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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 Italian books during the 2000s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists8.7
  2. 2Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists5.6
  3. 3Benedetto Croce1866-1952 · 20th century · Italy · Academics4.6
  4. 4Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists4.4
  5. 5Silvio Berlusconi1936-2023 · 20th century · Italy · Politicians3.5
  6. 6Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists3.5
  7. 7Giordano Bruno1548-1600 · 16th century · Italy · Academics3.4
  8. 8Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers3.3
  9. 9Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists2.9
  10. 10Leon Battista Alberti1404-1472 · 15th century · Italy · Architects2.8
  11. 11Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects2.7
  12. 12Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers2.6
  13. 13Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures2.6
  14. 14Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.3
  15. 15Aldo Moro1916-1978 · 20th century · Italy · Politicians2.3
  16. 16Giuseppe Verdi1813-1901 · 19th century · Italy · Musicians2.2
  17. 17Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists2.1
  18. 18Italo Calvino1923-1985 · 20th century · Italy · Journalists2.0
  19. 19Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers2.0
  20. 20Pier Paolo Pasolini1922-1975 · 20th century · Italy · Writers2.0
  21. 21Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.9
  22. 22Masaccio1401-1428 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.9
  23. 23Petrarch1304-1374 · 14th century · Italy · Academics1.9
  24. 24Piero della Francesca1415-1492 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.8
  25. 25Luigi Einaudi1874-1961 · 20th century · Italy · Politicians1.8
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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.