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1985
Whose working lives fell in 1985. 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 1985, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Narendra Modi2 decades - 2
Stevie Wonder5 decades - 3
Bill Murray6 decades - 4
Sergey Lavrov2 decades - 5
Steve Wozniak4 decades - 6
Viktor Yanukovych2 decades - 7
Ed Harris4 decades - 8
Richard Branson4 decades - 9
Anne, Princess Royalnot measured- - 10
Agnetha Fältskog0 decades - 11
William Hurt4 decades - 12
Peter Gabriel4 decades - 13
Zaha Hadid3 decades - 14
Jay Leno3 decades - 15
Robbie Coltrane1 decades - 16
Chuck Schumer2 decades - 17
William H. Macy1 decades - 18
Martin Short3 decades - 19
Rajinikanth1 decades - 20
Anne Carsonnot measured- - 21
Tom Petty4 decades - 22
Brad Dourif1 decades - 23
Ron Perlman0 decades - 24
Ma Ying-jeou3 decades - 25
Julie Kavner0 decades - 26
Néstor Kirchner3 decades - 27
Julie Walters3 decades - 28
Bill Irwin3 decades - 29
John Candynot measured- - 30
Mithun Chakraborty0 decades - 31
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa0 decades - 32
Vicente del Bosque1 decades - 33
Gabriel Byrne2 decades - 34
Chen Shui-bian4 decades - 35
Natalie Cole5 decades - 36
Suzi Quatronot measured- - 37
Amy Madigannot measured- - 38
Lakshmi Mittal1 decades - 39
Cybill Shepherd4 decades - 40
Richard Dean Anderson0 decades - 41
Shabana Azmi1 decades - 42
Julius Erving4 decades - 43
Jim Mattis0 decades - 44
Daniel Auteuil4 decades - 45
Jörg Haider5 decades - 46
Mark Spitz5 decades - 47
Randy Quaidnot measured- - 48
Abdullah Gül1 decades - 49
Rick Perry2 decades - 50
Samantha Smithnot measured- - 51
Naseeruddin Shahnot measured- - 52
Zhang Yimou4 decades - 53
John Landisnot measured- - 54
David Cassidynot measured- - 55
Vesna Vulovićnot measured- - 56
Alan Silvestri0 decades - 57
Joe Hisaishi0 decades - 58
Phil McGrawnot measured- - 59
Nouri al-Maliki1 decades - 60
Bjarne Stroustrup2 decades - 61
Samuel Alitonot measured- - 62
Kensō Soainot measured- - 63
Goran Bregović0 decades - 64
Joe Perrynot measured- - 65
Nora Roberts3 decades - 66
Victoria Principalnot measured- - 67
Michael Ironsidenot measured- - 68
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawanot measured- - 69
Helen Clark4 decades - 70
Sônia Braganot measured- - 71
Jody Scheckter0 decades - 72
Jean-Marc Ayrault4 decades - 73
Rebbie Jacksonnot measured- - 74
Nancy Allennot measured- - 75
Mikhhail Fradkov2 decades - 76
Juan Gabrielnot measured- - 77
Jill Steinnot measured- - 78
David Dukenot measured- - 79
William Sadlernot measured- - 80
Wendie Malicknot measured- - 81
Sahle-Work Zewde0 decades - 82
Kathy Bakernot measured- - 83
Chantal Akermannot measured- - 84
Bruce Boxleitnernot measured- - 85
Miou-Miounot measured- - 86
Debbie Allennot measured- - 87
Peter Framptonnot measured- - 88
Roza Otunbayeva1 decades - 89
Flavio Briatorenot measured- - 90
Googooshnot measured- - 91
John Hughesnot measured- - 92
Grzegorz Lato0 decades - 93
Mary Hopkinnot measured- - 94
Steven Van Zandtnot measured- - 95
Bruce McGillnot measured- - 96
Marianne Bachmeiernot measured- - 97
Patty Murraynot measured- - 98
William Barrnot measured- - 99
Josiane Balaskonot measured- - 100
Janez Drnovšek0 decades
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.