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1988
Whose working lives fell in 1988. 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 1988, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Xi Jinping3 decades - 2
Tony Blair3 decades - 3
Pierce Brosnan3 decades - 4
Benazir Bhutto4 decades - 5
Jeffrey Epstein0 decades - 6
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner2 decades - 7
Kim Basinger4 decades - 8
Hulk Hogan3 decades - 9
Paul Allen7 decades - 10
Kassym-Jomart Tokayevnot measured- - 11
John Malkovich4 decades - 12
Cyndi Lauper4 decades - 13
Tim Allen3 decades - 14
Ahmad Shah Massoud2 decades - 15
Andrés Manuel López Obrador3 decades - 16
Isabelle Huppert5 decades - 17
Teresa Teng6 decades - 18
Danny Elfman2 decades - 19
Mary Steenburgen3 decades - 20
Jean-Michel Basquiat3 decades - 21
Brigitte Macron1 decades - 22
Alfred Molina2 decades - 23
Dominique de Villepin3 decades - 24
Alan Moore4 decades - 25
Jim Jarmusch3 decades - 26
Moon Jae-in0 decades - 27
Ségolène Royal5 decades - 28
Bill Pullman2 decades - 29
Chaka Khan4 decades - 30
Richard Stallman2 decades - 31
Ron Jeremy1 decades - 32
Norodom Sihamoni0 decades - 33
Daniel Passarella3 decades - 34
Tony Shalhoub0 decades - 35
James Horner2 decades - 36
Mike Oldfield1 decades - 37
David Morsenot measured- - 38
Jeb Bush3 decades - 39
Nigel Mansell1 decades - 40
Steve Bannon1 decades - 41
Zico1 decades - 42
Malcolm Youngnot measured- - 43
Ciarán Hindsnot measured- - 44
Paulo Roberto Falcão1 decades - 45
Manuel Pellegrininot measured- - 46
Lloyd J. Austin III0 decades - 47
Elaine Chaonot measured- - 48
Kate Capshawnot measured- - 49
José María Aznar4 decades - 50
Pat Benatarnot measured- - 51
Rick Moranisnot measured- - 52
Amy Irvingnot measured- - 53
Peter Stormarenot measured- - 54
Paul Krugman4 decades - 55
Roberto Bolaño4 decades - 56
Jerome Powellnot measured- - 57
Gaetano Scireanot measured- - 58
Judith Barsinot measured- - 59
Richard Clayderman0 decades - 60
Michael Boltonnot measured- - 61
Wang Yi4 decades - 62
Carlos Queiroz0 decades - 63
Antonio Tajani3 decades - 64
Najib Razak1 decades - 65
James Remarnot measured- - 66
Tito Jacksonnot measured- - 67
Frances Conroynot measured- - 68
Graeme Sounessnot measured- - 69
Felix Magathnot measured- - 70
Heather O'Rourkenot measured- - 71
Jean-Pierre Jeunet3 decades - 72
Ben Bernanke2 decades - 73
Colm Meaneynot measured- - 74
John Edwardsnot measured- - 75
Alisher Usmanovnot measured- - 76
Ken Burnsnot measured- - 77
Tchéky Karyonot measured- - 78
Norman Finkelsteinnot measured- - 79
Nanni Morettinot measured- - 80
Andy Gibbnot measured- - 81
Andrew Wiles2 decades - 82
Massimo Troisinot measured- - 83
Tom Hulcenot measured- - 84
Hillel Slovaknot measured- - 85
William Petersennot measured- - 86
Jean-Marie Pfaffnot measured- - 87
Fatih Terim0 decades - 88
Kathleen Kennedynot measured- - 89
Kristalina Georgieva0 decades - 90
Geddy Leenot measured- - 91
Peter Mandelsonnot measured- - 92
David Berkowitznot measured- - 93
Eric Bogosiannot measured- - 94
Sergei Mironovnot measured- - 95
Kim Gordonnot measured- - 96
Robert Parishnot measured- - 97
Claudio Gentilenot measured- - 98
M. K. Stalinnot measured- - 99
Aleksandr Abdulovnot measured- - 100
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russianot 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.