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2004
Whose working lives fell in 2004. 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 2004, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Jennifer Lopez3 decades - 2
Michael Schumacher3 decades - 3
Jennifer Aniston2 decades - 4
Mariah Carey3 decades - 5
Matthew McConaughey2 decades - 6
Jason Bateman0 decades - 7
Cate Blanchett2 decades - 8
Catherine Zeta-Jones2 decades - 9
Renée Zellweger0 decades - 10
Javier Bardem3 decades - 11
Mojtaba Khamenei0 decades - 12
Matthew Perrynot measured- - 13
Sean Combs1 decades - 14
Jack Black2 decades - 15
Marilyn Manson3 decades - 16
Edward Norton2 decades - 17
Jay-Z2 decades - 18
Peter Dinklage0 decades - 19
Steffi Graf4 decades - 20
Gerard Butler0 decades - 21
Gwen Stefani2 decades - 22
Ice Cube3 decades - 23
Paul Ruddnot measured- - 24
Dave Bautista0 decades - 25
Dave Grohl2 decades - 26
Felix Baumgartner1 decades - 27
Wes Anderson2 decades - 28
Delcy Rodrigueznot measured- - 29
Linus Torvalds2 decades - 30
Tucker Carlson1 decades - 31
Antonio Conte5 decades - 32
Cory Booker1 decades - 33
Anne Heche1 decades - 34
Triple H2 decades - 35
Michael Sheen0 decades - 36
Darren Aronofsky1 decades - 37
Norman Reedus0 decades - 38
Christian Slater3 decades - 39
Simon Bakernot measured- - 40
Marjane Satrapi2 decades - 41
Tyler Perry1 decades - 42
Ellen Pompeo0 decades - 43
Oliver Kahn2 decades - 44
Gabriel Batistuta2 decades - 45
Sahra Wagenknecht3 decades - 46
Terrence Howard0 decades - 47
Patton Oswalt0 decades - 48
Sheryl Sandberg1 decades - 49
Bong Joon-ho0 decades - 50
Trey Parker2 decades - 51
Robert Sean Leonard1 decades - 52
Ed Miliband1 decades - 53
Julie Delpy4 decades - 54
Zach Galifianakis0 decades - 55
Verne Troyer0 decades - 56
Nicușor Dannot measured- - 57
Alexander McQueen2 decades - 58
Viswanathan Anand0 decades - 59
Dennis Bergkamp0 decades - 60
Spike Jonze2 decades - 61
Robert Habeck0 decades - 62
Naveen Andrews0 decades - 63
David Boreanaz0 decades - 64
Ayaan Hirsi Ali2 decades - 65
RZAnot measured- - 66
Dominic West0 decades - 67
Bixente Lizarazu2 decades - 68
Ken Jeong0 decades - 69
Josh Holloway0 decades - 70
Keith Flint0 decades - 71
Chynanot measured- - 72
Brett Ratnernot measured- - 73
Thomas Jane0 decades - 74
Shane Warne2 decades - 75
Dana White0 decades - 76
Donnie Wahlbergnot measured- - 77
PJ Harvey1 decades - 78
Faye Wong6 decades - 79
Laurie Holden0 decades - 80
Elizabeth Gilbert1 decades - 81
John Fettermannot measured- - 82
Jens Lehmann2 decades - 83
Richard Hammondnot measured- - 84
Tiësto0 decades - 85
Bobby Brownnot measured- - 86
Wyclef Jean2 decades - 87
Jason Clarkenot measured- - 88
Jason Priestley0 decades - 89
Jennifer Ehlenot measured- - 90
Ben Mendelsohnnot measured- - 91
Beau Bidennot measured- - 92
Noah Baumbachnot measured- - 93
Siniša Mihajlović0 decades - 94
Valeri Karpin1 decades - 95
Paget Brewsternot measured- - 96
Roy Jones Jr.0 decades - 97
Marco Pantani3 decades - 98
Shea Whighamnot measured- - 99
Erika Eleniaknot measured- - 100
Colman Domingonot 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.