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The 2000s

Whose names filled the books of the 2000s - anyone at all, however long dead - counted as mentions per million words printed, so a period that simply published more does not inflate anyone.

Talked about then

Whose names appeared most in Spanish books during the 2000s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers5.7
  2. 2Fidel Castro1926-2016 · 20th century · Cuba · Politicians5.6
  3. 3Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures5.1
  4. 4Vicente Foxborn 1942 · 20th century · Mexico · Politicians5.0
  5. 5Simón Bolívar1783-1830 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians4.8
  6. 6Octavio Paz1914-1998 · 20th century · Mexico · Writers4.5
  7. 7John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal4.1
  8. 8Benito Juárez1806-1872 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians4.0
  9. 9Andrés Bello1781-1865 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians3.7
  10. 10Rubén Darío1867-1916 · 20th century · Nicaragua · Writers3.7
  11. 11Porfirio Díaz1830-1915 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians3.5
  12. 12Hugo Chávez1954-2013 · 20th century · Venezuela · Politicians3.0
  13. 13Jorge Luis Borges1899-1986 · 20th century · Argentina · Writers2.8
  14. 14Pablo Neruda1904-1973 · 20th century · Chile · Writers2.7
  15. 15Antonio Machado1875-1939 · 20th century · Spain · Writers2.6
  16. 16Christopher Columbus1451-1506 · 15th century · Italy · Historical Figures2.5
  17. 17Juan Ramón Jiménez1881-1958 · 20th century · Spain · Writers2.3
  18. 18Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers2.3
  19. 19Hernán Cortés1485-1547 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.3
  20. 20Carlos Fuentes1928-2012 · 20th century · Mexico · Writers2.2
  21. 21Federico García Lorca1898-1936 · 20th century · Spain · Writers2.1
  22. 22Gabriela Mistral1889-1957 · 20th century · Chile · Writers2.0
  23. 23Che Guevara1928-1967 · 20th century · Cuba · Activists2.0
  24. 24Salvador Allende1908-1973 · 20th century · Chile · Politicians1.9
  25. 25Venustiano Carranza1859-1920 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians1.9
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 2000s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Elon Muskborn 1971 · South Africa · Founders1 decades
  2. 2Leonardo DiCaprioborn 1974 · United States · Actors3 decades
  3. 3Justin Trudeauborn 1971 · Canada · Politicians1 decades
  4. 4Melania Trumpborn 1970 · Slovenia · Models1 decades
  5. 5Nicole Kidmanborn 1967 · Australia · Actors3 decades
  6. 6Eminemborn 1972 · United States · Musicians2 decades
  7. 7Zinedine Zidaneborn 1972 · France · Footballers3 decades
  8. 8Christopher Nolanborn 1970 · United Kingdom · Directors2 decades
  9. 9Matt Damonborn 1970 · United States · Actors3 decades
  10. 10Jennifer Lopezborn 1969 · United States · Musicians3 decades
  11. 11Dwayne Johnsonborn 1972 · Canada · Actors1 decades
  12. 12Michael Schumacherborn 1969 · Germany · Athletes3 decades
  13. 13Jennifer Anistonborn 1969 · United States · Actors2 decades
  14. 14Heath Ledger1979-2008 · Australia · Actors2 decades
  15. 15Pamela Andersonborn 1967 · Canada · Actors3 decades
  16. 16Ben Affleckborn 1972 · United States · Actors2 decades
  17. 17Julia Robertsborn 1967 · United States · Actors3 decades
  18. 18Cameron Diazborn 1972 · United States · Actors3 decades
  19. 19Gwyneth Paltrowborn 1972 · United States · Actors3 decades
  20. 20Will Smithborn 1968 · United States · Actors3 decades
  21. 21Jason Stathamborn 1967 · United Kingdom · Actors0 decades
  22. 22Mark Carneyborn 1965 · Canada · Politicians1 decades
  23. 23Celine Dionborn 1968 · Canada · Musicians1 decades
  24. 24Winona Ryderborn 1971 · United States · Actors3 decades
  25. 25Adam Sandlerborn 1966 · United States · Actors2 decades
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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.