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1901
Whose working lives fell in 1901. 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 1901, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Sun Yat-sen12 decades - 2
H. G. Wells16 decades - 3
Beatrix Potter10 decades - 4
Wassily Kandinsky4 decades - 5
Erik Satie11 decades - 6
Romain Rolland13 decades - 7
Ramsay MacDonald12 decades - 8
Benedetto Croce14 decades - 9
George Gurdjieff0 decades - 10
Anne Sullivannot measured- - 11
Leon Czolgosznot measured- - 12
Butch Cassidynot measured- - 13
Hans von Seecktnot measured- - 14
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvonnot measured- - 15
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi3 decades - 16
Giovanni Agnellinot measured- - 17
Gaetano Brescinot measured- - 18
Ramón María del Valle-Inclánnot measured- - 19
Emilio De Bononot measured- - 20
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russianot measured- - 21
Gopal Krishna Gokhalenot measured- - 22
Lev Shestovnot measured- - 23
Ferruccio Busoni12 decades - 24
Thomas Hunt Morgan9 decades - 25
Jacinto Benavente13 decades - 26
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhinenot measured- - 27
Maud Gonnenot measured- - 28
Aby Warburgnot measured- - 29
Wakatsuki Reijirōnot measured- - 30
Princess Viktoria of Prussianot measured- - 31
Elizabeth Magienot measured- - 32
Léon Bakstnot measured- - 33
Elizabeth von Arnimnot measured- - 34
James John Corbettnot measured- - 35
Roger Frynot measured- - 36
James Barry Munnik Hertzognot measured- - 37
Euclides da Cunhanot measured- - 38
Harry Davenportnot measured- - 39
La Gouluenot measured- - 40
Leopold Mandićnot measured- - 41
Princess Milica of Montenegronot measured- - 42
Matthew Hensonnot measured- - 43
Ignacy Daszyńskinot measured- - 44
Sattar Khannot measured- - 45
Hiram Johnsonnot measured- - 46
Tristan Bernardnot measured- - 47
Nathan Söderblom0 decades - 48
Archduke Franz Salvator of Austrianot measured- - 49
Voltairine de Cleyrenot measured- - 50
Vyacheslav Ivanovnot measured- - 51
Ramon Casasnot measured- - 52
Kenesaw Mountain Landisnot measured- - 53
Kuroda Seikinot measured- - 54
Älihan Bökeihannot measured- - 55
Reginald Fessendennot measured- - 56
Charles Manginnot measured- - 57
Ambroise Vollardnot measured- - 58
Francesco Cileanot measured- - 59
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdonnot measured- - 60
Hermann Lönsnot measured- - 61
J. M. E. McTaggartnot measured- - 62
Bronisław Piłsudskinot measured- - 63
Jeppe Aakjærnot measured- - 64
Franz von Bayrosnot measured- - 65
Lola Moranot measured- - 66
Emine Nazikeda Kadınefendinot measured- - 67
Enrique Simonetnot measured- - 68
Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowskinot measured- - 69
Adrien de Gerlachenot measured- - 70
Julian Marchlewskinot measured- - 71
Alexander Protopopovnot measured- - 72
Alfred Werner1 decades
- 73
Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabadnot measured- - 74
Antoine Meilletnot measured- - 75
Abraham Flexnernot measured- - 76
Fred Karnonot measured- - 77
Karl Maria Wiligutnot measured- - 78
Charles Nicolle12 decades - 79
Paolo Troubetzkoynot measured- - 80
Silouan the Athonitenot measured- - 81
Cornelia Dorabujinot measured- - 82
Dagny Juelnot measured- - 83
Princess Maria Letizia, Duchess of Aostanot measured- - 84
Émile Vanderveldenot measured- - 85
Paul Linckenot measured- - 86
Pyotr Lebedevnot measured- - 87
António José de Almeidanot measured- - 88
Georg Jensennot measured- - 89
Infante Antonio, Duke of Gallieranot measured- - 90
Arnold Ehretnot measured- - 91
Kazimierz Twardowskinot measured- - 92
Ernest William Hornungnot measured- - 93
Lincoln Steffensnot measured- - 94
Mario García Menocalnot measured- - 95
Serge Voronoffnot measured- - 96
Carlos Schwabenot measured- - 97
Gilbert Murraynot measured- - 98
Mary Brushnot measured- - 99
Rosemonde Gérardnot measured- - 100
Herbert Henry Downot 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.