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1991
Whose working lives fell in 1991. 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 1991, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Tom Hanks4 decades - 2
Mel Gibson4 decades - 3
Carrie Fisher4 decades - 4
Anthony Bourdain1 decades - 5
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad2 decades - 6
Bryan Cranston0 decades - 7
Christoph Waltz1 decades - 8
Martina Navratilova4 decades - 9
Theresa May2 decades - 10
Larry Bird4 decades - 11
Frank-Walter Steinmeier3 decades - 12
Geena Davis3 decades - 13
Danny Boyle2 decades - 14
Tsai Ing-wen1 decades - 15
Steve Ballmer3 decades - 16
Bob Saget0 decades - 17
Lars von Trier3 decades - 18
Björn Borg0 decades - 19
Linda Hamilton3 decades - 20
Christine Lagarde2 decades - 21
David Copperfieldnot measured- - 22
Judith Butler3 decades - 23
Michel Houellebecq3 decades - 24
Andy Garcia3 decades - 25
John Lydon2 decades - 26
Kim Cattrall1 decades - 27
Eric Roberts3 decades - 28
Imelda Staunton0 decades - 29
Bill Maher2 decades - 30
Paolo Rossinot measured- - 31
Dana Delany0 decades - 32
Michael Biehn1 decades - 33
Joan Allen2 decades - 34
Bo Dereknot measured- - 35
William Fichtnernot measured- - 36
Aileen Wuornosnot measured- - 37
Leslie Cheung4 decades - 38
Rita Wilsonnot measured- - 39
Mae Jemison0 decades - 40
Nathan Lanenot measured- - 41
Richard Kindnot measured- - 42
David Carusonot measured- - 43
Egor Gajdar3 decades - 44
Joe Satriani0 decades - 45
La Toya Jacksonnot measured- - 46
Mimi Rogersnot measured- - 47
Luis Gómeznot measured- - 48
Khaled Mashal0 decades - 49
Min Aung Hlaingnot measured- - 50
Sebastian Coe3 decades - 51
Giuseppe Tornatore4 decades - 52
Steve Harris3 decades - 53
Keith Davidnot measured- - 54
Guido van Rossum0 decades - 55
Sela Wardnot measured- - 56
Chris Isaaknot measured- - 57
Tamás Sulyoknot measured- - 58
José Manuel Barroso1 decades - 59
Lesley Manvillenot measured- - 60
Cilia Floresnot measured- - 61
Sugar Ray Leonardnot measured- - 62
Nikolai Noskov0 decades - 63
Kenny Gnot measured- - 64
Michael Connellynot measured- - 65
Bruce Greenwoodnot measured- - 66
Jan Peter Balkenende0 decades - 67
Patricia Cornwellnot measured- - 68
Paul Reisernot measured- - 69
Bidzina Ivanishvili0 decades - 70
Cherry Jonesnot measured- - 71
Boris Akunin2 decades - 72
Jerry Hallnot measured- - 73
Philippe Aghionnot measured- - 74
Frances Arnoldnot measured- - 75
Dalia Grybauskaitė0 decades - 76
Soni Razdannot measured- - 77
Almazbek Atambaev0 decades - 78
Richard Curtisnot measured- - 79
Katerina Sakellaropoulounot measured- - 80
Horacio Cartes0 decades - 81
Zbigniew Boniek0 decades - 82
Mayawatinot measured- - 83
Shashi Tharoornot measured- - 84
Herbert Grönemeyernot measured- - 85
Kevin McNallynot measured- - 86
Adnan Oktarnot measured- - 87
Dave Murraynot measured- - 88
Justin Welbynot measured- - 89
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarnot measured- - 90
Joe Montananot measured- - 91
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourgnot measured- - 92
Rob Paulsennot measured- - 93
Andrew Wakefieldnot measured- - 94
Gary Colenot measured- - 95
David Sassoli1 decades - 96
Meg Whitman2 decades - 97
Jamie Dimonnot measured- - 98
Miguel Bosénot measured- - 99
Doug Burgumnot measured- - 100Per "Dead" Ohlinnot 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.