← Fame through time1998
1998
Whose working lives fell in 1998. 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 1998, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Brad Pitt3 decades - 2
Michael Jordan4 decades - 3
Johnny Depp3 decades - 4
Whitney Houston4 decades - 5
Quentin Tarantino3 decades - 6
José Mourinho1 decades - 7
George Michaelnot measured- - 8
Viktor Orbán1 decades - 9
Garry Kasparov4 decades - 10
Jet Li4 decades - 11
Mike Myers3 decades - 12
James Hetfield1 decades - 13
Anthony Albanese0 decades - 14
Lisa Kudrow1 decades - 15
Helen Huntnot measured- - 16
Mohammed VI of Morocco0 decades - 17
Conan O'Brien3 decades - 18
Sridevi4 decades - 19
Steven Soderbergh3 decades - 20
Elisabeth Shue0 decades - 21
Lars Ulrich1 decades - 22
Charles Barkley3 decades - 23
Rob Schneider0 decades - 24
Natasha Richardson2 decades - 25
Alejandro González Iñárritu2 decades - 26
Mike Pompeo0 decades - 27
Donnie Yennot measured- - 28
Coolio3 decades - 29
Jensen Huangnot measured- - 30
Karl Malone3 decades - 31
Yair Lapid4 decades - 32
Mikhail Khodorkovsky3 decades - 33
Geert Wilders1 decades - 34
Till Lindemann0 decades - 35
Hakeem Olajuwon2 decades - 36
Mark Strong0 decades - 37
Sealnot measured- - 38
Peter Schmeichel0 decades - 39
Ronald Koeman1 decades - 40
Vanessa Williams4 decades - 41
Jason Isaacs0 decades - 42
David Moyes0 decades - 43
Rand Paul1 decades - 44
Félix Tshisekedi0 decades - 45
Tori Amos3 decades - 46
Rumen Radev0 decades - 47
Marla Maples0 decades - 48
Eros Ramazzotti4 decades - 49
David Thewlis0 decades - 50
Dermot Mulroney0 decades - 51
Lee Jae Myungnot measured- - 52
Hideo Kojima0 decades - 53
Til Schweiger3 decades - 54
Larry the Cable Guy0 decades - 55
Edie Falconot measured- - 56
Emmanuelle Béart4 decades - 57
Ming-Na Wen0 decades - 58
Jennifer Beals1 decades - 59
Jean-Pierre Papin3 decades - 60
Donna Tartt0 decades - 61
Rick Rubinnot measured- - 62
Ulf Kristerssonnot measured- - 63
Brigitte Nielsennot measured- - 64
Greg Kinnearnot measured- - 65
Tatum O'Nealnot measured- - 66
Lauren Hollynot measured- - 67
Rafael Correa6 decades - 68Phoolan Devi3 decades
- 69
Park Chan-wooknot measured- - 70
Ian Wrightnot measured- - 71
Benjamin Brattnot measured- - 72
Kevin Mitnick1 decades - 73
Dunganot measured- - 74
Fatboy Slimnot measured- - 75
Mark Hughesnot measured- - 76
Nicollette Sheridannot measured- - 77
Harold Perrineaunot measured- - 78
Ronnie Colemannot measured- - 79
James Mangoldnot measured- - 80
Jason Newstednot measured- - 81
John Stamosnot measured- - 82
Julian Lennonnot measured- - 83
Phoebe Catesnot measured- - 84
Thomas Andersnot measured- - 85
William Baldwinnot measured- - 86
Jeanne Tripplehornnot measured- - 87
Bernard Cazeneuve3 decades - 88
David Seaman0 decades - 89
Hugh Bonnevillenot measured- - 90
Govindanot measured- - 91
Graham Nortonnot measured- - 92
Giuseppe Bergomi2 decades - 93
Sergei Bubka0 decades - 94
Phan Thị Kim Phúcnot measured- - 95
Maria Ressa0 decades - 96
Richard Marxnot measured- - 97
Yngwie Malmsteennot measured- - 98
Liu Cixinnot measured- - 99
Empress Masakonot measured- - 100
Tate Donovannot 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.