From Meghan Markle to Harvey Weinstein: Here are Google's top-searched people of 2017

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Google on Wednesday unveiled the most-searched people of the year. 

Google narrowed down the top-trending people searches in the US over the past 12 months — names that had the highest spike in traffic this year compared to 2016.

The list includes actors like Gal Gadot, star of this year's smash hit "Wonder Woman," and Meghan Markle, an actress who recently announced her engagement to Prince Harry.

But it also includes men like Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein, and Bill O'Reilly, celebrities who all experienced a career-ending fall from grace after allegations surfaced of sexual misconduct. 

Here are Google's top people searches of 2017:

10. Gal Gadot

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Israeli actress Gal Gadot starred in "Wonder Woman" in 2017, which took in more than $820 million worldwide and became the highest-grossing superhero origin movie of all time. 

9. Milo Yiannopoulos

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Milo Yiannopoulos, a conservative provocateur known for controversial political commentary, had a contentious year.

In February, protests erupted at UC Berkeley ahead of a speech Yiannopoulos was scheduled to deliver, causing the university to cancel the appearance. Soon after, an anonymous Twitter account posted video of Yiannopoulos appearing to condone sexual relationships between "younger boys and older men."

The aftermath resulted in Yiannopoulos resigning from his post as senior editor at Breitbart News and seeing his book deal canceled by publisher Simon & Schuster.

8. Kathy Griffin

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In May, comedian Kathy Griffin set the internet ablaze after a photo of her holding a gory, Donald Trump-like prop head surfaced online. 

Griffin quickly apologized for the photo on social media, saying, "I went too far." But CNN announced shortly thereafter that Griffin would no longer cohost "New Year's Eve Live" alongside co-host Anderson Cooper. Toilet stool company Squatty Potty also dropped Griffin in the aftermath of the reactions to the image.

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