Table 1: Classified Celebrities
4. Discussion
Using the George Harrison standard, Monica Lewinsky's fame decreased by more than a factor of five between 2001 and 2009, while the average fame of the other people on the list decreased by only 3 percent during that same period of time. In fact, only two others on the list had fame that decreased more than Monica Lewinsky: Elisabeth Scheneman became 9.5 times less famous and Earle Spamer became 14.6 times less famous over the past ten years. The largest fame increases since 2001 were for Marie Pillet, who became 12.6 times more famous; Eithne Fennel, who became 15.6 times more famous; and Ryan Zimmerman, who became 18.2 times more famous. We were unable to determine the ten-year fame change for Daniel T. Arcieri, H. Leon Denizard Rivail, or James Kibo Perry because they had no hits in the January 2001 Google database. The identity of this last person is uncertain to us, although it is possible that Schulman (2006) intended to search for James Kibo Parry but mistyped the last name of the founder of Kibology. If so, we can only hope that Schulman (2006) do more careful work in the future.
As part of our extensive research in fame, we discovered a video about celebrities that included John McCain (+10.1 dBHa), Paris Hilton (+12.8 dBHa), Britney Spears (+13.4 dBHa), and "the biggest celebrity in the world," Barrack Obama (+16.3 dBHa). Mr. Obama's fame is greater than +15 dBHa, which means that until other people are found with similar fame, Mr. Obama is in a celebrity category by himself.
Using the George Harrison standard, Monica Lewinsky's fame decreased by more than a factor of five between 2001 and 2009, while the average fame of the other people on the list decreased by only 3 percent during that same period of time. In fact, only two others on the list had fame that decreased more than Monica Lewinsky: Elisabeth Scheneman became 9.5 times less famous and Earle Spamer became 14.6 times less famous over the past ten years. The largest fame increases since 2001 were for Marie Pillet, who became 12.6 times more famous; Eithne Fennel, who became 15.6 times more famous; and Ryan Zimmerman, who became 18.2 times more famous. We were unable to determine the ten-year fame change for Daniel T. Arcieri, H. Leon Denizard Rivail, or James Kibo Perry because they had no hits in the January 2001 Google database. The identity of this last person is uncertain to us, although it is possible that Schulman (2006) intended to search for James Kibo Parry but mistyped the last name of the founder of Kibology. If so, we can only hope that Schulman (2006) do more careful work in the future.
As part of our extensive research in fame, we discovered a video about celebrities that included John McCain (+10.1 dBHa), Paris Hilton (+12.8 dBHa), Britney Spears (+13.4 dBHa), and "the biggest celebrity in the world," Barrack Obama (+16.3 dBHa). Mr. Obama's fame is greater than +15 dBHa, which means that until other people are found with similar fame, Mr. Obama is in a celebrity category by himself.