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1903
Whose working lives fell in 1903. 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 1903, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Nicholas II of Russia14 decades - 2
Maxim Gorky13 decades - 3
Fritz Haber11 decades - 4
W. E. B. Du Bois12 decades - 5
Robert Falcon Scott3 decades - 6
Miklós Horthy1 decades - 7
Scott Joplin7 decades - 8
Constantine I of Greece0 decades - 9
Gertrude Bell10 decades - 10
Magnus Hirschfeld12 decades - 11
Abdulmejid IInot measured- - 12
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenbergnot measured- - 13
Fuad I of Egyptnot measured- - 14
Emanuel Lasker5 decades - 15
Gaston Leroux12 decades - 16
Kantarō Suzukinot measured- - 17
Edmond Rostand13 decades - 18
Charles Maurras13 decades - 19
James Connolly14 decades - 20
John Nance Garner9 decades - 21
Alexandra David-Néelnot measured- - 22
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austrianot measured- - 23
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdomnot measured- - 24
Paul Claudel12 decades - 25
Florence Foster Jenkinsnot measured-
- 26
Otto Weininger12 decades - 27
Charles Rennie Mackintosh6 decades - 28
Gemma Galganinot measured- - 29
Dietrich Eckartnot measured- - 30
Alexander I of Serbianot measured- - 31
Arnold Sommerfeld11 decades - 32
Prince Frederick Charles of Hessenot measured- - 33
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhinenot measured- - 34
Karl Landsteiner14 decades - 35
Gichin Funakoshi0 decades - 36
Constance Markievicznot measured- - 37
Josephine Bakhitanot measured- - 38
Stefan George13 decades - 39
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschildnot measured- - 40
Keisuke Okadanot measured- - 41
Huo Yuanjianot measured- - 42
Alainnot measured- - 43
Ahmed Shawqinot measured- - 44
Gustav Noskenot measured- - 45
Gustav Meyrink11 decades - 46
Henrietta Swan Leavitt0 decades - 47
August Horchnot measured- - 48
Peter Behrens12 decades - 49
Olga Knippernot measured- - 50
Ömer Fahreddin Türkkannot measured- - 51
La Belle Oteronot measured- - 52
Empress Dowager Longyunot measured- - 53
Robert Andrews Millikan2 decades - 54
Marie Dressler8 decades - 55
Édouard Vuillardnot measured- - 56
Émile Bernard13 decades - 57
George Arliss10 decades - 58
Venceslau Brásnot measured- - 59
Cai Yuanpeinot measured- - 60
Franz Ritter von Eppnot measured- - 61
José Félix Uriburunot measured- - 62
Stanisław Przybyszewskinot measured- - 63
Francesco Saverio Nittinot measured- - 64
Alice Keppelnot measured- - 65
Arturo Alessandrinot measured- - 66
John Rogannot measured- - 67
Lin Sennot measured- - 68
Myrtle Corbinnot measured- - 69
Felix Hausdorffnot measured- - 70
Edward S. Curtisnot measured- - 71
Felix Hoffmannnot measured- - 72
Jane Avrilnot measured- - 73
Frank Bunker Gilbrethnot measured- - 74
Gotse Delchevnot measured- - 75
Eleanor H. Porternot measured- - 76
Delfim Moreiranot measured-
- 77Evelyn Beatrice Hallnot measured-
- 78
Harvey Samuel Firestonenot measured- - 79
Vittorio Montinot measured- - 80
Edgar Lee Mastersnot measured- - 81
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvearnot measured- - 82
Koloman Mosernot measured- - 83
Ozaki Kōyōnot measured- - 84
Chang Ping-linnot measured- - 85
Mikhail Pokrovskynot measured- - 86
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridgenot measured- - 87
Francis Jammesnot measured- - 88
Pompeu Fabra7 decades - 89
Kenjirō Tokutominot measured- - 90
Mary Parker Follettnot measured- - 91
Hugo Eckenernot measured- - 92
Paul Percy Harrisnot measured- - 93
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshirenot measured- - 94
Noe Zhordanianot measured- - 95
Alfred Webernot measured- - 96
Ahmad Dahlannot measured- - 97
Otto von Lossownot measured- - 98
Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermerenot measured- - 99
Nikolaos Trikoupisnot measured- - 100
Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburgnot 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.