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2005
Whose working lives fell in 2005. 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 2005, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
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Melania Trump1 decades - 2
Christopher Nolan2 decades - 3
Matt Damon3 decades - 4
Uma Thurman3 decades - 5
Andy Burnhamnot measured- - 6
Rachel Weisz1 decades - 7
Jennifer Connelly1 decades - 8
Ethan Hawke3 decades - 9
Gianni Infantinonot measured- - 10
Javier Mileinot measured- - 11
Andre Agassi3 decades - 12
Luis Enriquenot measured- - 13
Tina Fey2 decades - 14
Simon Pegg0 decades - 15
Melissa McCarthy0 decades - 16
Paul Thomas Anderson2 decades - 17
M. Night Shyamalan2 decades - 18
Vince Vaughn1 decades - 19
Queen Latifah3 decades - 20
Ted Cruz1 decades - 21
Diego Simeone0 decades - 22
Saif Ali Khan0 decades - 23
Sadiq Khannot measured- - 24
Naomi Campbell3 decades - 25
Alan Shearer1 decades - 26
Rahul Gandhi1 decades - 27
Heather Graham3 decades - 28
Octavia Spencer0 decades - 29
Minnie Driver1 decades - 30
DMX4 decades - 31
Lara Flynn Boyle1 decades - 32
Édouard Philippe1 decades - 33
Matthew Lillard0 decades - 34
Claudia Schiffer3 decades - 35
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau0 decades - 36
Sarah Silverman1 decades - 37
Taraji P. Henson0 decades - 38
Joseph Fiennes0 decades - 39
Kevin Smithnot measured- - 40
Julie Bowen0 decades - 41
Aleksandar Vučić0 decades - 42
Queen Rania of Jordan0 decades - 43
John Frusciante0 decades - 44
Bobby Cannavale0 decades - 45
MacKenzie Scott0 decades - 46
Shonda Rhimes1 decades - 47
Dominic Purcell0 decades - 48
Chris O'Donnell2 decades - 49
Warwick Davis0 decades - 50
Lara Fabian2 decades - 51
Cafu0 decades - 52
Edwin van der Sar0 decades - 53
Lee Byung-hun0 decades - 54
Gareth Southgate0 decades - 55
Gabby Giffords0 decades - 56
Jason Leenot measured- - 57
Fred Durst0 decades - 58
Becknot measured- - 59
Manisha Koirala0 decades - 60
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Erik ten Hagnot measured- - 61
Chris Jericho0 decades - 62
Paul Ryan3 decades - 63
Han Kangnot measured- - 64
Tonya Harding3 decades - 65
Paolo Sorrentino2 decades - 66
Elizabeth Mitchellnot measured- - 67
Anthony Andersonnot measured- - 68
Martin McDonagh2 decades - 69
Naomi Klein2 decades - 70
Igor Girkinnot measured- - 71
Padma Lakshmi0 decades - 72
Sean Hayes0 decades - 73
Hunter Biden0 decades - 74
Ketanji Brown Jackson0 decades - 75
Nia Long0 decades - 76
Gabriela Sabatini3 decades - 77
David Benioff0 decades - 78
R. Madhavannot measured- - 79
Hakeem Jeffriesnot measured- - 80
Nick Offermannot measured- - 81
Emmanuel Petit2 decades - 82
Gavin McInnes0 decades - 83
Shemar Moorenot measured- - 84
Todd Phillips0 decades - 85
Mike Epps0 decades - 86
Megyn Kellynot measured- - 87
Alex Garlandnot measured- - 88
Zack de la Rochanot measured- - 89
Nicola Sturgeon1 decades - 90
Aisha Tylernot measured- - 91
Ken Leung0 decades - 92
Mehmet Scholl2 decades - 93
Charisma Carpenternot measured- - 94
Bart De Wever0 decades - 95
Will Arnettnot measured- - 96
Regina Hallnot measured- - 97
Gabrielle Anwarnot measured- - 98
Justin Chambers0 decades - 99
Jay Mohrnot measured- - 100
Jim Courier0 decades
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.