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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 coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Xi Jinping3 decades - 2
Pierce Brosnan3 decades - 3
Tony Blair3 decades - 4
Jeffrey Epstein0 decades - 5
Benazir Bhutto4 decades - 6
Hulk Hogan3 decades - 7
Kim Basinger4 decades - 8
John Malkovich4 decades - 9
Paul Allennot measured- - 10
Cyndi Lauper4 decades - 11
Tim Allen3 decades - 12
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner2 decades - 13
Andrés Manuel López Obrador3 decades - 14
Dominique de Villepin3 decades - 15
Kassym-Jomart Tokayevnot measured- - 16
Brigitte Macron1 decades - 17
Teresa Teng6 decades - 18
Mary Steenburgen3 decades - 19
Isabelle Huppert5 decades - 20
Danny Elfman2 decades - 21
Jean-Michel Basquiat3 decades
- 22
Alfred Molina2 decades - 23
Steve Bannon1 decades - 24
Richard Stallman2 decades - 25
Alan Moore4 decades - 26
Jim Jarmusch3 decades - 27
Moon Jae-in0 decades - 28
Lloyd J. Austin III0 decades - 29
Ségolène Royal5 decades - 30
Norodom Sihamoni0 decades - 31
Paul Krugman4 decades - 32
Bill Pullman2 decades - 33
James Horner2 decades - 34
Jeb Bush3 decades - 35
Ron Jeremy1 decades - 36
Ahmad Shah Massoud2 decades - 37
Tony Shalhoub0 decades - 38
José María Aznar4 decades - 39
Chaka Khan4 decades - 40
Ben Bernanke2 decades - 41
Mike Oldfield1 decades - 42
Nigel Mansell1 decades - 43
Najib Razak1 decades - 44
Antonio Tajani3 decades - 45
Jerome Powellnot measured- - 46
David Morsenot measured- - 47
Carlos Queiroz0 decades - 48
Pat Benatarnot measured- - 49
Ciarán Hindsnot measured- - 50
Kate Capshawnot measured- - 51
Amy Irvingnot measured- - 52
Malcolm Youngnot measured- - 53
Wang Yi4 decades - 54
Rick Moranisnot measured- - 55
Peter Stormarenot measured- - 56
Daniel Passarella3 decades - 57
Jean-Pierre Jeunet3 decades - 58
Roberto Bolaño4 decades - 59
Andrew Wiles2 decades - 60
Judith Barsinot measured- - 61
Herta Müller5 decades - 62
Michael Boltonnot measured- - 63
Elaine Chaonot measured- - 64
Ken Burnsnot measured- - 65
John Edwardsnot measured- - 66
Tito Jacksonnot measured- - 67
Paulo Roberto Falcão1 decades - 68
Manuel Pellegrininot measured- - 69
Anders Fogh Rasmussen2 decades - 70
Heather O'Rourkenot measured- - 71
Thomas Bach2 decades - 72
Fatih Terim0 decades - 73
Norman Finkelsteinnot measured- - 74
James Remarnot measured- - 75
Frances Conroynot measured- - 76
Richard Clayderman0 decades - 77
Naim Qassemnot measured- - 78
Colm Meaneynot measured- - 79
Kristalina Georgieva0 decades - 80
William Petersennot measured- - 81
Hillel Slovaknot measured- - 82
Tchéky Karyonot measured- - 83
Graeme Sounessnot measured- - 84
Kathleen Kennedynot measured- - 85
Armen Sarkissiannot measured- - 86
Lenín Moreno0 decades - 87
Tom Hulcenot measured- - 88
Andy Gibbnot measured- - 89
Alisher Usmanovnot measured- - 90
Guy Verhofstadt1 decades - 91
Zico1 decades - 92
Claudio Gentilenot measured- - 93
Klaus Wowereitnot measured- - 94
Karen Bassnot measured- - 95
Nanni Morettinot measured- - 96
Toomas Hendrik Ilves0 decades - 97
M. K. Stalinnot measured- - 98
Jean Tirole2 decades - 99
Sergei Ivanovnot measured- - 100
Kim Gordonnot 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.