← Fame through time2019
2019
Who the world actually read about in 2019 - readers across every language edition we measure, whoever they were and whenever they lived.
Most read
Who people actually looked up in 2019, across every language edition we measure.
- 1
Ted Bundy30.4M - 2
Freddie Mercury30.1M - 3
Billie Eilish23M - 4
Keanu Reeves18.3M - 5
Elizabeth II18M - 6
Jeffrey Epstein17.2M - 7
Donald Trump16.9M - 8
Cristiano Ronaldo14.2M - 9
Jason Momoa12.5M - 10
Lionel Messi12.3M - 11
Greta Thunbergnot measured12.1M - 12
Lady Gaga11.8M - 13
Luke Perry11.8M - 14
Elon Musk11.6M - 15
Nipsey Husslenot measured11.6M - 16
Joaquin Phoenix11.6M - 17
Dwayne Johnson11.5M - 18
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez11.4M - 19
Elton John11.4M - 20
Bradley Cooper11M - 21
Rami Malek11M - 22
Cameron Boyce10.7M - 23
Scarlett Johansson10.7M - 24
Boris Johnson10.7M - 25
Charles Manson10.7M
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 2019, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1Scarlett Johansson2 decades
- 2
Katy Perry1 decades - 3
LeBron James2 decades - 4
Mark Zuckerberg1 decades - 5
Avril Lavigne2 decades - 6
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussexnot measured- - 7
Olivia Wilde0 decades - 8
Pavel Durov1 decades - 9
Lindsey Vonn0 decades - 10
J. D. Vancenot measured- - 11
Fernando Torresnot measured- - 12
Aubrey Plaza0 decades - 13
Mandy Moore0 decades - 14
Mary Elizabeth Winstead0 decades - 15
Andrés Iniesta1 decades - 16
Bastian Schweinsteiger2 decades - 17
Khloé Kardashian0 decades - 18Cameron Boyce0 decades
- 19
Thiago Silva0 decades - 20
Carmelo Anthony1 decades - 21
Arjen Robben0 decades - 22
Carlos Tevez1 decades - 23
Elizabeth Holmesnot measured- - 24
America Ferrera0 decades - 25
Logan Paul0 decades - 26
Freida Pinto0 decades - 27
Javier Mascherano1 decades - 28
Claire Foy0 decades - 29
Juice Wrldnot measured- - 30
Ben Shapiro0 decades - 31
Paul Dano0 decades - 32
Calvin Harris0 decades
- 33
Robinho0 decades - 34
Ashlee Simpson0 decades - 35
Santi Cazorla0 decades - 36
Theo James0 decades - 37
Trevor Noah0 decades - 38
Shreya Ghoshal0 decades - 39
Eric Trump0 decades - 40
Helene Fischer1 decades - 41
Kid Cudi0 decades - 42
Emmanuel Adebayor0 decades - 43
Eliud Kipchoge0 decades - 44
Milo Yiannopoulos0 decades - 45
Annabelle Wallis0 decades - 46
Jena Malone0 decades - 47
Kelly Osbournenot measured- - 48
Sunil Chhetri0 decades - 49
Alizée3 decades - 50
Garrett Hedlund0 decades - 51
Darren Fletcher0 decades - 52
Wesley Sneijder0 decades - 53
Per Mertesacker1 decades - 54
Gaspard Ulliel1 decades - 55
Nayanthara0 decades - 56
Giorgio Chiellini0 decades - 57
Kim Jong-un1 decades - 58
Duffynot measured- - 59
Kate McKinnon0 decades - 60
Jaimie Alexandernot measured- - 61
Indila1 decades - 62
Delta Goodrem0 decades - 63
Robert Kubica0 decades - 64
Ludwig Göranssonnot measured- - 65
T-Pain0 decades - 66
Katharine McPhee0 decades - 67
John David Washingtonnot measured- - 68
Lena Katinanot measured- - 69
Sullinot measured- - 70Technobladenot measured-
- 71
Natalia Tena0 decades - 72
Chris Bosh0 decades - 73
Ryan Lochte0 decades - 74
Mathieu Valbuena1 decades - 75
Luke Grimesnot measured- - 76
Basshunter0 decades - 77
Taylor Schillingnot measured- - 78
Katie Melua0 decades - 79
Emiliano Salanot measured- - 80
Dodanot measured- - 81
Jack Antonoffnot measured- - 82
Alberto Aquilani0 decades - 83
Mathieu Flamininot measured- - 84
Gina Rodrigueznot measured- - 85
Obafemi Martins0 decades - 86
Goo Haranot measured- - 87
Abdul El-Sayednot measured- - 88
Jackson Rathbone0 decades - 89
Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmlandnot measured- - 90
Paolo Guerrero0 decades - 91
Dustin Moskovitznot measured- - 92
Liam Roseniornot measured- - 93
Taraneh Alidoostinot measured- - 94
Branislav Ivanović0 decades - 95
Rachael Taylornot measured- - 96
Torrey DeVittonot measured- - 97
Vágner Lovenot measured- - 98
Kevin Owensnot measured- - 99
Olly Murs0 decades - 100Nipsey Husslenot 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.