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2008
Whose working lives fell in 2008. 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 2008, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Heath Ledger2 decades - 2
Paul Walkernot measured- - 3
Adrien Brody1 decades - 4
Kate Beckinsale1 decades - 5
Heidi Klum2 decades - 6
Seth MacFarlane0 decades - 7
Sachin Tendulkar3 decades - 8
Sergey Brin2 decades - 9
Banksy2 decades - 10
Monica Lewinsky3 decades - 11
Larry Page2 decades - 12
Vera Farmiga0 decades - 13
Jim Parsonsnot measured- - 14
James Marsden0 decades - 15
Lena Headey0 decades - 16
Neil Patrick Harris1 decades - 17
Akon2 decades - 18
Neve Campbell0 decades - 19
Monica Seles2 decades - 20
Juliette Lewis2 decades - 21
George Floydnot measured- - 22
Pharrell Williams1 decades - 23
Tyra Banks2 decades - 24
Thomas Tuchel1 decades - 25
Kristen Wiig0 decades - 26
Fabio Cannavaro2 decades - 27
Filippo Inzaghi2 decades - 28
Roberto Carlos1 decades - 29
Ryan Giggs1 decades - 30
Patrick Wilsonnot measured- - 31
Portia de Rossi0 decades - 32
Aishwarya Rai2 decades - 33
Nasnot measured- - 34
Varg Vikernes0 decades - 35
Kathryn Hahn0 decades - 36
Rose McGowan0 decades - 37
Ole Gunnar Solskjær0 decades - 38
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norwaynot measured- - 39
Roberto Martíneznot measured- - 40
Andrew Lincoln0 decades - 41
Ichiro Suzuki0 decades - 42
Dave Chappelle2 decades - 43
Rachel Maddow1 decades - 44
Christian Vieri3 decades - 45
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norwaynot measured- - 46
Sean Paul0 decades - 47
Yorgos Lanthimos0 decades - 48
Leslie Bibb0 decades - 49
Tara Strong0 decades - 50
Javier Zanetti0 decades - 51
Claude Makelélénot measured- - 52
Corey Taylor0 decades - 53
Stephen Grahamnot measured- - 54
Stephenie Meyer1 decades - 55
Sasha Alexander0 decades - 56
Matteo Salvini2 decades - 57
Marco Materazzi2 decades - 58
Edgenot measured- - 59
Brad Renfro0 decades - 60
Robert Pires0 decades - 61
Edgar Davids0 decades - 62
Jay-Jay Okocha0 decades - 63
Brendan Rodgers0 decades - 64
Holly Marie Combs0 decades - 65
Shannon Elizabeth0 decades - 66
Kevin Feige0 decades - 67
Jason Kidd1 decades - 68
Guillaume Canet2 decades - 69
Makoto Shinkai0 decades - 70
Oscar De La Hoya1 decades - 71
Rufus Wainwright0 decades - 72
Rian Johnson0 decades - 73
Brian Austin Greennot measured- - 74
Tori Spelling0 decades - 75
Ioan Gruffuddnot measured- - 76
Omar Epps0 decades - 77
Sharlto Copley0 decades - 78
Valerii Zaluzhnyinot measured- - 79
Jan Ullrich3 decades - 80
Yasiin Bey0 decades - 81
Peter Facinelli0 decades - 82
Seth Meyersnot measured- - 83
Federica Mogherini1 decades - 84
Paddy Considinenot measured- - 85
Jennifer Espositonot measured- - 86
Radha Mitchell0 decades - 87
Indira Varmanot measured- - 88
Stephen Dorffnot measured- - 89
Roselyn Sáncheznot measured- - 90
Natasha Korolyova2 decades - 91
Jorge Garcianot measured- - 92
Jason David Franknot measured- - 93
Verka Serduchka0 decades - 94
Giancarlo Fisichella1 decades - 95
Grey DeLislenot measured- - 96
Roberto Ayalanot measured- - 97
Didanot measured- - 98
Li Bingbingnot measured- - 99
S. S. Rajamoulinot measured- - 100
Edgars Rinkēvičsnot 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.