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1992
Whose working lives fell in 1992. 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 1992, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Osama bin Laden3 decades - 2
Daniel Day-Lewis3 decades - 3
Hans Zimmer3 decades - 4
Donald Tusk1 decades - 5
Michael Clarke Duncan0 decades - 6
Frances McDormand2 decades - 7
Mukesh Ambani2 decades - 8
Steve Buscemi3 decades - 9
Melanie Griffith3 decades - 10
Dolph Lundgren0 decades - 11
Stephen Fry3 decades - 12
Spike Lee4 decades - 13
Paul Kagame3 decades - 14
Steve Harvey2 decades - 15
Gloria Estefan3 decades - 16
Bongbong Marcos0 decades - 17
Michael Madsen2 decades - 18
Qasem Soleimani0 decades - 19
Christopher Lambert1 decades - 20
Nick Cave3 decades - 21
Bernie Mac1 decades - 22
John Turturro2 decades - 23
Hamid Karzai2 decades - 24
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán3 decades - 25
Shavkat Mirziyoyevnot measured- - 26
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow2 decades - 27
Fumio Kishida0 decades - 28
Jackie Shroff0 decades - 29
Caroline Kennedy3 decades - 30
Shigeru Ishiba0 decades - 31
Fran Drescher0 decades - 32
Timothy Spall0 decades - 33
Jaggi Vasudev0 decades - 34
Greg Abbott1 decades - 35
Mira Nairnot measured- - 36
Tô Lâmnot measured- - 37
Dan Castellaneta0 decades - 38
Andrew Cuomo3 decades - 39
Falconot measured- - 40
Kevin Rudd2 decades - 41
Carole Bouquet4 decades - 42
Caroline, Princess of Hanovernot measured- - 43
Ai Weiwei2 decades - 44
Ray Romanonot measured- - 45
Rumiko Takahashinot measured- - 46
Sunny Deolnot measured- - 47
Nancy Cartwrightnot measured- - 48
John Lasseternot measured- - 49
Dimple Kapadianot measured- - 50
Jon Lovitznot measured- - 51
Tharman Shanmugaratnamnot measured-
- 52
Christopher McCandlessnot measured- - 53
Yoshihiko Noda0 decades - 54
Ray Winstonenot measured- - 55
Masayoshi Sonnot measured- - 56
Richard E. Grantnot measured- - 57
Steve Davisnot measured- - 58
LeVar Burtonnot measured- - 59
Daniel Sternnot measured- - 60
Frank Miller7 decades - 61
Stephen Dillanenot measured- - 62
Bret Hartnot measured- - 63
Kelly McGillisnot measured- - 64
Ted Levinenot measured- - 65
Denis Learynot measured- - 66
Aki Kaurismäki0 decades - 67
Theo van Gogh3 decades - 68
Stefan Löfven0 decades - 69
Aliko Dangotenot measured- - 70
Steve Witkoffnot measured- - 71
Brad Birdnot measured- - 72
Ofra Haza3 decades - 73
Amanda Plummernot measured- - 74
Carrie Lamnot measured- - 75
Lisa Murkowskinot measured- - 76
Tony Abbott2 decades - 77
Subcomandante Marcosnot measured- - 78
Adrian Smithnot measured- - 79
Scott Adamsnot measured- - 80
Fred Vargasnot measured- - 81
Marlon Jacksonnot measured- - 82
Luis Alfredo Garavitonot measured- - 83
Cameron Crowenot measured- - 84
Steve Schirripanot measured- - 85
Yasuhiro Yamashitanot measured- - 86
Marie Myriamnot measured- - 87
Shane MacGowannot measured- - 88
Amy Goodmannot measured- - 89
Joaquim de Almeidanot measured- - 90
Paweł Pawlikowskinot measured- - 91
Glenn Hoddlenot measured- - 92
Theresa Russellnot measured- - 93
Mikhail Kasianovnot measured- - 94
Steve Lukathernot measured- - 95
Kevin Pollaknot measured- - 96
Katie Couricnot measured- - 97
Rachel Wardnot measured- - 98
Luis Antonio Tagle0 decades - 99
Johnny Levernot measured- - 100
Seve Ballesterosnot 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.