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1999
Whose working lives fell in 1999. 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 1999, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Kamala Harris1 decades - 2
Keanu Reeves3 decades - 3
Sandra Bullock3 decades - 4
Jeff Bezos2 decades - 5
Nicolas Cage3 decades - 6
Russell Crowe2 decades - 7
Boris Johnson2 decades - 8
Monica Bellucci3 decades - 9
Michelle Obama2 decades - 10
Courteney Cox1 decades - 11
Nigel Farage1 decades - 12
Courtney Love3 decades - 13
Sarah Palin2 decades - 14
Guillermo del Toro3 decades - 15
Andy Serkis0 decades - 16
Dan Brown3 decades - 17
Lenny Kravitz2 decades - 18
Jack Ma5 decades - 19
John Leguizamo2 decades - 20
Marisa Tomei2 decades - 21
Juliette Binoche4 decades - 22
Tim Walz0 decades - 23
Famke Janssen0 decades - 24
Marco van Basten0 decades - 25
Chris Cornell0 decades - 26
Jürgen Klinsmann3 decades - 27
Stephen Colbert2 decades - 28
Teri Hatcher0 decades - 29
Tracy Chapman3 decades - 30
Bridget Fonda2 decades - 31
Don Cheadle2 decades - 32
Matt Dillon4 decades - 33
Roberto Mancini3 decades - 34
Laura Linney1 decades - 35
Eddie Vedder2 decades - 36
Mary-Louise Parker0 decades - 37
Djimon Hounsou0 decades - 38
Clive Owen1 decades - 39
Edi Rama0 decades - 40
Rob Lowe3 decades - 41
Giuseppe Contenot measured- - 42
Joss Whedon2 decades - 43
Calista Flockhart1 decades - 44
Mariska Hargitay0 decades - 45
Robert Fico0 decades - 46
David Spade1 decades - 47
Hank Azaria0 decades - 48
Magnús Schevingnot measured- - 49
Robert Trujillonot measured- - 50
Salvatore Schillaci0 decades - 51
Stone Cold Steve Austinnot measured- - 52
Oleksandr Turchynov2 decades - 53
Kevin Michael Richardson0 decades - 54
Rocco Siffredi3 decades - 55
Michael Laudrup0 decades - 56
Crispin Glovernot measured- - 57
Elle Macpherson0 decades - 58
Jennifer Doudna0 decades - 59
Rick Riordan1 decades - 60
Bret Easton Ellisnot measured- - 61
Joseph Aounnot measured- - 62
David Crossnot measured- - 63
Gianluca Vialli3 decades - 64
Patrick Warburtonnot measured- - 65
Tom Morellonot measured- - 66
Carlos Ruiz Zafón2 decades - 67
Bebeto0 decades - 68
Mark Kellynot measured- - 69
Iliana Iotovanot measured- - 70
Ernesto Valverde0 decades - 71
Janeane Garofalonot measured- - 72
Maggie Cheung1 decades - 73
Anne Applebaumnot measured- - 74
Christopher Ecclestonnot measured- - 75
Andrey Zvyagintsev2 decades - 76
Miguel Induráin3 decades - 77
Arvydas Sabonis0 decades - 78
Mehriban Alievanot measured- - 79
Michelle Fairleynot measured- - 80
Gitanas Nausėdanot measured- - 81
Ray Stevensonnot measured- - 82
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburghnot measured- - 83
Mark Addynot measured- - 84
Rosie Pereznot measured- - 85
Gore Verbinskinot measured- - 86
Lars Løkke Rasmussen0 decades - 87
Tim Blake Nelsonnot measured- - 88
Diana Krallnot measured- - 89
Melissa Gilbertnot measured- - 90
Vivica A. Foxnot measured- - 91
Duff McKagannot measured- - 92
Penelope Ann Millernot measured- - 93
Mats Wilander0 decades - 94
Amit Shahnot measured- - 95
Amy Brennemannot measured- - 96
Melinda Gates2 decades - 97
Uday Husseinnot measured- - 98
Maynard James Keenannot measured- - 99
Daphne Caruana Galizia0 decades - 100
Molly Shannonnot 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.