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2009
Whose working lives fell in 2009. 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 2009, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Leonardo DiCaprio3 decades - 2
Penélope Cruz3 decades - 3
Robbie Williams2 decades - 4
Christian Bale2 decades - 5
Joaquin Phoenix2 decades - 6
Amy Adams1 decades - 7
Eva Mendes0 decades - 8
Victoria Beckham2 decades - 9
Brittany Murphy0 decades - 10
Alanis Morissette3 decades - 11
Olivia Colman0 decades - 12
Elizabeth Banksnot measured- - 13
Hilary Swank2 decades - 14
Hrithik Roshan0 decades - 15
Mahershala Ali0 decades - 16
Sarah Paulson0 decades - 17
Alessandro Del Piero3 decades - 18
Alyson Hannigan0 decades - 19
Jenna Jameson0 decades - 20
Chloë Sevigny0 decades - 21
Kajol2 decades - 22
Ryan Phillippe0 decades - 23
Giovanni Ribisi0 decades - 24
Bear Grylls1 decades - 25
James Blunt1 decades - 26
Jimmy Fallon1 decades - 27
Chris Kyle0 decades - 28
Karisma Kapoor0 decades - 29
Kate Moss3 decades - 30
Rey Mysterio0 decades - 31
Melanie C0 decades - 32
Paul Scholes1 decades - 33
Michael Shannonnot measured- - 34
Nellynot measured- - 35
Steve Nash2 decades - 36
Franka Potente2 decades - 37
Seth Greennot measured- - 38
Laura Pausini3 decades - 39
C. Joseph Vijaynot measured- - 40
Jemaine Clement0 decades - 41
Alex Jones1 decades - 42
Josh Radnor0 decades - 43
Raveena Tandon0 decades - 44
Natasha Henstridge0 decades - 45
Andry Rajoelina0 decades - 46
Anggun0 decades - 47
Matthew Macfadyen0 decades - 48
Jerry O'Connell0 decades - 49
Emilia Fox0 decades - 50
Hannah Waddinghamnot measured- - 51
Jewelnot measured- - 52
Jenna Fischernot measured- - 53
Sol Campbell0 decades - 54
Joel Edgertonnot measured- - 55
Marjorie Taylor Greenenot measured- - 56
Twinkle Khanna0 decades - 57
Tiffani Thiessen0 decades - 58
Farhan Akhtar0 decades - 59
Nuno Espírito Santonot measured- - 60
Matthew Rhysnot measured- - 61
Robert Enke1 decades - 62
Ryan Seacrestnot measured- - 63
Misha Collins0 decades - 64
Xzibit0 decades - 65
Vincenzo Montellanot measured- - 66
Ramin Djawadinot measured- - 67
Edgar Wrightnot measured- - 68
Masashi Kishimoto0 decades - 69
Ivana Miličevićnot measured- - 70
Nawazuddin Siddiqui0 decades - 71
Ed Helmsnot measured- - 72
Fairuza Balknot measured- - 73
Ole Einar Bjørndalennot measured- - 74
Sébastien Loeb2 decades - 75
Urmila Matondkar0 decades - 76
Joachim Triernot measured- - 77
Sérgio Conceiçãonot measured- - 78
Sean Gunnnot measured- - 79
Meg Whitenot measured- - 80
Amber Valletta0 decades - 81
Matt Lucasnot measured- - 82
Lil' Kimnot measured- - 83
apl.de.ap0 decades - 84
Shavo Odadjian0 decades - 85
Murat Yakınnot measured- - 86
Jordi Cruyff0 decades - 87
Muqtada al-Sadr2 decades - 88
Tricia Helfernot measured- - 89
Alexis Tsipras1 decades - 90
Kevin Durandnot measured- - 91
Karine Jean-Pierrenot measured- - 92
D’Angelonot measured- - 93
Grace Parknot measured- - 94
Zé Roberto0 decades - 95
Arsenii Yatseniuk1 decades - 96
Derek Jeternot measured- - 97
Victoria Silvstedt0 decades - 98
Oliver Glasnernot measured- - 99
Chad Kroegernot measured- - 100
Matt Hardy0 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.