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1887
Whose working lives fell in 1887. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 1887, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Antoni Gaudí5 decades - 2
Emperor Meiji11 decades - 3
H. H. Asquith11 decades - 4
Santiago Ramón y Cajal13 decades - 5
Joseph Joffre2 decades - 6
Henri Becquerel15 decades - 7
Charles Taze Russell0 decades - 8
Gojong of Koreanot measured- - 9
Calamity Jane11 decades - 10
Alexander Ulyanov11 decades - 11
Albert A. Michelson0 decades - 12
Charles W. Fairbanks6 decades - 13
Alice Liddell3 decades - 14
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf5 decades - 15
John Harvey Kellogg5 decades - 16
Francisco Tárreganot measured- - 17
Emil Fischer15 decades - 18
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza9 decades - 19
William Ramsay17 decades - 20
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourgnot measured- - 21
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoffnot measured- - 22
John French, 1st Earl of Ypresnot measured- - 23
Leopoldo Alas4 decades - 24
Tevfik Paşa0 decades - 25
Henri Moissan8 decades - 26
Paul Bourget15 decades - 27
Constantin Fehrenbach0 decades - 28
Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak3 decades - 29
Pietro Gasparri12 decades - 30
Ferdinand von Lindemann0 decades - 31
Ion Luca Caragiale0 decades - 32
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe0 decades - 33
Daniel Burley Woolfallnot measured- - 34
Victor Adler12 decades - 35
Vera Figner11 decades - 36
Jules Laforgue14 decades - 37
Charles Villiers Stanford1 decades - 38
Christian Krohg0 decades - 39
Henry van Dyke8 decades - 40
George Moorenot measured- - 41
Augusta, Lady Gregory0 decades - 42
Edwin Austin Abbey2 decades - 43
Julius Richard Petrinot measured- - 44
Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburgnot measured- - 45
Edmund Blair Leighton0 decades - 46
Francisco Pascasio Moreno3 decades - 47
Itzhak Peretznot measured- - 48
Hans Vaihinger13 decades - 49
William Stewart Halstednot measured- - 50
Max von Gallwitz0 decades - 51
Leonardo Torres Quevedo11 decades - 52
Terauchi Masatake0 decades - 53
Théophile Delcassé12 decades - 54
Daniel De Leon8 decades - 55
Anandi Gopal Joshinot measured- - 56
Herbert Beerbohm Treenot measured- - 57
Kodama Gentarō0 decades - 58
Leon Wyczółkowski0 decades - 59
Frank Winfield Woolworthnot measured- - 60
August Vincent Theodore Spiesnot measured- - 61
Abdülhak Hâmit Tarhannot measured- - 62
Dashi-Dorzho Itigilovnot measured- - 63
Semyon Nadson3 decades - 64
Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugalnot measured- - 65
John Henry Poynting0 decades - 66
Henri Gervex4 decades - 67
Gertrude Käsebier0 decades - 68
Fulgence Bienvenüenot measured- - 69
Alton B. Parkernot measured- - 70
George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenbergnot measured- - 71
Joseph Freinademetznot measured- - 72
Princess Marie of Battenbergnot measured- - 73
Jean-Louis Forain5 decades - 74
Émile Fayollenot measured- - 75
Friedrich Loeffler4 decades - 76
Bérenger Saunièrenot measured- - 77
Louis Linggnot measured- - 78
Archduke Johann Salvator of Austrianot measured- - 79
Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovskynot measured- - 80
José Guadalupe Posadanot measured- - 81
Mekonnen Welde Mikaelnot measured- - 82John Neville Keynesnot measured-
- 83
Vasily Safonovnot measured- - 84
Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constantnot measured- - 85
John Louis Emil Dreyer0 decades - 86
Eilif Peterssennot measured- - 87
Cap Ansonnot measured- - 88
Josiah Condernot measured- - 89
Max Wilhelm Carl Webernot measured- - 90
Wilhelm von Bismarcknot measured- - 91
Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburgnot measured- - 92
Prince Arnulf of Bavarianot measured- - 93
Pascal Dagnan-Bouveretnot measured- - 94
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freemannot measured- - 95
Bruno Abakanowicznot measured- - 96
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennysonnot measured- - 97
Anna Whitlocknot measured- - 98
Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenachnot measured- - 99
Otakar Ševčík0 decades - 100
Michael J. McGivneynot measured-
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. 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. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.