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1994
Whose working lives fell in 1994. 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 1994, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Kurt Cobain3 decades - 2
Ayrton Senna3 decades - 3
Mike Pence2 decades - 4
Kevin Spacey3 decades - 5
Val Kilmer3 decades - 6
Emma Thompson3 decades - 7
Carlo Ancelotti2 decades - 8
"Weird Al" Yankovicnot measured- - 9
Bryan Adams3 decades - 10
Magic Johnson4 decades - 11
Hugh Laurie1 decades - 12
Luc Besson4 decades - 13
Jeffrey Dahmer3 decades - 14
John McEnroe4 decades - 15
Sean Bean0 decades - 16
Sade0 decades - 17
Allison Janney0 decades - 18
Boris Nemtsov3 decades - 19
Sam Raimi3 decades - 20
Rosanna Arquette2 decades - 21
Lai Ching-tenot measured- - 22
Morrisseynot measured- - 23
Kyle MacLachlan2 decades - 24
Israel Kamakawiwoʻolenot measured- - 25
Sarah Ferguson4 decades - 26
Jason Alexander3 decades - 27
Rupert Everett2 decades - 28
Florence Griffith Joyner1 decades - 29
Li Qiang7 decades - 30
Anil Kapoor0 decades - 31
Simon Cowell2 decades - 32
Ken Watanabe0 decades - 33
Marcia Gay Harden1 decades - 34
Robert Smith7 decades - 35
Andrés Escobarnot measured- - 36
Ving Rhames1 decades - 37
Evo Morales3 decades - 38
Victoria Abril4 decades - 39
Patricia Clarkson0 decades - 40
Linda Blair3 decades - 41
Alberto Fernández7 decades - 42
Norm Macdonaldnot measured- - 43
Jens Stoltenberg0 decades - 44
Vincent D'Onofrionot measured- - 45
Mauricio Macri3 decades - 46
Stephen Harper2 decades - 47
Catherine Keenernot measured- - 48
Sanjay Duttnot measured- - 49
Luciano Spalletti1 decades - 50
Clancy Brownnot measured- - 51
Maurizio Sarri1 decades - 52
Rebecca De Mornaynot measured- - 53
Rahm Emanuelnot measured- - 54
Ahmet Davutoğlu0 decades - 55
Sean Youngnot measured- - 56
Irene Caranot measured- - 57
Frank Darabontnot measured- - 58
Satoru Iwata0 decades - 59
Tracey Ullmannot measured- - 60
Bernd Schusternot measured- - 61
Kevin Carter0 decades - 62
John C. McGinleynot measured- - 63
Richie Samboranot measured- - 64
Maurice Benguiguinot measured- - 65
Nina Hartleynot measured- - 66
Aidan Quinnnot measured- - 67
Chris Hansennot measured- - 68
Nirmala Sitharamannot measured- - 69
Andrei Belousovnot measured- - 70
Bradley Whitfordnot measured- - 71
Matthew Modinenot measured- - 72
Suzanne Veganot measured- - 73
Ramón Díaznot measured- - 74
Rigoberta Menchú4 decades - 75
Benny Gantznot measured- - 76
Anne Hidalgo2 decades - 77
Aleksei Balabanovnot measured- - 78
Robert Kneppernot measured- - 79
Roland Ratzenbergernot measured- - 80
Renny Harlinnot measured- - 81
Christian Wulff3 decades - 82
The Ultimate Warriornot measured- - 83
Kevin Nashnot measured- - 84
Anthony LaPaglianot measured- - 85
Flavor Flavnot measured- - 86
Bill Hicksnot measured- - 87
Kelly Lynchnot measured- - 88
Jonathan Franzennot measured- - 89
Muhammad bin Nayefnot measured- - 90
Youssou N’Dour1 decades - 91
Guy Parmelinnot measured- - 92
Morten Harketnot measured- - 93
Thomas F. Wilsonnot measured- - 94
Nick Cassavetesnot measured- - 95
Nuri Bilge Ceylannot measured- - 96
Marwan Barghoutinot measured- - 97
Sheena Eastonnot measured- - 98
Gustavo Ceratinot measured- - 99
John Hawkesnot measured- - 100
Jon Fosse0 decades
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.