This Year’s Position, Last Year’s Position, Name, Total Mentions
1 1 President Bill Clinton 358
2 2 Madonna, singer 308
3 10 Diana, Princess of Wales 259
4 5 Mayor Rudolph Giuliani 234
5 4 O.J. Simpson, retired football player 195
6 16 Donald Trump, real-estate developer 182
7 7 First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton 164
8 3 John F. Kennedy Jr., magazine editor 161
9 9 Sylvester Stallone, actor 140
10 18 Elizabeth Taylor, actress 134
10 8 Barbra Streisand, singer-actress 134
12 22 Rosie O’Donnell, talk-show host 129
13 11 Michael Jackson, singer 127
14 6 Sharon Stone, actress 122
15 21 Barbara Walters, interviewer 120
16 15 Brad Pitt, actor 114
17 46 Woody Allen, director 111
18 14 Demi Moore, actress 109
19 17 Robert De Niro, actor 105
20 38 Tom Cruise, actor 103
20 41 John Travolta, actor 103
22 90 Gianni Versace, designer 102
23 83 Alec Baldwin, actor 101
24 60 Howard Stern, radio-show host 100
25 33 Governor George Pataki 98
26 27 Gwyneth Paltrow, actress 95
27 68 Frank Sinatra, singer 94
27 67 Mike Tyson, boxer 94
27 25 Whoopi Goldberg, actress 94
30 114 Ivana Trump, socialite 93
31 107 Liza Minnelli, singer-actress 92
32 98 Courtney Love, singer-actress 91
33 35 Charles, Prince of Wales 90
34 13 Calvin Klein, designer 89
35 x Ellen DeGeneres, comedian 86
36 24 Naomi Campbell, model 83
36 73 Ronald Perelman, buyout specialist 83
38 35 Senator Alfonse D’Amato 81
39 22 Cindy Crawford, model 80
39 20 Jacqueline Onassis, ex–First Lady 80
39 73 Marilyn Monroe, actress 80
39 60 Martha Stewart, magazine editor 80
43 90 Elton John, singer 78
44 32 Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, ex-publicist 77
45 137 Harrison Ford, actor 75
46 58 Al Pacino, actor 74
47 29 Julia Roberts, actress 73
48 53 Kathie Lee Gifford, talk-show host 72
48 46 Bruce Willis, actor 72
48 49 Marla Maples Trump, socialite 72
48 44 Steven Spielberg, director 72
52 60 Oprah Winfrey, talk-show host 70
52 114 Whitney Houston, singer-actress 70
52 90 Vice President Al Gore 70
55 26 George Clooney, actor 68
55 90 Diane Sawyer, TV journalist 68
55 78 Tina Brown, magazine editor 68
58 131 Harvey Weinstein, film executive 67
58 90 Bette Midler, singer-actress 67
58 41 Claudia Schiffer, model 67
61 x Billy Bob Thornton, director 66
61 150 Elizabeth II, Queen of England 66
63 172 Lauren Bacall, actress 65
63 211 Mariah Carey, singer 65
65 53 Goldie Hawn, actress 64
65 257 Henry Kissinger, politician 64
65 45 Joan Rivers, comedian 64
68 65 Johnny Depp, actor 63
68 29 David Letterman, talk-show host 63
70 49 Dennis Rodman, basketball player 62
71 x Frank Gifford, sportscaster 61
72 302 Michael Douglas, actor-producer 60
73 68 Nicole Kidman, actress 59
73 368 Kim Basinger, actress 59
73 185 Bill Cosby, comedian 59
73 121 Ted Turner, media executive 59
77 x Marv Albert, ex-sportscaster 58
78 90 Michael Ovitz, ex-film executive 57
78 53 Mira Sorvino, actress 57
78 107 Anna Wintour, magazine editor 57
81 39 Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor 55
81 x Dodi al-Fayed, producer 55
81 121 Donna Hanover Giuliani, actress 55
81 126 Uma Thurman, actress 55
81 64 Jim Carrey, actor 55
86 39 Sean Penn, actor 54
87 185 George Plimpton, author 53
87 153 Glenn Close, actress 53
87 68 Kate Moss, model 53
87 28 Mel Gibson, actor 53
87 51 Mick Jagger, singer 53
92 368 Julie Andrews, actress52
92 162 Larry King, talk-show host 52
92 114 George Steinbrenner, team owner 52
92 34 Jack Nicholson, actor 52
92 72 John F. Kennedy, ex-President 52
97 19 Sarah Ferguson, ex–Duchess of York 51
97 245 Eddie Murphy, actor 51
99 162 George Bush, ex-President 50
99 368 Chelsea Clinton, daughter 50
99 107 Clint Eastwood, actor-director 50
99 271 Pamela Harriman, ex-Ambassador 50
103 245 Oscar de la Renta, designer 49
103 419 Leonardo DiCaprio, actor 49
105 137 David Dinkins, ex-Mayor 48
105 x Evander Holyfield, boxer 48
105 137 Michael Eisner, media executive 48
105 88 Paul Newman, actor 48
109 302 Jon Bon Jovi, actor-singer 47
109 x JonBenet Ramsey, beauty princess 47
109 193 Dominick Dunne, writer 47
112 x Anne Heche, actress 46
112 90 Mario Cuomo, ex-Governor 46
112 172 Matt Dillon, actor 46
115 137 David Geffen, media executive 45
115 35 Elle MacPherson, model-actress 45
115 234 Raquel Welch, actress 45
115 83 Richard Gere, actor 45
115 73 Robin Williams, actor 45
115 368 Ruth Messinger, politician 45
115 78 Spike Lee, director 45
122 162 Ronald Reagan, ex-President44
122 153 Prince, singer 44
122 114 Winona Ryder, actress 44
122 x Donatella Versace, designer 44
122 41 Donna Karan, designer 44
122 185 Harold Evans, editor 44
122 65 Blaine Trump, socialite 44
122 48 Christie Brinkley, ex-model 44
130 114 Carlos Leon, personal trainer 43
130 217 Carroll Petrie, socialite 43
130 x Lourdes Leon, celebrity spawn 43
130 88 Nicole Brown Simpson, murder victim 43
130 325 Nora Ephron, director 43
135 245 Walter Cronkite, TV anchor 42
135 114 Jerry Seinfeld, comedian 42
135 131 Marlon Brando, actor 42
135 x Mia Farrow, actress 42
135 172 Diana Ross, singer 42
135 104 Dick Morris, political strategist 42
135 368 Ed Burns, director 42
142 131 Michael Jordan, basketball player 41
142 403 Muhammad Ali, retired boxer 41
142 288 Johnnie Cochran, attorney 41
142 x Tommy Mottola, music executive 41
142 137 Woody Harrelson, actor 41
142 302 Peter Jennings, TV news anchor 41
142 x Shirley MacLaine, actress-writer 41
149 104 Oliver Stone, director 40
149 199 Wendy Wasserstein, playwright 40
149 137 Nancy Reagan, ex–First Lady 40
149 193 David Bowie, singer 40
149 x George Stephanopoulos, political strategist 40
149 83 William Baldwin, actor 40
155 211 Helena Christensen, model 39
155 x David Duchovny, actor 39
155 347 Elvis Presley, rock ’n’ roll king 39
155 x Senator Ted Kennedy 39
155 257 Tom Brokaw, TV news anchor 39
155 217 Pierce Brosnan, actor 39
161 193 Regis Philbin, talk-show host 38
161 347 Richard Nixon, ex-President 38
161 x Will Smith, singer-actor 38
161 x Judy Garland, actress 38
161 172 Drew Barrymore, actress 38
161 447 Dustin Hoffman, actor 38
161 271 Edgar Bronfman Jr., media executive 38
161 384 Lieutenant Governor Betsy McCaughey Ross 38
161 83 Caroline Schlossberg, attorney 38
170 185 Brooke Astor, socialite 37
170 257 Kevin Spacey, actor 37
170 x Mark Wahlberg, actor 37
173 217 Mary Tyler Moore, actress 36
173 199 Meryl Streep, actress 36
173 211 Mike Wallace, TV journalist 36
173 98 Elizabeth Hurley, model-actress 36
173 172 Geraldo Rivera, talk-show host 36
173 199 Graydon Carter, magazine editor 36
173 288 Sting, singer 36
180 x Prime Minister Tony Blair 35
180 x James Brolin, actor 35
180 245 Ed Koch, ex-Mayor 35
180 447 Lauren Holly, actress 35
180 x Bryant Gumbel, TV personality 35
180 325 Cameron Diaz, actress 35
180 271 Anthony Hopkins, actor 35
180 199 Beverly Sills, arts executive 35
180 217 Martin Scorsese, director 35
189 288 Martin Richards, theater producer 34
189 121 Mike Nichols, director 34
189 x Andrew Cunanan, serial killer 34
189 114 Bianca Jagger, socialite 34
189 302 Brooke Shields, actress 34
189 98 Christopher Reeve, director 34
189 172 Tyra Banks, model 34
189 193 Norman Mailer, writer 34
189 368 Paul McCartney, composer-singer 34
189 126 Ralph Lauren, designer 34
189 257 Robert Redford, actor-director 34
200 257 Sandra Bernhard, comedian 33
200 473 Soon-Yi Previn, love interest 33
200 x Tiger Woods, professional golfer 33
200 162 Billy Joel, singer 33
200 x Albert, Prince of Monaco 33
200 234 Bill Blass, designer 33
200 107 Keanu Reeves, actor 33
200 121 Liz Smith, gossip columnist 33
200 x Deborah Rowe Jackson, nurse 33
200 x Ambassador Felix Rohatyn 33
210 x Don King, boxing impresario 32
210 384 Aretha Franklin, singer 32
210 185 Carolina Herrera, designer 32
210 x Michael Kennedy, attorney 32
210 473 Veronica Hearst, socialite 32
210 325 Veronica Webb, model 32
210 x William, Prince of England 32
210 185 Jennifer Aniston, actress 32
210 347 Robert Downey Jr., actor 32
210 473 Sheryl Crow, singer 32
210 51 Cher, singer-actress 32
210 193 RuPaul, TV personality 32
222 x Roone Arledge, media executive 31
222 473 Judith Regan, book editor 31
222 x Téa Leoni, actress 31
222 245 Carly Simon, singer 31
222 172 Christy Turlington, model 31
222 217 Cindy Adams, gossip columnist 31
222 347 David Copperfield, magician 31
222 325 Howard Rubenstein, publicist 31
222 81 Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer 31
231 168 Larry Flynt, magazine publisher 30
231 104 Lisa Marie Presley, heiress 30
231 137 Liz Tilberis, magazine editor 30
231 83 Harvey Keitel, actor 30
231 153 Howard Safir, police chief 30
231 x Camilla Parker-Bowles, mistress of Prince Charles 30
231 x Celine Dion, singer 30
231 x Andie MacDowell, actress 30
231 325 Public Advocate Mark Green 30
231 347 Matthew Broderick, actor 30
231 153 Mortimer Zuckerman, publisher 30
231 234 Nicolas Cage, actor 30
231 81 Susan Sarandon, actress 30
231 211 Tony Bennett, singer 30
231 271 Tony Randall, actor 30
231 x Sultan of Brunei 30
231 172 Pamela Anderson Lee, actress 30
231 347 Raoul Felder, attorney 30
249 x Penny Marshall, director 29
249 384 S.I. Newhouse Jr., publisher 29
249 168 Jay Leno, talk-show host 29
249 271 Jessye Norman, opera singer 29
249 325 Andrew Lloyd Webber, songwriter 29
249 x Frank McCourt, writer 29
249 63 Hugh Grant, actor 29
249 73 Isaac Mizrahi, designer 29
249 217 Isabella Rossellini, actress-model 29
258 403 Denise Rich, socialite 28
258 199 Ethan Hawke, actor-novelist 28
258 x Billy Crystal, actor 28
258 x Bob Weinstein, media executive 28
258 384 Charlie Rose, talk-show host 28
258 288 Conan O’Brien, talk-show host 28
258 217 Danny Aiello, actor 28
258 x Danny DeVito, actor-producer 28
258 x Rev. Al Sharpton, politician 28
258 419 Andre Agassi, tennis player 28
258 271 Michael J. Fox, actor 28
258 168 Michelle Pfeiffer, actress 28
258 325 Nan Kempner, socialite 28
258 384 Jennifer Flavin, model-actress 28
258 271 Jodie Foster, actress-director 28
258 302 Ronald Goldman, murder victim 28
258 419 Sean Connery, actor 28
258 403 Ralph Fiennes, actor 28
276 x Pete Hamill, ex-newspaper editor 27
276 137 Peter Gatien, club owner 27
276 131 Rupert Murdoch, media executive 27
276 384 Sarah Jessica Parker, actress 27
276 x Stanley Kubrick, director 27
276 107 Joan Collins, actress 27
276 x Michael Caine, actor 27
276 153 Andy Warhol, artist 27
276 447 Annette de la Renta, socialite 27
276 325 Anthony Quinn, actor 27
276 x Debbie Reynolds, actress 27
276 x Deborah Norville, TV personality 27
276 137 Denzel Washington, actor 27
276 x Fran Drescher, actress 27
276 x Francis Ford Coppola, director 27
276 x Gregory Peck, actor 27
276 185 Henry Kravis, financier 27
276 419 K.D. Lang, singer 27
276 x Kirk Douglas, actor 27
276 x Lena Horne, singer 27
276 x Leona Helmsley, hotelier 27
297 98 Kelly Klein, design executive 26
297 403 Helen Gurley Brown, retired editor 26
297 325 Iman, model 26
297 x Bill Gates, software pioneer 26
297 162 Melanie Griffith, actress 26
297 x Milos Forman, director 26
297 271 Jane Fonda, actress 26
297 x Joan Crawford, actress 26
297 x Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President 26
297 473 Tom Arnold, actor 26
297 217 Val Kilmer, actor 26
297 162 Wesley Snipes, actor 26
297 153 Patricia Duff, fund-raiser 26
297 x Paula Jones, plaintiff 26
297 288 Peter Duchin, bandleader 26
297 150 Quincy Jones, media executive 26
313 x Peter Maas, writer 25
313 x Sean (Puffy) Combs, executive 25
313 199 Quentin Tarantino, director 25
313 x Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmentalist 25
313 121 Sandra Bullock, actress 25
313 x Sidney Lumet, director 25
313 x Sirio Maccioni, restaurateur 25
313 271 Yoko Ono, singer 25
313 302 Jay McInerney, writer 25
313 325 Joe Torre, baseball manager 25
313 x Joseph Kennedy II, ex-Senator 25
313 126 House Speaker Newt Gingrich 25
313 403 Bobby Brown, singer 25
313 x Christopher Buckley, writer 25
313 257 Diane Keaton, actress 25
313 368 Geena Davis, actress 25
313 x Geoffrey Rush, actor 25
313 447 Gloria Steinem, journalist 25
313 347 Ian Schrager, hotelier 25
313 257 Ingrid Casares, image consultant 25
313 x Ivanka Trump, model 25
313 217 Kevin Bacon, actor 25
313 347 Lauren Hutton, model 25
336 x Katharine Graham, media executive 24
336 302 Kathleen Turner, actress 24
336 172 Kelsey Grammer, actor 24
336 368 Marcia Clark, attorney 24
336 347 Gerald Levin, media executive 24
336 x Herb Ritts, photographer 24
336 384 Don Johnson, actor 24
336 x Eartha Kitt, singer 24
336 x Fidel Castro, President of Cuba 24
336 257 Abe Hirschfeld, parking magnate 24
336 211 Alicia Silverstone, actress 24
336 211 Amber Valletta, model 24
336 271 Arnold Scaasi, designer 24
336 271 Nina Griscom, TV personality 24
336 x Joey Adams, columnist 24
336 217 Robert Trump, businessman 24
336 x Robert F. Kennedy Sr., ex–Attorney General 24
336 257 Shalom Harlow, model-actress 24
336 447 Steve Florio, publishing executive 24
336 419 Steve Martin, actor-comedian 24
336 234 Paul Sorvino, actor 24
357 x Salvatore Gravano, mobster 23
357 x Janeane Garofalo, actress 23
357 x Tommy Lee Jones, actor 23
357 98 William Bratton, police consultant 23
357 384 Marisa Tomei, actress 23
357 199 Matthew McConaughey, actor 23
357 x Andy Garcia, actor 23
357 384 Barry Diller, media executive 23
357 368 Burt Reynolds, actor 23
357 384 Carol Channing, actress 23
357 x Charles Gargano, politician 23
357 150 Charlie Sheen, actor 23
357 288 Chris O’Donnell, actor 23
357 x Chris Rock, TV personality 23
357 x Courteney Cox, actress 23
357 217 Dan Rather, TV news anchor 23
357 x Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan 23
357 x Edward Norton, actor 23
357 473 Gary Oldman, actor 23
357 473 Katharine Hepburn, actress 23
357 x Katie Couric, TV personality 23
357 x Kenneth Branagh, actor-director 23
357 234 Kenneth Jay Lane, jewelry designer 23
357 x Kirstie Alley, actress 23
357 x Kitty Kelley, biographer 23
357 x Kristin Scott Thomas, actress 23
383 x Kevin Kline, actor 22
383 131 Linda Evangelista, model 22
383 153 Georgette Mosbacher, socialite 22
383 419 Halle Berry, actress 22
383 x James Brown, singer 22
383 403 Dolly Parton, singer 22
383 288 Caroline, Princess of Monaco 22
383 168 Claudia Cohen, TV personality 22
383 x Dan Aykroyd, actor 22
383 234 Abel Ferrara, director 22
383 384 Ahmet Ertegun, executive 22
383 x Marlene Dietrich, actress 22
383 325 Michael Alig, club kid22
383 x Michael Bolton, singer 22
383 302 Tim Robbins, actor 22
383 199 Tom Hanks, actor 22
383 x Tom Selleck, actor 22
383 347 Joanne Woodward, actress 22
383 x John Waters, director 22
383 47 Sigourney Weaver, actress 22
403 x District Attorney Robert Morgenthau 21
403 x Sherry Lansing, media executive 21
403 447 Sidney Poitier, actor 21
403 419 Stephen Sondheim, songwriter 21
403 x Stevie Wonder, singer 21
403 347 Pat Buckley, socialite 21
403 x Richard Avedon, photographer 21
403 384 John McEnroe, sportscaster 21
403 245 Tupac Shakur, singer-actor 21
403 x William F. Buckley Jr., journalist 21
403 x Mark Fuhrman, ex-police detective 21
403 447 Aaron Spelling, TV producer 21
403 x Agnes Gund, museum head 21
403 347 Angie Everhart, model-actress 21
403 x Anjelica Huston, actress 21
403 403 Arianna Huffington, pundit 21
403 x Arthur Schlesinger Jr., historian 21
403 x Bebe Neuwirth, actress 21
403 473 Bobby Zarem, publicist 21
403 x Cuba Gooding Jr., actor 21
403 x Cy Coleman, composer 21
403 x David Helfgott, pianist 21
403 x Ed Rollins, political strategist 21
403 245 Faye Dunaway, actress 21
403 x Gabriel Byrne, actor 21
403 x Hunter S. Thompson, journalist 21
403 302 Kurt Russell, actor 21
403 x Libby Pataki, Governor’s wife 21
431 172 Kevin Costner, actor-director 20
431 x Leonard Lauder, executive 20
431 x Secretary of State Madeleine Albright 20
431 x Don Hewitt, TV producer 20
431 x Elizabeth Rohatyn, socialite 20
431 257 Emma Thompson, actress 20
431 384 Candice Bergen, actress 200
431 x Carl Spielvogel, fund-raiser 20
431 473 Representative Charles Schumer 20
431 302 Ashley Judd, actress 20
431 257 Diane Keaton, actress 20
431 x Mohamed al-Fayed, retailer 20
431 68 Frank Sinatra, singer 20
431 131 Nathan Lane, actor 20
431 x Tim Allen, actor 20
431 185 Tommy Hilfiger, designer 20
431 x Walter Isaacson, magazine editor 20
431 199 Warren Beatty, actor 20
431 x Wayne Gretzky, hockey player 20
431 x Patsy Ramsey, murder victim’s mother 20
431 x Bono, singer 20
431 x Randolph Hearst, publisher 20
431 x Salma Hayek, actress 20
431 x Sam Donaldson, TV news anchor 20
431 x Seymour Hersh, journalist 20
431 x Shoshanna Lonstein, love interest 20
457 193 Robert Altman, director 19
457 347 Rod Stewart, singer 19
457 x Rupert Everett, actor 19
457 473 Rush Limbaugh, talk-show host 19
457 x Sophia Loren, actress 19
457 x Janet Jackson, singer 19
457 x Jennifer Tilly, actress 19
457 403 Jenny McCarthy, actress 19
457 257 Jesse Nash, celebrity journalist 19
457 x John Kluge, media executive 19
457 x John Leguizamo, actor 19
457 302 John Gotti Sr., mobster 19
457 x Johnny Carson, ex-TV personality 19
457 347 Mica Ertegun, socialite 19
457 x Michael Stipe, singer 19
457 217 Mickey Rourke, actor 19
457 x Mike Myers, actor 19
457 x Ashley Hamilton, actor 19
457 x Bill Rollnick, newspaper editor 19
457 12 Bob Dole, retired Senator 19
457 x Carrie Fisher, actress-writer 19
457 126 Colin Powell, retired general 19
457 217 David Koch, financier 19
457 x David Westin, media executive 19
457 153 Dennis Hopper, actor 19
457 x Eric Clapton, singer 19
457 x Harry Belafonte, singer-actor 19
457 x Harry, Prince of England 19
457 x Julia Koch, socialite 19
457 x Kelly Preston, actress 19
457 x Kurt Vonnegut Jr., writer 19
457 x Laurence Fishburne, actor 19
457 x Lee Radziwill, socialite 19
457 x Louise Grunwald, socialite 19
491 x Khalil Rizk, rare art dealer 18
491 x Kitty Carlisle Hart, socialite 18
491 x Laura Dern, actress 18
491 x Lesley Stahl, TV journalist 18
491 302 Liv Tyler, model-actress 18
491 x George Foreman, retired boxer 18
491 x Dean Martin, actor 18
491 x Emily Watson, actress 18
491 384 Bruce Springsteen, singer 18
491 x Clive Davis, music executive 18
491 31 A.J. Benza, gossip columnist 18
491 x Al Taubman, real estate developer 18
491 199 Antonio Banderas, actor 18
491 x Bernadette Peters, singer-actress 18
491 234 Bijou Phillips, model 18
491 x Molly Ringwald, actress 18
491 x Natalie Cole, singer 18
491 288 Jann Wenner, magazine publisher 18
491 403 Joe DiMaggio, ex-baseball player 18
491 368 Joel Schumacher, director 18
491 x John Berendt, writer 18
491 x John Ramsey, murder victim’s father 18
491 x Susan Lucci, actress 18
491 x Tina Turner, singer 18
491 245 Todd Oldham, designer 18
491 x Vanessa Redgrave, actress 18
491 x William Styron, writer 18
491 x Rolonda Watts, talk-show host 18
491 x Rosemary Clooney, singer 18
491 x Rosie Perez, actress 18
491 325 Stephanie, Princess of Monaco 18
491 x Patti LuPone, singer-actress 18
491 419 Paul Wilmot, publicist 18
491 x Boy George, singer 18
491 x Phil Bronstein, newspaper editor 18
491 x Pierre Cossette, producer 18
491 419 Reinaldo Herrera, socialite 18
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