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1996
Whose working lives fell in 1996. 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 1996, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Barack Obama2 decades - 2
Diana, Princess of Wales0 decades - 3
Tupac Shakur3 decades - 4
George Clooney3 decades - 5
Eddie Murphy4 decades - 6
James Gandolfini1 decades - 7
Michael J. Fox4 decades - 8
Sanae Takaichi0 decades - 9
Enya3 decades - 10
Woody Harrelson3 decades - 11
Peter Jackson6 decades - 12
Meg Ryan3 decades - 13
Yevgeny Prigozhinnot measured- - 14
Ilham Aliyev2 decades - 15
Laurence Fishburne3 decades - 16
Forest Whitaker3 decades - 17
Wayne Gretzky4 decades - 18
Lothar Matthäus3 decades - 19
Susan Boyle1 decades - 20
Arundhati Roy3 decades - 21
Jennifer Coolidge0 decades - 22
Dennis Rodman3 decades - 23
Ricky Gervais1 decades - 24
Nastassja Kinski3 decades - 25
Stephen Hillenburg0 decades - 26
Tim Roth2 decades - 27
Dave Mustaine0 decades - 28
Nadia Comăneci0 decades - 29
Alfonso Cuarón3 decades - 30
Julia Louis-Dreyfus0 decades - 31
Billy Ray Cyrus1 decades - 32
António Costa0 decades - 33
Julia Gillard1 decades - 34
Mylène Farmer3 decades - 35
Élisabeth Borne0 decades - 36
Heather Locklear1 decades - 37
Aaron Sorkin2 decades - 38
Virginia Madsen1 decades - 39
Carlos Valderramanot measured- - 40
Bill de Blasio1 decades - 41
Yanis Varoufakis0 decades - 42
Boy Georgenot measured- - 43
Carl Lewis4 decades - 44
Joseph Kony2 decades - 45
Ghislaine Maxwellnot measured- - 46
Ann Coulter2 decades - 47
Petr Pavel0 decades - 48
Robert Carlylenot measured- - 49
Lea Thompsonnot measured- - 50
Jared Harrisnot measured- - 51
Tom Sizemorenot measured- - 52
Bonnie Huntnot measured- - 53
Guido Westerwelle3 decades - 54
Janet McTeernot measured- - 55
Ian Rush0 decades - 56
Lisa Gerrard0 decades - 57
Ralph Macchionot measured- - 58
Henry Rollinsnot measured- - 59
Iain Glennot measured- - 60
David Graeber1 decades - 61
Tom Fordnot measured- - 62
Luis de la Fuentenot measured- - 63
Eric Stoltznot measured- - 64
Christopher Meloninot measured- - 65
Isiah Thomasnot measured- - 66
Karl von Habsburgnot measured- - 67
The Edgenot measured- - 68
Alexander Paynenot measured- - 69
John Corbettnot measured- - 70
Macky Sall2 decades - 71
Joan Chennot measured- - 72
Dylan McDermottnot measured- - 73
Elizabeth McGovernnot measured- - 74
Amy Sedarisnot measured- - 75
Vincent Gallonot measured- - 76
Liam Cunninghamnot measured- - 77
Manu Chaonot measured- - 78
Chad Smithnot measured- - 79
Wynton Marsalisnot measured- - 80
John Thunenot measured- - 81
Uhuru Kenyatta1 decades - 82
George Lopeznot measured- - 83
Andy Launot measured- - 84
Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan0 decades - 85
Erna Solberg0 decades - 86Eva Cassidynot measured-
- 87
Andrew Fletchernot measured- - 88
Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibafnot measured- - 89
Daniele Massaro1 decades - 90
Timur Bekmambetovnot measured- - 91
Andoni Zubizarretanot measured- - 92
Amr Diab0 decades - 93
Martin Gorenot measured- - 94
Enzo Francescolinot measured- - 95
k.d. langnot measured- - 96
Armin Laschetnot measured- - 97
Randy Jacksonnot measured- - 98
John Keynot measured- - 99
Mariel Hemingwaynot measured- - 100
Ferenc Gyurcsány0 decades
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.