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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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Ozzy Osbourne3 decades - 2
Al Gore4 decades - 3
George R. R. Martin1 decades - 4
Charles, Prince of Wales8 decades - 5
Samuel L. Jackson3 decades - 6
Gérard Depardieu5 decades - 7
Terry Pratchett3 decades - 8
Jeremy Irons4 decades - 9
Kathy Bates3 decades - 10
Alice Cooper5 decades - 11
Olivia Newton-John5 decades - 12
Jean Reno2 decades - 13
Robert Plant4 decades - 14
Donna Summer5 decades - 15
Cat Stevens5 decades - 16
Steven Tyler2 decades - 17
Andrew Lloyd Webber5 decades - 18
Hassan Rouhani1 decades - 19
Hema Malini0 decades - 20
Brian Eno4 decades - 21
Stevie Nicks3 decades - 22
Mikhail Baryshnikov3 decades - 23
Jean-Michel Jarre4 decades - 24
John Carpenter8 decades - 25
Dianne Wiest2 decades - 26
Billy Crystal4 decades - 27
Richard Simmons4 decades - 28
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan0 decades - 29
Karen Carpenter3 decades - 30
Margot Kidder3 decades - 31
Tom Wilkinson1 decades - 32
Barbara Hershey3 decades - 33
Marcello Lippi3 decades - 34
Frank Abagnale, Jr.0 decades - 35
Grace Jones4 decades - 36
Jayaram Jayalalithaanot measured- - 37
Tony Iommi0 decades - 38
George Wendt0 decades - 39
Eckhart Tolle1 decades - 40
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu0 decades - 41
Glenn Frey0 decades - 42
Luiz Felipe Scolari0 decades - 43
Yoshihide Suga0 decades - 44
William Gibson8 decades - 45
Clarence Thomasnot measured- - 46
Carl Weathersnot measured- - 47
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan0 decades - 48
Ian McEwan4 decades - 49
John de Lancie0 decades - 50
Gerry Adamsnot measured- - 51
Andrzej Sapkowski0 decades - 52
Lulunot measured- - 53
Jackson Brownenot measured- - 54
James Taylornot measured- - 55
Christa McAuliffe4 decades - 56
Jaya Bachchan0 decades - 57
Charles Taylor8 decades - 58
Sven-Göran Eriksson0 decades - 59
Nathalie Bayenot measured- - 60
Bernadette Petersnot measured- - 61
Klaus Meinenot measured- - 62
Phil Hartmannot measured- - 63
Mahesh Bhattnot measured- - 64
Bernard-Henri Lévy5 decades - 65
Linda McMahonnot measured- - 66
Alan Parsonsnot measured- - 67
Raymond Kurzweil0 decades - 68
Rhea Perlmannot measured- - 69
Svetlana Alexievich4 decades - 70
Rick Jamesnot measured- - 71
Rory Gallaghernot measured- - 72
John Noblenot measured- - 73
Bonnie Bedelianot measured- - 74
Emma Boninonot measured- - 75
Carlos Salinas de Gortarinot measured- - 76
Edmund Kempernot measured- - 77
Tony Gatlifnot measured- - 78
John Ritternot measured- - 79
Steve Winwoodnot measured- - 80
Keke Rosberg0 decades - 81
Henning Mankell1 decades - 82
Gregor Gysinot measured- - 83
Joschka Fischer4 decades - 84
Avi Aradnot measured- - 85
Chris de Burghnot measured- - 86
Ian Paicenot measured- - 87
Dee Wallacenot measured- - 88
Phylicia Rashadnot measured- - 89
Dan Simmonsnot measured- - 90
Powers Boothenot measured- - 91
Mercedes Ruehlnot measured- - 92
John R. Bolton8 decades - 93
Johnny Ramonenot measured- - 94
Rudolf Schenkernot measured- - 95
Siim Kallasnot measured- - 96
Kate Jacksonnot measured- - 97
James Ellroynot measured- - 98
Jonathan Hydenot measured- - 99
Elaine Paigenot measured- - 100
Maye Musknot 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.