - 65
Bernadette Petersnot measured- - 66
Raymond Kurzweil0 decades - 67
Ichirō Mizukinot measured- - 68
Alan Parsonsnot measured- - 69
Klaus Meinenot measured- - 70
Bonnie Bedelianot measured- - 71
Abdulrazak Gurnah0 decades - 72
Sauli Niinistö0 decades - 73
Rick Jamesnot measured- - 74
Rhea Perlmannot measured- - 75
Keke Rosberg0 decades - 76
Edmund Kempernot measured- - 77
Rory Gallaghernot measured- - 78
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu0 decades - 79
Nathalie Bayenot measured- - 80
Gregor Gysinot measured- - 81
Henning Mankell1 decades - 82
John Ritternot measured- - 83
John Noblenot measured- - 84
Steve Winwoodnot measured- - 85
Steven Chu1 decades - 86
Chris de Burghnot measured- - 87
Beppe Grillo4 decades - 88
Carlos Salinas de Gortarinot measured- - 89
Dee Wallacenot measured- - 90
Powers Boothenot measured- - 91
Lalu Prasad Yadavnot measured- - 92
Agnieszka Hollandnot measured- - 93
Phylicia Rashadnot measured- - 94
Robert Jordannot measured- - 95
Ian Paicenot measured- - 96
Siim Kallasnot measured- - 97
Akira Yoshino0 decades - 98
Elizabeth Blackburnnot measured- - 99
Elaine Paigenot measured- - 100
Johnny Ramonenot 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.