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1902
Whose working lives fell in 1902. 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 1902, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Marie Curie4 decades - 2
Frank Lloyd Wright12 decades - 3
Luigi Pirandello13 decades - 4
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim0 decades - 5
Józef Piłsudski3 decades - 6
Mary of Tecknot measured- - 7
Laura Ingalls Wilder8 decades - 8
Stanley Baldwin10 decades - 9
Rubén Darío14 decades - 10
Natsume Sōseki0 decades - 11
Margaret Brownnot measured- - 12
Madam C. J. Walkernot measured- - 13
Maria Gorettinot measured- - 14
John Galsworthy12 decades - 15
Percy Fawcettnot measured- - 16
Käthe Kollwitz12 decades - 17
Walther Rathenau11 decades - 18
Arturo Toscanini13 decades - 19
Maxime Weygandnot measured- - 20
Emil Nolde11 decades - 21
Louise, Princess Royalnot measured- - 22
Masaoka Shikinot measured- - 23
Pierre Bonnard13 decades - 24
Prince Maximilian of Badennot measured- - 25
Ignacy Mościckinot measured- - 26
Henry L. Stimsonnot measured- - 27
Gutzon Borglumnot measured- - 28
Władysław Reymont0 decades - 29
Sakichi Toyodanot measured- - 30
Nilo Peçanhanot measured- - 31
Cy Youngnot measured- - 32
Kurt Eisnernot measured- - 33
Eugen Sandownot measured- - 34
Sundance Kidnot measured- - 35
Emily Davisonnot measured- - 36
Hiranuma Kiichirōnot measured- - 37
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez14 decades - 38
Arnold Bennett12 decades - 39
Arthur Rackhamnot measured- - 40
Konstantin Balmont0 decades - 41
Enrique Granadosnot measured- - 42
Alexander Parvusnot measured- - 43
Carl Laemmlenot measured- - 44
Tevfik Fikretnot measured- - 45
Irving Fishernot measured- - 46
Sister Niveditanot measured- - 47
Wilhelm Groenernot measured- - 48
Caleb Bradhamnot measured- - 49
Adam Stefan Sapiehanot measured- - 50
Henry Lawsonnot measured- - 51
Amy Beachnot measured- - 52
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxonynot measured- - 53
Jean-Baptiste Charcotnot measured- - 54
Annette Kellermannnot measured- - 55
Princess Anastasia of Montenegronot measured- - 56
Edith Hamiltonnot measured- - 57
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.not measured- - 58
Hector Guimardnot measured- - 59
Leo Jogichesnot measured- - 60
Léon Daudetnot measured- - 61
Patriarch Sergius of Moscownot measured- - 62
Yevgeny Millernot measured- - 63
Henri Gouraudnot measured- - 64
Umberto Giordanonot measured- - 65
Phan Bội Châunot measured- - 66
Chris Watsonnot measured- - 67
Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxisnot measured- - 68
Vikenty Veresaevnot measured- - 69
Ali Kemalnot measured- - 70
Edward B. Titchenernot measured- - 71
Amy Carmichaelnot measured- - 72
Marcel Schwobnot measured- - 73
Jeanne Lanvinnot measured- - 74
Charles Dana Gibsonnot measured- - 75
Giuseppe Morellonot measured- - 76
Edward Frederic Bensonnot measured- - 77
Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austrianot measured- - 78
Julien Bendanot measured- - 79
John Pierpont Morgan, Jr.not measured- - 80
Charles Koechlinnot measured- - 81
Lillian Waldnot measured- - 82
John Henry Pattersonnot measured- - 83
George William Russellnot measured- - 84
Minakata Kumagusunot measured- - 85
Ludwig Thomanot measured- - 86
Albert Bassermannnot measured- - 87
Frank Norrisnot measured- - 88
Josep Puig i Cadafalchnot measured- - 89
Mikhail Eisensteinnot measured- - 90
Maximilian Bircher-Bennernot measured- - 91
Dimitrios Gounarisnot measured- - 92
Joseph Maria Olbrichnot measured- - 93
Carmen de Burgosnot measured- - 94
Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Siciliesnot measured- - 95
Kristian Birkelandnot measured- - 96
Hans Adolf Eduard Drieschnot measured- - 97
Stanisław Szeptyckinot measured- - 98
Alfred Kerrnot measured- - 99
Eoin MacNeillnot measured- - 100
Marie Krøyernot 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.