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1987
Whose working lives fell in 1987. 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 1987, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Vladimir Putin3 decades - 2
Liam Neeson3 decades - 3
Steven Seagal3 decades - 4
John Goodman7 decades - 5
Vajiralongkornnot measured- - 6
Patrick Swayze3 decades - 7
Christopher Reeve4 decades - 8
Jeff Goldblum4 decades - 9
Mickey Rourke4 decades - 10
Cyril Ramaphosa4 decades - 11
Isabella Rossellini5 decades - 12
Robert Zemeckis3 decades - 13
Douglas Adams4 decades - 14
Roberto Benigni5 decades - 15
Paul Reubens0 decades - 16
David Hasselhoff2 decades - 17
Harvey Weinstein2 decades - 18
Dan Aykroyd4 decades - 19
Imran Khannot measured- - 20
Mandy Patinkin3 decades - 21
Emomali Rahmon2 decades - 22
Shigeru Miyamoto0 decades - 23
Laura Branigan0 decades - 24
Lee Hsien Loong4 decades - 25
Park Geun-hye1 decades - 26
Gary Moore3 decades - 27
Jimmy Connors5 decades - 28
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani0 decades - 29
Rishi Kapoor0 decades - 30
Bola Ahmed Tinubu1 decades - 31
Christine Baranski0 decades - 32
bell hooks3 decades - 33
Nelson Piquet1 decades - 34
Mr. Tnot measured- - 35
Gus Van Sant3 decades - 36
Álvaro Uribe Vélez2 decades - 37
Francis Fukuyama4 decades - 38
Hun Sen4 decades - 39
Michael Jeter0 decades - 40
David Byrnenot measured- - 41
Orhan Pamuk2 decades - 42
Roseanne Barrnot measured- - 43
Sushma Swaraj3 decades - 44
Alfre Woodard2 decades - 45
Shohreh Aghdashloo0 decades - 46
Maria Schneider5 decades - 47
Mary McDonnellnot measured- - 48
Susan Collinsnot measured- - 49
Clive Barker4 decades - 50
David Petraeus2 decades - 51
Stephen Langnot measured- - 52
Salome Zourabichvili0 decades - 53
Ryuichi Sakamoto0 decades - 54
Uli Hoeneß4 decades - 55
Bronisław Komorowski0 decades - 56
Jim Cummingsnot measured- - 57
Roger Milla4 decades - 58
Rex Tillerson1 decades - 59
Sylvia Kristel0 decades - 60
Joe Strummernot measured- - 61
Gisèle Pelicotnot measured- - 62
Sushila Karkinot measured- - 63
Chazz Palminterinot measured- - 64
Carol Kanenot measured- - 65
Idriss Déby4 decades - 66
Randy Savagenot measured- - 67
Vahid Halilhodžićnot measured- - 68
KP Sharma Olinot measured- - 69
Ryū Murakaminot measured- - 70
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Paul Stanleynot measured- - 71
George Straitnot measured- - 72
David Ickenot measured- - 73
Martin O'Neillnot measured- - 74
Terry O'Quinnnot measured- - 75
Moya Brennannot measured- - 76
Osvaldo Ardiles1 decades - 77
Vandana Shiva3 decades - 78
Sharon Osbournenot measured- - 79
Jenny Agutternot measured- - 80
Oleh Blokhin0 decades - 81
Delroy Lindonot measured- - 82
Annie Pottsnot measured- - 83
Jonathan Frakesnot measured- - 84
Frances Fishernot measured- - 85
Sammo Hungnot measured- - 86
Annette O'Toolenot measured- - 87
Zoran Đinđić0 decades - 88
Tomislav Nikolić0 decades - 89
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan0 decades - 90
Neil Peartnot measured- - 91
Jacques Audiardnot measured- - 92
Jean-Paul Gaultier4 decades - 93
Larry Finknot measured- - 94
Fuad II of Egyptnot measured- - 95
Arkannot measured- - 96
Jostein Gaarder0 decades - 97
Raymond Domenechnot measured- - 98
Vladislav Tretiaknot measured- - 99
Guillermo Vilasnot measured- - 100
Yuriko Koikenot 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.