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1990
Whose working lives fell in 1990. 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 1990, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Steve Jobs4 decades - 2
Pope Leo XIV0 decades - 3
Bill Gates4 decades - 4
Bruce Willis4 decades - 5
Nicolas Sarkozy5 decades - 6
Rowan Atkinson3 decades - 7
Kevin Costner3 decades - 8
Friedrich Merz3 decades - 9
Whoopi Goldberg4 decades - 10
Jair Bolsonaro0 decades - 11
Willem Dafoe3 decades - 12
Tim Berners-Lee3 decades - 13
Isabelle Adjani5 decades - 14
Viktor Tsoi3 decades - 15
Michel Platini5 decades - 16
Li Keqiang4 decades - 17
Asif Ali Zardari3 decades - 18
Sergei Shoigu3 decades - 19
Billy Bob Thornton2 decades - 20
Gary Sinise2 decades - 21
Bill Paxton2 decades - 22
J. K. Simmons0 decades - 23
Angus Young0 decades - 24
Kelsey Grammer1 decades - 25
Gilbert Gottfried0 decades - 26
Reba McEntire3 decades - 27
Lindsey Graham2 decades - 28
Eddie Van Halen2 decades - 29
John Grisham3 decades - 30
Liu Xiaobo4 decades - 31
Alain Prost4 decades - 32
Brendan Gleeson0 decades - 33
Akira Toriyama0 decades - 34
Mariano Rajoy3 decades - 35
John Robertsnot measured- - 36
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourgnot measured- - 37
Mark David Chapman0 decades - 38
Roland Emmerich3 decades - 39
Billy Idol3 decades - 40
Imannot measured- - 41
Ornella Muti5 decades - 42
Kris Jenner0 decades - 43
Chow Yun-fat2 decades - 44
Keith Haring4 decades - 45
Donatella Versace3 decades - 46
Debra Winger4 decades - 47
Richard Schiff0 decades - 48
Nina Hagen5 decades - 49
Mamata Banerjee3 decades - 50
Jeff Daniels3 decades - 51
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge3 decades - 52
Marcelo Bielsa2 decades - 53
Eric Schmidt3 decades - 54
Yo-Yo Ma4 decades - 55
Valery Gerasimov0 decades - 56
Laurie Metcalfnot measured- - 57
Haitham bin Tariqnot measured- - 58
Miguel Ferrernot measured- - 59
Mike Huckabee2 decades - 60
Catherine Connollynot measured- - 61
Wayne Knightnot measured- - 62
Michael Rookernot measured- - 63
Mo Yan4 decades - 64Shōkō Asaharanot measured-
- 65
Olga Korbut1 decades - 66
Anupam Khernot measured- - 67
Bill Nyenot measured- - 68
Lena Olinnot measured- - 69
Pietro Parolin2 decades - 70
Ludovico Einaudinot measured- - 71
Béla Tarrnot measured- - 72
Moses Malonenot measured- - 73
Jorge Valdano3 decades - 74
Denis Mukwege1 decades - 75
Israel Katznot measured- - 76
Peter Gallaghernot measured- - 77
Katalin Karikónot measured- - 78
Kate Mulgrewnot measured- - 79
Judy Davisnot measured- - 80
Guillermo Lasso0 decades - 81
Martin Schulz4 decades - 82
Alexey Pajitnovnot measured- - 83
Maria Shrivernot measured- - 84
Subrahmanyam Jaishankarnot measured- - 85
Dawood Ibrahimnot measured- - 86
Christopher McDonaldnot measured- - 87
Meles Zenawi3 decades - 88
Indra Nooyinot measured- - 89
Svante Pääbo1 decades - 90
Mohammad Mokhbernot measured- - 91
Björn Andrésennot measured- - 92
Jeff Koonsnot measured- - 93
Paul Greengrassnot measured- - 94
Dodi Fayednot measured- - 95
Tommy Wiseaunot measured- - 96
Mohamed Aghanot measured- - 97
Ali Shamkhaninot measured- - 98
Anatoly Chubaisnot measured- - 99
Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saudnot measured- - 100
Zuccheronot 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.