215,950 profiles ranked

← Fame through time2000-2099

The 21st century

Whose names filled the books of the 21st century - anyone at all, however long dead - counted as mentions per million words printed, so a period that simply published more does not inflate anyone.

Talked about then

Whose names appeared most in Hebrew books during the 21st century, whenever they lived.

Most read

Who people actually looked up in the 21st century, across every language edition we measure (2015-2026 only - readership is measured from July 2015).

Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 21st century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

1Michael Schumacherborn 1969 · Germany · Athletes3 decades
2Jürgen Kloppborn 1967 · Germany · Footballers2 decades
3Thomas Müllerborn 1989 · Germany · Footballersnot measured-
4Diane Krugerborn 1976 · Germany · Actors0 decades
5Heidi Klumborn 1973 · Germany · Models2 decades
6Steffi Grafborn 1969 · Germany · Tennis Players4 decades
7Manuel Neuerborn 1986 · Germany · Footballers1 decades
8Alice Weidelborn 1979 · Germany · Politicians1 decades
9Mesut Özilborn 1988 · Germany · Footballers1 decades
10Miroslav Kloseborn 1978 · Germany · Footballers2 decades
11Boris Beckerborn 1967 · Germany · Tennis Players4 decades
12Sebastian Vettelborn 1987 · Germany · Athletes1 decades
13Annalena Baerbockborn 1980 · Germany · Politicians0 decades
14Thomas Tuchelborn 1973 · Germany · Footballers1 decades
15Kai Havertzborn 1999 · Germany · Footballersnot measured-
16Joshua Kimmichborn 1995 · Germany · Footballers0 decades
17Toni Kroosborn 1990 · Germany · Footballers1 decades
18Jamal Musialaborn 2003 · Germany · Footballersnot measured-
19Bastian Schweinsteigerborn 1984 · Germany · Footballers2 decades
20Alexander Zverevborn 1997 · Germany · Tennis Playersnot measured-
21Antonio Rüdigerborn 1993 · Germany · Footballersnot measured-
22Lukas Podolskiborn 1985 · Germany · Footballers2 decades
23Leroy Sanéborn 1996 · Germany · Footballers0 decades
24Marc-André ter Stegenborn 1992 · Germany · Footballers0 decades
25Julian Nagelsmannborn 1987 · Germany · Footballers0 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.