← Fame through time1994
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 coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Kurt Cobain3 decades - 2
Ayrton Senna3 decades - 3
Val Kilmer3 decades - 4
Emma Thompson3 decades - 5
Kevin Spacey3 decades - 6
Carlo Ancelotti2 decades - 7
Mike Pence2 decades - 8
"Weird Al" Yankovicnot measured- - 9
Magic Johnson4 decades - 10
Hugh Laurie1 decades - 11
Bryan Adams3 decades - 12
Luc Besson4 decades - 13
Jeffrey Dahmer3 decades - 14
Sean Bean0 decades - 15
John McEnroe4 decades - 16
Stephen Harper2 decades - 17
Lai Ching-tenot measured- - 18
Allison Janney0 decades - 19
Evo Morales3 decades - 20
Sam Raimi3 decades - 21
Boris Nemtsov3 decades - 22
Morrisseynot measured- - 23
Rosanna Arquette2 decades - 24
Kyle MacLachlan2 decades - 25
Sarah Ferguson4 decades - 26
Anil Kapoor0 decades - 27
Jens Stoltenberg0 decades - 28
Simon Cowell2 decades - 29
Jason Alexander3 decades - 30
Mauricio Macri3 decades - 31
Rupert Everett2 decades - 32
Li Qiang7 decades - 33Israel Kamakawiwoʻolenot measured-
- 34
Ving Rhames1 decades - 35
Norm Macdonaldnot measured- - 36
Marcia Gay Harden1 decades - 37
Christian Wulff3 decades - 38
Rigoberta Menchú4 decades - 39
Robert Smithnot measured- - 40
Alberto Fernándeznot measured- - 41
Florence Griffith Joyner1 decades - 42
Sanjay Duttnot measured- - 43
Vincent D'Onofrionot measured- - 44
Ken Watanabe0 decades - 45
Luciano Spalletti1 decades - 46
Anne Hidalgo2 decades - 47
Patricia Clarkson0 decades - 48
Maurizio Sarri1 decades - 49
Catherine Keenernot measured- - 50
Andrés Escobarnot measured- - 51
Linda Blair3 decades - 52
Clancy Brownnot measured- - 53
Rebecca De Mornaynot measured- - 54
Sean Youngnot measured- - 55
Rahm Emanuelnot measured- - 56
Frank Darabontnot measured- - 57
Sade0 decades - 58
Nirmala Sitharamannot measured- - 59
Chris Hansennot measured- - 60
Suzanne Veganot measured- - 61
Irene Caranot measured- - 62
Jon Fosse0 decades - 63
Kevin Carter0 decades - 64
John C. McGinleynot measured- - 65
Xiomara Castro0 decades - 66
Bradley Whitfordnot measured- - 67
Matthew Modinenot measured- - 68
Satoru Iwata0 decades - 69
Ali Bongo Ondimba3 decades - 70
Ramón Díaznot measured- - 71
Klaus Iohannis0 decades - 72
Nina Hartleynot measured- - 73
Tracey Ullmannot measured- - 74
Richie Samboranot measured- - 75
Roland Ratzenbergernot measured- - 76
Koichi Tanaka0 decades - 77
Bernd Schusternot measured- - 78
Youssou N’Dour1 decades - 79
Victoria Abril4 decades - 80
Milorad Dodik0 decades - 81
Benny Gantznot measured- - 82
John Magufuli0 decades - 83
Aidan Quinnnot measured- - 84
Ahmet Davutoğlu0 decades - 85
Robert Kneppernot measured- - 86
Boyko Borissov0 decades - 87
Jonathan Franzennot measured- - 88
Anthony LaPaglianot measured- - 89
Guy Parmelinnot measured- - 90
Donna Strickland0 decades - 91
János Áder0 decades - 92
Kevin Nashnot measured- - 93
Marwan Barghoutinot measured- - 94
Renny Harlinnot measured- - 95
Andrei Belousovnot measured- - 96
Muhammad bin Nayefnot measured- - 97
Anil Ambaninot measured- - 98
Vincent Lindonnot measured- - 99
Takaaki Kajita0 decades - 100
Kelly Lynchnot 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.