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1900
Whose working lives fell in 1900. 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 1900, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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George V16 decades - 2
Warren G. Harding11 decades - 3
Rudyard Kipling13 decades - 4
W. B. Yeats12 decades - 5
Jean Sibelius0 decades - 6
Erich Ludendorff10 decades - 7
Ferdinand I of Romanianot measured- - 8
Edith Cavell11 decades - 9
Suzanne Valadonnot measured- - 10
Benjamin Guggenheimnot measured- - 11
Lala Lajpat Rainot measured- - 12
Alfred Hugenbergnot measured- - 13
Stephen Crane14 decades - 14
Archduke Otto of Austrianot measured- - 15
Friedrich August III of Saxonynot measured- - 16
Philipp Scheidemann11 decades - 17
Gabriel Narutowicznot measured- - 18
Charles G. Dawes11 decades - 19
Sven Hedin13 decades - 20
Emma Orczynot measured- - 21
Abraham Isaac Kooknot measured- - 22
Valentin Serov8 decades - 23
Dmitry Merezhkovskynot measured- - 24
Amélie of Orléansnot measured- - 25
Alexander Glazunov6 decades - 26
Duan Qiruinot measured- - 27
Rida Muhammad Rashidnot measured- - 28
Félix Vallottonnot measured- - 29
Sabino Arananot measured- - 30
Carl Nielsennot measured- - 31
Robert W. Chambersnot measured- - 32
Tikhon of Moscownot measured- - 33
Akseli Gallen-Kallela0 decades - 34
Paul Dukas13 decades - 35
Bernard Berensonnot measured- - 36
Birsa Mundanot measured- - 37
Prince Eugen, Duke of Närkenot measured- - 38
Andranik Ozaniannot measured- - 39
Albrecht, Duke of Württembergnot measured- - 40
Hannah Chaplinnot measured- - 41
Wilfrid Voynichnot measured- - 42
Mikao Usuinot measured- - 43
Epitácio Pessoanot measured- - 44
John Monashnot measured- - 45
Charles Proteus Steinmetznot measured- - 46
Jacques Hadamard12 decades - 47
Archibald Leitchnot measured- - 48
May Whittynot measured- - 49
Frederick Cooknot measured- - 50
Madison Grantnot measured- - 51
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg0 decades - 52
Gérard Encaussenot measured- - 53
Eugene Botkinnot measured- - 54
Cândido Rondonnot measured-
- 55
Aaron Kosminskinot measured- - 56
Andrey Sheptytskynot measured- - 57
Halid Ziya Uşaklıgilnot measured- - 58
Rüdiger von der Goltznot measured- - 59
Pieter Zeeman0 decades - 60
Princess Marie, Princess Valdemar of Denmarknot measured- - 61
Kan'in Kotohitonot measured- - 62
Lucjan Żeligowskinot measured- - 63
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajernot measured- - 64
Olavo Bilacnot measured- - 65
Henri Desgrangenot measured- - 66
Robert Henrinot measured- - 67
Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburgnot measured- - 68
Isaac Israëlsnot measured- - 69
Olga Boznańskanot measured- - 70
Mary Ingallsnot measured- - 71
Princess Olga Paleynot measured- - 72
Yvette Guilbertnot measured- - 73
Wilbur Scovillenot measured- - 74
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffenot measured- - 75
Gifford Pinchotnot measured- - 76
James Henry Breastednot measured- - 77
Rainisnot measured- - 78
Rafael Merry del Valnot measured- - 79
Émile Jaques-Dalcrozenot measured- - 80
Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmontnot measured- - 81
Nagaoka Hantarōnot measured- - 82
William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwoodnot measured- - 83
Duchess Amalie in Bavarianot measured- - 84
Bronia Dłuskanot measured- - 85
Ernst Troeltschnot measured- - 86
Winnaretta Singernot measured- - 87
William Borahnot measured- - 88
Uchida Kōsainot measured- - 89
Vasily Kalinnikovnot measured- - 90
Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussianot measured- - 91
Ernest Dowsonnot measured- - 92
Karl Blosfeldtnot measured- - 93
Mrs. Patrick Campbellnot measured- - 94
Pēteris Stučkanot measured- - 95
Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holsteinnot measured- - 96
Elsie de Wolfenot measured- - 97
Mary Gilmorenot measured- - 98
Wilson Bentleynot measured- - 99
Emma Ecksteinnot measured- - 100
John Walter Christienot 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.