← Fame through time2001
2001
Whose working lives fell in 2001. 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 2001, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Adam Sandler2 decades - 2
Halle Berry3 decades - 3
Mike Tyson4 decades - 4
Janet Jackson4 decades - 5
Salma Hayek2 decades - 6
Helena Bonham Carter3 decades - 7
Sinéad O'Connor0 decades - 8
Aaliyah2 decades - 9
Kiefer Sutherland3 decades - 10
Robin Wright3 decades - 11
Cindy Crawford3 decades - 12
J. J. Abrams1 decades - 13
John Cusack3 decades - 14
David Cameron4 decades - 15
Gordon Ramsay2 decades - 16
Eric Cantona2 decades - 17
Patrick Dempsey0 decades - 18
David Schwimmer0 decades - 19
Sophie Marceau4 decades - 20
Jon Favreau1 decades - 21
Grigori Perelman1 decades - 22
Vincent Cassel3 decades - 23
Mikhail Mishustin0 decades - 24
George Weah0 decades - 25
Roman Abramovich2 decades - 26
Luke Perry0 decades - 27
José Antonio Kast0 decades - 28
Romárionot measured- - 29
A. R. Rahman0 decades - 30
Téa Leoni0 decades - 31
Jimmy Wales1 decades - 32
Billy Zane1 decades - 33
Jeffrey Dean Morgan0 decades - 34
James Gunnnot measured- - 35
Zack Snyder1 decades - 36
Matthew Fox4 decades - 37
Rick Astley0 decades - 38
Timothy McVeigh3 decades - 39
Stephen Baldwin0 decades - 40
Enrique Peña Nieto2 decades - 41
Cynthia Nixon0 decades - 42
Amélie Nothomb3 decades - 43
Lisa Edelstein0 decades - 44
Michael Imperioli0 decades - 45
Patricia Kaas3 decades - 46
Hristo Stoichkov0 decades - 47
Julianna Margulies0 decades - 48
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi2 decades - 49
Rainn Wilson0 decades - 50
Julen Lopetegui0 decades - 51
Samantha Fox0 decades - 52
Dean Cainnot measured- - 53
Gianfranco Zola1 decades - 54
Dikembe Mutombo0 decades - 55
Mohamed Atta2 decades - 56
Teddy Sheringham0 decades - 57
Toby Jonesnot measured- - 58
René Higuita3 decades - 59
Emmanuelle Seigner3 decades - 60
Kirsten Gillibrand0 decades - 61
Michael K. Williamsnot measured- - 62
William Ruto0 decades - 63
Pamela Adlonnot measured- - 64
Alessandro Costacurta0 decades - 65
Dimebag Darrellnot measured- - 66
Andy Richternot measured- - 67
Dan Schneidernot measured- - 68
Neal McDonoughnot measured- - 69
Alex Zanardinot measured- - 70
Liz Cheney0 decades - 71
Stefan Edberg1 decades - 72
Bill Goldbergnot measured- - 73
Vikramnot measured- - 74
Dany Boon2 decades - 75
Fred Armisennot measured- - 76
Jason Scott Leenot measured- - 77
Mark Gatissnot measured- - 78
Valeria Golinonot measured- - 79
Zoran Milanović0 decades - 80
Zlatko Dalićnot measured- - 81
Billy Burkenot measured- - 82
Enrico Letta3 decades - 83
Sergei Surovikinnot measured- - 84
Chuck Schuldiner0 decades - 85
Jerry Cantrellnot measured- - 86
Marton Csokasnot measured- - 87
Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé0 decades - 88
C. Thomas Howellnot measured- - 89
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantesnot measured- - 90
Cláudio Taffarelnot measured- - 91
Helle Thorning-Schmidt0 decades - 92
Jorge Camposnot measured- - 93
Jason Patricnot measured- - 94
Bai Lingnot measured- - 95
Stefan Raab2 decades - 96
Mostafa Madboulynot measured- - 97
Qusay Husseinnot measured- - 98
Tigran Keosayannot measured- - 99
Dejan Savićević0 decades - 100
Matt Reevesnot 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.