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2012
Whose working lives fell in 2012. 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 2012, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Shakira3 decades - 2
Emmanuel Macronnot measured- - 3
Kanye West2 decades - 4
Giorgia Meloni2 decades - 5
John Cena1 decades - 6
Thierry Henry2 decades - 7
Tom Hardy1 decades - 8
Orlando Bloom2 decades - 9
Chris Martin3 decades - 10
Liv Tyler1 decades - 11
Michael Fassbender0 decades - 12
Jessica Chastain0 decades - 13
Sarah Michelle Gellar1 decades - 14
Maggie Gyllenhaal0 decades - 15
Tom Brady2 decades - 16
Chiwetel Ejiofor0 decades - 17
Donald Trump Jr.1 decades - 18
James Van Der Beek0 decades - 19
Floyd Mayweather1 decades - 20
Kerry Washington0 decades - 21
Kaja Kallasnot measured- - 22
Brock Lesnar0 decades - 23
Milo Ventimiglia0 decades - 24
Mike Shinoda0 decades - 25
Jared Fogle0 decades - 26
John Mayernot measured- - 27
Tom Wellingnot measured- - 28
Jonathan Rhys Meyers0 decades - 29
Mette Frederiksen0 decades - 30
Zachary Quinto0 decades - 31
James Wan0 decades - 32
Matt Bomer0 decades - 33
Samantha Morton0 decades - 34
John Greennot measured- - 35
Ludacris2 decades - 36
Kal Penn0 decades - 37
Psynot measured- - 38
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie1 decades - 39
Gerard Way0 decades - 40
David Trezeguet1 decades - 41
Raúl0 decades - 42
John Olivernot measured- - 43
Victoria, Crown Princess of Swedennot measured- - 44
Fiona Apple0 decades - 45
Jeff Hardynot measured- - 46
Luca Toni2 decades - 47
Ronan Keating0 decades - 48
Deconot measured- - 49
Katheryn Winnick0 decades - 50
Edward Furlong0 decades - 51
Sarah Wayne Callies0 decades - 52
Jaime Pressly0 decades - 53
Vince Carter1 decades - 54
A.J. Styles0 decades - 55
Annie Werschingnot measured- - 56
Mark van Bommel0 decades - 57
Laila Ali0 decades - 58
Antonio Di Natalenot measured- - 59
Robin Thicke0 decades - 60
Maryam Mirzakhani0 decades - 61
Manu Ginóbili0 decades - 62
Kelly Reillynot measured- - 63
Paul Piercenot measured- - 64
Fabio Grosso1 decades - 65
Francesca Albanesenot measured- - 66
Colin Hanksnot measured- - 67
Freddie Ljungberg0 decades - 68
Natalia Oreiro2 decades - 69
William Gallas0 decades - 70
Gianluca Zambrotta0 decades - 71
Phil Neville0 decades - 72
Jason Mraz0 decades - 73
Melanie Lynskeynot measured- - 74
Hidetoshi Nakata0 decades - 75
Tarja Turunennot measured- - 76
Steve Aokinot measured- - 77
André Villas-Boas0 decades - 78
Justin Hartleynot measured- - 79
Lana Parrillanot measured- - 80
Danielle Harris0 decades - 81
Lynn Collinsnot measured- - 82
Brad Delson0 decades - 83
Peter Phillipsnot measured- - 84
Ike Barinholtznot measured- - 85
Michelle Hunzikernot measured- - 86
Peja Stojakovićnot measured- - 87
Richard Ayoadenot measured- - 88
Rob McElhenneynot measured- - 89
Steve Howeynot measured- - 90
Arashnot measured- - 91
Markwayne Mullinnot measured- - 92
Joe Hahnnot measured- - 93
Adam Małysz0 decades - 94
Eddie Howenot measured- - 95
Clea DuVallnot measured- - 96
Benni McCarthy0 decades - 97
Cary Joji Fukunaganot measured- - 98
Katherine Moennig0 decades - 99
Tom Cottonnot measured- - 100
Massimo Ambrosini0 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.