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1904
Whose working lives fell in 1904. 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 1904, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Mahatma Gandhi10 decades - 2
Grigori Rasputin11 decades - 3
Neville Chamberlain16 decades - 4
Henri Matisse12 decades - 5
Emma Goldman12 decades - 6
André Gide13 decades - 7
Nadezhda Krupskaya11 decades - 8
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy8 decades - 9
Emilio Aguinaldo13 decades - 10
Maud of Wales1 decades - 11
Mary Mallonnot measured- - 12
Kasturba Gandhinot measured- - 13
Kartininot measured- - 14
Frederick Trumpnot measured- - 15
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavarianot measured- - 16
Francisco Largo Caballeronot measured- - 17
Calouste Gulbenkiannot measured- - 18
Bogd Khannot measured- - 19
Pyotr Krasnovnot measured- - 20
Karl Haushofernot measured- - 21
Zinaida Gippius11 decades - 22
Prince George of Greece and Denmarknot measured- - 23
Stanisław Wyspiańskinot measured- - 24
Edwin Lutyensnot measured- - 25
Henri Désiré Landrunot measured- - 26
Algernon Blackwoodnot measured- - 27
Gustav Vigelandnot measured- - 28
Siegfried Wagnernot measured- - 29
Else Lasker-Schüler11 decades - 30
Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Dinnot measured- - 31
Joseph Franklin Rutherfordnot measured- - 32
Prince Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aostanot measured- - 33
Washington Luísnot measured- - 34
Felix Salten12 decades - 35
María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturiasnot measured- - 36
Harvey Cushingnot measured- - 37
Winsor McCaynot measured- - 38
Komitas8 decades - 39
Stanisław Wojciechowskinot measured- - 40
Óscar Carmonanot measured- - 41
Arthur Rostronnot measured- - 42
Booth Tarkingtonnot measured- - 43
Élie Cartannot measured- - 44
Yevno Azefnot measured- - 45
Konstantin Somovnot measured- - 46
Liane de Pougynot measured- - 47
Rudolf Ottonot measured- - 48
Isabelle Eberhardtnot measured- - 49
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russianot measured- - 50
Hjalmar Söderbergnot measured- - 51
Max Hoffmannnot measured- - 52
William Dudley Haywoodnot measured- - 53
Karl Seitznot measured- - 54
Philip de Lászlónot measured- - 55
Prince Aloys of Liechtensteinnot measured- - 56
Giulio Douhetnot measured- - 57
Ramón Menéndez Pidalnot measured- - 58
Charley Grapewinnot measured- - 59
Gustaf Dalén0 decades - 60
Hans Pfitznernot measured- - 61
Henry Woodnot measured- - 62
Stephen Leacocknot measured- - 63
Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléansnot measured- - 64
Robbie Baldwin Rossnot measured- - 65
Ben Turpinnot measured- - 66
Michael von Faulhabernot measured- - 67
Hovhannes Tumanyannot measured- - 68
Albert Rousselnot measured- - 69
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokovnot measured- - 70
Julius Dorpmüllernot measured- - 71
Martin Andersen Nexønot measured- - 72
Ludwig von Reuternot measured- - 73
Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holsteinnot measured- - 74
Laura Vicuñanot measured- - 75
Hans Poelzignot measured- - 76
Hans Spemann9 decades - 77
Lyubov Dostoevskayanot measured- - 78
Alice Hamiltonnot measured- - 79
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson0 decades - 80
Helene Kröller-Müllernot measured- - 81
Hendrikus Colijnnot measured- - 82
Shakib Arslannot measured- - 83
Alex Hrdlickanot measured- - 84
Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabrianot measured- - 85
Edwin Arlington Robinsonnot measured- - 86
Princess Louise, Princess Alfons of Bavarianot measured- - 87
Abdullah Cevdetnot measured- - 88
Vasily Bartoldnot measured- - 89
Abdul-Aziz bin Mitabnot measured- - 90
Ivan Aguélinot measured- - 91
Otto Nordenskjöldnot measured- - 92
Józef Mehoffernot measured- - 93
Sergey Chaplyginnot measured- - 94
Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzaunot measured- - 95
Boris Rosingnot measured- - 96Léon Brunschvicgnot measured-
- 97
Eligiusz Niewiadomskinot measured- - 98
Ahmet Ağaoğlunot measured- - 99
Concha Espinanot measured- - 100
Eugen Schaumannot 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.