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The
1990s
was a decade that began on January 1, 1990 and ended on December 31, 1999. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''200th decade''' which began on January 1, 1991 and ended on December 31, 2000.
- Pope John Paul II
,
Pope
in the 1990s (the last full decade he would serve as Pope until his death in 2005)
- Andre Agassi
, American
tennis
player
- Pete Sampras
, American tennis player
- Michael Schumacher
, German
formula 1
driver
- Backstreet Boys
, American boy band
- Mahathir Mohamad
,
Malaysian Prime Minister
from
1981
to
2003
- Slobodan Milo?evi?
, President of
Serbia
from
1989
to
2000
- Margaret Thatcher
, British Prime Minister from
1979
to
1990
- John Major
, British Prime Minister from
1990
to
1997
- Tony Blair
, British Prime Minister from
1997
to
2007
- George H. W. Bush
,
President of the United States
until
1993
- Bill Clinton
President of the United States
from
1993
?
2001
- Francois Mitterrand
, President of
France
from
1981
to
1995
- Jacques Chirac
, President of
France
from
1995
to
2007
- Jiang Zemin
,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
from
1989
to
2002
- Alberto Fujimori
President of
Peru
1990
?
2000
- Fidel Castro
, leader of
Cuba
from 1959 to 2008
- Elizabeth II
, British queen since
1952
- Madonna
, singer-songwriter
- The Prodigy
, electronic dance group
- Britney Spears
, American singer
- Spice Girls
, music group
- Mariah Carey
, singer
- Celine Dion
, singer
- Whitney Houston
, singer
- Mel Gibson
, actor
- Mikhail Gorbachev
, leader of the
USSR
1985
?
1991
- Boris Yeltsin
, President of
Russia
from
1991
to
1999
- Michael Jordan
, American basketball player
- Tom Hanks
, American actor
- Nicole Kidman
, actress
- Sandra Bullock
, American actress
- Tom Cruise
, American actor
- Robin Williams
, American actor and comedian
- Jim Carrey
, Canadian-American actor and comedian
- George Clooney
, American actor
- Brad Pitt
, American actor
- Eddie Murphy
, American actor and comedian
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
, American actor
- Oprah Winfrey
, American talk show host
- Ellen DeGeneres
, American talk show host
- Saddam Hussein
, President of
Iraq
1979
?
2003
- Helmut Kohl
, German chancellor until
1998
- Nelson Mandela
, President of
South Africa
1994
?
1999
- Thabo Mbeki
, President of
South Africa
1999
?
2008
- Yitzhak Rabin
, Israeli Prime Minister
- Hosni Mubarak
, President of
Egypt
from 1981 to 2011
- Muammar al-Gaddafi
, Libyan dictator from 1969 to 2011
- Nirvana
, rock band
- Steven Seagal
, American actor
- Julia Roberts
, American actor/actress
- Gerhard Schroder
, German Chancellor from
1998
to
2005
- Lech Wał?sa
, President of
Poland
from
1990
to
1995
- Yasser Arafat
, Palestinian leader
- Kim Il-Sung
, dictator of
North Korea
from
1948
to
1994
- Kim Jong-il
, dictator of
North Korea
from
1994
to
2011
- Tupac Shakur
, American rapper
- Diana, Princess of Wales
- Gianni Versace
, fashion designer
- Bill Gates
, co-founder of
Microsoft
- Steve Jobs
, co-founder of
Apple
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