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1993
Whose working lives fell in 1993. 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 1993, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Michael Jackson5 decades - 2
Madonnanot measured- - 3
Gary Oldman3 decades - 4
Ursula von der Leyen2 decades - 5
Michelle Pfeiffer4 decades - 6
Tim Burton3 decades - 7
Sharon Stone3 decades - 8
Alec Baldwin3 decades - 9
Olaf Scholz2 decades - 10
Andrea Bocelli3 decades - 11
Ellen DeGeneres3 decades - 12
Droupadi Murmunot measured- - 13
Jamie Lee Curtis4 decades - 14
Viggo Mortensen2 decades - 15
Albert II, Prince of Monaco1 decades - 16
Annette Bening2 decades - 17
Neil deGrasse Tyson1 decades - 18
Kate Bush3 decades - 19
Kevin Bacon3 decades - 20
Holly Hunter3 decades - 21
Tim Robbins3 decades - 22
Jamal Khashoggi0 decades - 23
Angela Bassett3 decades - 24
Andie MacDowell2 decades - 25
River Phoenix3 decades - 26
Princenot measured- - 27
Brandon Lee2 decades - 28
Bruce Dickinson0 decades - 29
Joan Jett3 decades - 30
Giancarlo Esposito0 decades - 31
Chris Columbus2 decades - 32
Anna Politkovskaya2 decades - 33
Ali Larijani0 decades - 34
Robert Patricknot measured- - 35
Tommy Lister Jr.not measured- - 36
Wong Kar-wai3 decades - 37
Madeleine Stowe1 decades - 38
Bruce Campbellnot measured- - 39
Christiane Amanpour2 decades - 40
Dražen Petrović0 decades - 41
Lyudmila Putinanot measured- - 42
Ice-Tnot measured- - 43
Jennifer Tillynot measured- - 44
Miranda Richardson0 decades - 45
Peter Capaldinot measured- - 46
Drew Careynot measured- - 47
Hugo Sánchez0 decades - 48
Mehmet Ali Ağca0 decades - 49
Belinda Carlislenot measured- - 50
Marie Fredrikssonnot measured- - 51
Fiona Shawnot measured- - 52
John Mahama0 decades - 53
Mark Cubannot measured- - 54
Javier Aguirrenot measured- - 55
Patricia Heatonnot measured- - 56
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonionot measured- - 57
Steve Guttenbergnot measured- - 58
Jennifer Saundersnot measured- - 59
Amrita Singhnot measured- - 60
Tim Kainenot measured- - 61
Julian Sandsnot measured- - 62
Charlie Kaufmannot measured- - 63
Kevin Sorbonot measured- - 64
David O. Russellnot measured- - 65Divya Bhartinot measured-
- 66
Janez Janša0 decades - 67
Kais Saiednot measured- - 68
Irvine Welsh3 decades - 69
Tzipi Livni3 decades - 70
Alar Karisnot measured- - 71
Yoav Gallantnot measured- - 72
Kathy Hochulnot measured- - 73
Linda Fiorentinonot measured- - 74
David Koreshnot measured- - 75
Marg Helgenbergernot measured- - 76
Andre Geim0 decades - 77
Bebe Neuwirthnot measured- - 78
Megan Mullallynot measured- - 79
Lorenzo Lamasnot measured- - 80
Avigdor Lieberman2 decades - 81
Ralf Rangnicknot measured- - 82
Boris Tadić0 decades - 83
Éric Zemmournot measured- - 84
Marina Silva0 decades - 85
Gary Numannot measured- - 86
Adrian Neweynot measured- - 87
John M. Martinisnot measured- - 88
Lambert Wilsonnot measured- - 89
Jello Biafranot measured- - 90
Cornelia Funkenot measured- - 91
Linda Kozlowskinot measured- - 92
Nasry Asfuranot measured- - 93
Nikki Sixxnot measured- - 94Rik Mayallnot measured-
- 95
George Saundersnot measured- - 96
Alessandro Baricconot measured- - 97Euronymousnot measured-
- 98
Ahmad Vahidinot measured- - 99
Betsy DeVosnot measured- - 100
Simon Le Bonnot 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.