← Fame through time1997
1997
Whose working lives fell in 1997. 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 1997, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Nicolás Maduro2 decades - 2
Tom Cruise4 decades - 3
Keir Starmer0 decades - 4
Jim Carrey3 decades - 5
Demi Moore3 decades - 6
Jodie Foster4 decades - 7
Claudia Sheinbaum1 decades - 8
Ralph Fiennes3 decades - 9
Steve Irwin2 decades - 10
Abdullah II of Jordan0 decades - 11
Jordan Peterson0 decades - 12
Emilio Estevez2 decades - 13
Jon Bon Jovi3 decades - 14
Michelle Yeohnot measured- - 15
Steve Carell1 decades - 16
The Notorious B.I.G.0 decades - 17
David Fincher2 decades - 18
Matthew Broderick4 decades - 19
Axl Rose3 decades - 20
Wesley Snipes3 decades - 21
Antony Blinken0 decades - 22
Jon Stewart2 decades - 23
Yahya Sinwarnot measured- - 24
Anthony Kiedis0 decades - 25
Ruud Gullit0 decades - 26
Ismail Haniyeh0 decades - 27
Kalpana Chawla1 decades - 28
Alexander Dugin3 decades - 29
Paula Abdul3 decades - 30
Joan Cusack2 decades - 31
Felicity Huffman0 decades - 32
Kelly Preston0 decades - 33
Gabe Newell0 decades - 34
Jennifer Jason Leigh2 decades - 35
Sheryl Crow3 decades - 36
Dina Boluartenot measured- - 37
Fleanot measured- - 38
Kirk Hammett0 decades - 39
Suzanne Collins1 decades - 40
Jeff Buckley2 decades - 41
David Foster Wallace2 decades - 42
Rosie O'Donnell3 decades - 43
Frank Rijkaard0 decades - 44
Marcia Cross0 decades - 45
Chris Farley1 decades - 46
Felipe Calderón5 decades - 47
Chuck Palahniuk2 decades - 48
Suzy Eddie Izzardnot measured- - 49Alexander Litvinenko2 decades
- 50
Bob Odenkirknot measured- - 51
Olga Tokarczuk0 decades - 52
Victor Pelevin3 decades - 53
Garth Brooks3 decades - 54
Jeff Garlin0 decades - 55
Clark Gregg0 decades - 56
Carlos Alazraqui0 decades - 57
Manuel Vallsnot measured- - 58
Arnold Vosloo0 decades - 59
Cary Elwesnot measured- - 60
John Stocktonnot measured- - 61
Danny Hustonnot measured- - 62
Adam Baldwinnot measured- - 63
Carles Puigdemont1 decades - 64
Jordan Belfortnot measured- - 65
Tom Kennynot measured- - 66
Harlan Cobennot measured- - 67
Evander Holyfieldnot measured- - 68
Patrick Ewingnot measured- - 69
Gina Gershonnot measured- - 70
John Slatterynot measured- - 71
Thomas Kretschmannnot measured- - 72
Peng Liyuannot measured- - 73
Jeff Dunhamnot measured- - 74
John Hannahnot measured- - 75
Baz Luhrmannnot measured- - 76
Jeff Bennett0 decades - 77
Dave Gahannot measured- - 78
Sarah Mullallynot measured- - 79
Sandranot measured- - 80
Stephen Chownot measured- - 81
Craig Fergusonnot measured- - 82
Abbas Araghchinot measured- - 83
Tommy Leenot measured- - 84
François-Henri Pinaultnot measured- - 85
Lance Reddicknot measured- - 86
Scott Bessentnot measured- - 87
Dee Bradley Bakernot measured- - 88
Taslima Nasrin0 decades - 89
Gerardo Martino1 decades - 90
Ally Sheedynot measured- - 91
Andre Braughernot measured- - 92
Peter Steelenot measured- - 93
António José Seguronot measured- - 94
Mike Judgenot measured- - 95
Gautam Adaninot measured- - 96
MC Hammernot measured- - 97
Lou Diamond Phillipsnot measured- - 98
Tony Leungnot measured- - 99
Jackie Joyner-Kersee2 decades - 100
Alessandra Mussolininot 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.