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1888
Whose working lives fell in 1888. 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 1888, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Vincent van Gogh12 decades - 2
Cecil Rhodes12 decades - 3
José Martí16 decades - 4
Chulalongkorn13 decades - 5
Hendrik Lorentz0 decades - 6
Vladimir Solovyov14 decades - 7
Aleksei Brusilov3 decades - 8
Vladimir Korolenko13 decades - 9
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajarnot measured- - 10
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russianot measured- - 11
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca0 decades - 12
Errico Malatesta11 decades - 13
Wilhelm Ostwald13 decades - 14
Vsevolod Garshin13 decades - 15
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes0 decades - 16
Carl Larsson4 decades - 17
Flinders Petrie14 decades - 18
Kitasato Shibasaburō0 decades - 19
Vladimir Shukhov3 decades - 20
Antonio Salandra15 decades - 21
Mary Jane Kelly1 decades - 22
Hussein Kamel of Egyptnot measured- - 23
Ferdinand Hodler11 decades - 24
Thyra, Crown Princess of Hanovernot measured- - 25
Franz I, Prince of Liechtensteinnot measured- - 26
Sarada Devi6 decades - 27
Albrecht Kossel0 decades - 28
Alphonse Bertillon11 decades - 29
Oskar Potiorek0 decades - 30
Louise Abbéma2 decades - 31
Florentino Ameghino14 decades - 32
Howard Pyle14 decades - 33
Hans Christian Gram0 decades - 34
Antonio Maura16 decades - 35
Lillie Langtry4 decades - 36
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro3 decades - 37
Anna Kuliscioff12 decades - 38
Teresa Carreño12 decades - 39
Pierre-Paul Émile Roux7 decades - 40
Elihu Thomson9 decades - 41
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka0 decades - 42
Emil Jellinek1 decades - 43
Vladimir Kokovtsov1 decades - 44
Ian Hamilton12 decades - 45
Damat Ferid Paşanot measured- - 46
Alexius Meinong7 decades - 47
Alva Belmontnot measured- - 48
André Michelin6 decades - 49
John Wesley Hardinnot measured- - 50
Katharina Schrattnot measured- - 51
Wilhelm Dörpfeld14 decades - 52
Frank Bernard Dickseenot measured- - 53
William Gillettenot measured- - 54
Miguel de Bragançanot measured- - 55
Fritz von Belownot measured- - 56
Sheikh Ahmadou Bambanot measured- - 57
José Santos Zelayanot measured- - 58
Ernest Fenollosanot measured- - 59
Philander C. Knox8 decades - 60
Julian Fałat0 decades - 61
Maria Yermolovanot measured- - 62
David Belasco13 decades - 63
Jean-Marie Guyau4 decades - 64
André Messager14 decades - 65
Hermann Wissmannnot measured- - 66
Laurits Tuxen0 decades - 67
René Bazin14 decades - 68
Princess Marie of Prussianot measured- - 69
Leander Starr Jamesonnot measured- - 70
Heinrich Lammaschnot measured- - 71
Agvan Dorzhievnot measured- - 72
Karl von Einemnot measured- - 73
Hall Cainenot measured- - 74
Charles Howard Hintonnot measured- - 75
Bat Mastersonnot measured- - 76
Paul Julius Möbiusnot measured- - 77
Gabriel Hanotaux14 decades - 78
Hamoud bin Mohammed Al Busaidinot measured- - 79
Jaroslav Vrchlickýnot measured- - 80
Dmitry Sipyaginnot measured- - 81
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronetnot measured- - 82
Oskar Panizzanot measured- - 83
Henning von Holtzendorffnot measured- - 84
Stanford Whitenot measured- - 85
Adolf Furtwänglernot measured- - 86
Clemens von Kettelernot measured-
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Jules Lemaître14 decades - 88
Adolf Hölzelnot measured- - 89
Alfred Beitnot measured- - 90
Armando Palacio Valdésnot measured- - 91
Higaonna Kanryōnot measured- - 92
Emilio Acevalnot measured- - 93
Roberto Ferruzzi0 decades - 94
Francesco Filippini13 decades - 95
Eduardo Scarpettanot measured- - 96
John Henry Twachtmannot measured- - 97
Musa al-Husayninot measured- - 98
Henry Solomon Wellcomenot measured- - 99
Pierre Marienot measured- - 100
Montague Druittnot 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.