← Fame through time2015
2015
Who the world actually read about in 2015 - readers across every language edition we measure, whoever they were and whenever they lived.
Most read
Who people actually looked up in 2015, across every language edition we measure.
- 1
Pablo Escobar13.8M - 2
Donald Trump12.7M - 3
Ronda Rousey8.9M - 4
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam8.8M - 5
Adelenot measured8.7M - 6
Eazy-E8.3M - 7
Stephen Hawking7.3M - 8
Steve Jobs6.9M - 9
Dr. Dre6.7M - 10
Cristiano Ronaldo6.6M - 11
Lionel Messi6.4M - 12
Bernie Sanders6.2M - 13
Ice Cube6M - 14
Barack Obama5.9M - 15
Adolf Hitler5.8M - 16
Caitlyn Jenner5.6M - 17
Dwayne Johnson5.6M - 18
John Cena5.4M - 19
Vladimir Putin5.3M - 20
Justin Trudeau5.3M - 21
Johnny Depp5.3M - 22
Ben Carsonnot measured5.3M - 23
Eminem5.2M - 24
The Weeknd5.1M - 25
Taylor Swift4.9M
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 2015, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
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Kim Kardashian1 decades - 2
Ronaldinho3 decades - 3
Ryan Gosling1 decades - 4
Macaulay Culkinnot measured- - 5
Rishi Sunak0 decades - 6
Jake Gyllenhaal2 decades - 7
Andrew Tate0 decades - 8
Kristen Bell0 decades - 9
Eva Green2 decades - 10
Venus Williams2 decades - 11
Christina Aguilera2 decades - 12
Christina Riccinot measured- - 13
Gisele Bündchen0 decades - 14
Zooey Deschanel0 decades - 15
Channing Tatum1 decades - 16
Michelle Williams2 decades - 17
Chris Pine0 decades - 18
Pete Hegseth0 decades - 19
Steven Gerrard1 decades - 20
Xavi Hernández1 decades - 21
Jessica Simpson2 decades - 22
Annalena Baerbock0 decades - 23
Charlie Hunnam0 decades - 24
Jacinda Ardern0 decades - 25
Yao Ming4 decades - 26
Jason Segel0 decades - 27
Tamim bin Hamad Al0 decades - 28
Eliza Dushku0 decades - 29
Laura Prepon0 decades - 30
Randy Orton0 decades - 31
Kemi Badenochnot measured- - 32
Olivia Munn0 decades - 33
Jordana Brewster0 decades - 34
Chelsea Clintonnot measured- - 35
Ben Whishaw0 decades - 36
John Terrynot measured- - 37
Jules Bianchi0 decades - 38
Robbie Keane0 decades - 39
Ashley Cole1 decades - 40
Zachary Levi0 decades - 41
Jenson Button0 decades - 42
Kareena Kapoor0 decades - 43
Martina Hingis2 decades - 44
Simon Helberg0 decades - 45
Jolin Tsainot measured- - 46
Sarah Shahi0 decades - 47
Lin-Manuel Miranda1 decades - 48
Jason Schwartzman0 decades - 49
Zaz2 decades - 50
Marat Safin1 decades - 51
Nick Carternot measured- - 52
T.I.not measured- - 53
Ashantinot measured- - 54
Sibel Kekilli1 decades - 55
Pau Gasol2 decades - 56
Melissa Rauch0 decades - 57
Minka Kellynot measured- - 58
Rebel Wilson0 decades - 59
Kash Patelnot measured- - 60
Angela Rayner0 decades - 61
Matthew Gray Gubler0 decades - 62
Jenna Dewannot measured- - 63
Michelle Kwannot measured- - 64
Martín Demichelis0 decades - 65
Juan Carlos Ferrero1 decades - 66
Katee Sackhoff0 decades - 67
Cristian Chivunot measured- - 68
Katherine Waterston0 decades - 69
Gotye0 decades - 70
Wilmer Valderramanot measured- - 71
Jesse Jane0 decades - 72
The Miz0 decades - 73
Sarah Connornot measured- - 74
Yasuhito Endonot measured- - 75
Margarita Simonyannot measured- - 76
Dirk Kuyt0 decades - 77
Deryck Whibley0 decades - 78
Ellie Kempernot measured- - 79
Gabriel Milito0 decades - 80
Anna Chlumskynot measured- - 81
Esteban Cambiasso0 decades - 82
Scott Parkernot measured- - 83
Cho Jung-seoknot measured- - 84
John Arne Riise0 decades - 85
Gustaf Skarsgårdnot measured- - 86
Rachel Nichols0 decades - 87
Florent Malouda0 decades - 88
Bassirou Diomaye Fayenot measured- - 89
Luke Hemsworthnot measured- - 90
Gucci Manenot measured- - 91
Vanessa Carltonnot measured- - 92
Ruja Ignatovanot measured- - 93
Virgil Ablohnot measured- - 94
Yossi Benayounnot measured- - 95
Suella Bravermannot measured- - 96
Nick Cannonnot measured- - 97
Dan Bilzeriannot measured- - 98
Sam Rileynot measured- - 99
Christoph Metzelder0 decades - 100
Tiziano Ferro2 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.