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1986
Whose working lives fell in 1986. 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 1986, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Robin Williams7 decades - 2
Phil Collins4 decades - 3
Gordon Brown7 decades - 4
Kurt Russell4 decades - 5
Michael Keaton3 decades - 6
Bonnie Tyler0 decades - 7
Ayman al-Zawahiri2 decades - 8
Kevin Keegan2 decades - 9
Mark Hamill4 decades - 10
Stellan Skarsgård0 decades - 11
Jill Biden0 decades - 12
Sally Ride4 decades - 13
Anjelica Huston3 decades - 14
Anatoly Karpov5 decades - 15
Geoffrey Rush2 decades - 16
Kirstie Alley2 decades - 17
Kathryn Bigelow2 decades - 18
Shehbaz Sharif0 decades - 19
Prabowo Subianto0 decades - 20
Chris Rea0 decades - 21
Jane Seymournot measured- - 22
Claudio Ranieri1 decades - 23
Rajnath Singh1 decades - 24
Kenny Dalglish1 decades - 25
Mohamed Morsi1 decades - 26
Michelle Bachelet2 decades - 27
John Deaconnot measured- - 28
François Bayrou5 decades - 29
Mark Harmon1 decades - 30
Louis van Gaal1 decades - 31
Bob Geldof4 decades - 32
Olivia Hussey0 decades - 33
Cliff Burton0 decades - 34
Stingnot measured- - 35
Juan Manuel Santos4 decades - 36
Akhmad Kadyrov2 decades - 37
Chris Cooper2 decades - 38
Blaise Compaoré4 decades - 39
Michel Barnier5 decades - 40
David Coverdale0 decades - 41
Jean-Luc Mélenchon1 decades - 42
Nana Patekarnot measured- - 43
Ben Carsonnot measured- - 44
Ilona Staller4 decades - 45
Treat Williamsnot measured- - 46
Jesse Venturanot measured- - 47
Shimon Sakaguchinot measured- - 48
Nikolai Patrushev2 decades - 49
Jean Smartnot measured- - 50
Karen Allennot measured- - 51
Santiago Calatrava3 decades - 52
Joe Pantolianonot measured- - 53
Rob Halfordnot measured- - 54
Evonne Goolagong Cawleynot measured- - 55
Rush Limbaughnot measured- - 56
Paul Breitner5 decades - 57
Orson Scott Card4 decades - 58
Gia Caranginot measured- - 59
Lynda Carternot measured- - 60
Zeenat Amannot measured- - 61
William Kattnot measured- - 62
Jean-Claude Duvalier5 decades - 63
Aslan Maskhadov2 decades - 64
Salva Kiir Mayardit0 decades - 65
Queen Noor of Jordannot measured- - 66
Stephen Rootnot measured- - 67
Luther Vandrossnot measured- - 68
Tommy Hilfigernot measured- - 69
Edward Witten0 decades - 70
Bob Igernot measured- - 71
Mary McAleese1 decades - 72
Beverly D'Angelonot measured- - 73
Lou Ferrignonot measured- - 74
Ace Frehleynot measured- - 75
Jaco Pastoriusnot measured- - 76
Chrissie Hyndenot measured- - 77
Romina Powernot measured- - 78
Samuel Doenot measured- - 79
Arturo Pérez-Revertenot measured- - 80
Joey Ramonenot measured- - 81
Johan Neeskens0 decades - 82
Neerja Bhanotnot measured- - 83
Ernesto Zedillo5 decades - 84
James Newton Howardnot measured- - 85
Elio Di Rupo3 decades - 86
Traian Băsescu0 decades - 87
Bertie Ahern3 decades - 88
Chesley Sullenbergernot measured- - 89
Barry Marshall0 decades - 90
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua0 decades - 91
Jackie Jacksonnot measured- - 92
Frank Wilczek0 decades - 93
Al Frankennot measured- - 94
Mammoottynot measured- - 95
Enda Kenny1 decades - 96
Margo Martindalenot measured- - 97
Dee Dee Ramonenot measured- - 98
Christopher Crossnot measured- - 99
Lawrence O'Donnellnot measured- - 100
Abel Ferraranot 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.