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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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Tom Hanks4 decades - 2
Mel Gibson4 decades - 3
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad2 decades - 4
Carrie Fisher4 decades - 5
Anthony Bourdain1 decades - 6
Theresa May2 decades - 7
Frank-Walter Steinmeier3 decades - 8
Bryan Cranston0 decades - 9
Martina Navratilova4 decades - 10
Christoph Waltz1 decades - 11
Larry Bird4 decades - 12
Geena Davis3 decades - 13
Björn Borg0 decades - 14
Lars von Trier3 decades - 15
Danny Boyle2 decades - 16
Christine Lagarde2 decades - 17
Paolo Rossi7 decades - 18
Tsai Ing-wen1 decades - 19
Andy Garcia3 decades - 20
Steve Ballmer3 decades - 21
Bob Saget0 decades - 22
Linda Hamilton3 decades - 23
David Copperfield7 decades - 24
Michel Houellebecq3 decades - 25
John Lydon2 decades - 26
Imelda Staunton0 decades - 27
Judith Butler3 decades - 28
Kim Cattrall1 decades - 29
Eric Roberts3 decades - 30
Bill Maher2 decades - 31
Michael Biehn1 decades - 32
William Fichtnernot measured- - 33
Dana Delany0 decades - 34
Leslie Cheung4 decades - 35
Bo Dereknot measured- - 36
Tamás Sulyoknot measured- - 37
Rita Wilsonnot measured- - 38
Joan Allen2 decades - 39
La Toya Jacksonnot measured- - 40
David Carusonot measured- - 41
Nathan Lanenot measured- - 42
Aileen Wuornosnot measured- - 43
Richard Kindnot measured- - 44
Joe Satriani0 decades - 45
Mimi Rogersnot measured- - 46
Luis Gómeznot measured- - 47
Min Aung Hlaingnot measured- - 48
Sela Wardnot measured- - 49
Chris Isaaknot measured- - 50
Keith Davidnot measured- - 51
Patricia Cornwellnot measured- - 52
Zbigniew Boniek0 decades - 53
Lesley Manvillenot measured- - 54
Sugar Ray Leonardnot measured- - 55
Boris Akunin2 decades - 56
Giuseppe Tornatore4 decades - 57
Michael Connellynot measured- - 58
Steve Harris3 decades - 59
Bruce Greenwoodnot measured- - 60
Paul Reisernot measured- - 61
Kenny Gnot measured- - 62
Khaled Mashal0 decades - 63
Guido van Rossum0 decades - 64
Jerry Hallnot measured- - 65
Cherry Jonesnot measured- - 66
Egor Gajdar3 decades - 67
Vladislav Listyevnot measured- - 68
Richard Curtisnot measured- - 69
Kevin McNallynot measured- - 70
Mayawatinot measured- - 71
Soni Razdannot measured- - 72
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarnot measured- - 73
Sebastian Coe3 decades - 74
Takeshi Okada0 decades - 75
Elizabeth Stroutnot measured- - 76
Miguel Bosénot measured- - 77
Gary Colenot measured- - 78
Shashi Tharoornot measured- - 79
Andrew Wakefieldnot measured- - 80
Rob Paulsennot measured- - 81
Jamie Dimonnot measured- - 82
Per "Dead" Ohlinnot measured- - 83
Alan Rucknot measured- - 84
Baruch Goldsteinnot measured- - 85
Steven Bauernot measured- - 86
Cecilia Rothnot measured- - 87
Bidzina Ivanishvili0 decades - 88
Ann Dowdnot measured- - 89
Mae Jemison0 decades - 90
Catherine Frotnot measured- - 91
Doug Burgumnot measured- - 92
Sinbadnot measured- - 93
Maneka Gandhinot measured- - 94
Herbert Grönemeyernot measured- - 95
Cilia Floresnot measured- - 96
Diane Warrennot measured- - 97
GG Allinnot measured- - 98
Joe Montananot measured- - 99
Marc Dutrouxnot measured- - 100
Jamie Hynemannot 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.