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1905
Whose working lives fell in 1905. 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 1905, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Vladimir Lenin12 decades - 2
Maria Montessori12 decades - 3
Alfred Adler11 decades - 4
Ivan Bunin11 decades - 5
Albert Fishnot measured- - 6
Christian X of Denmark0 decades - 7
Miguel Primo de Riveranot measured- - 8
Lavr Kornilov5 decades - 9
Aleksandr Kuprin12 decades - 10
Sophia of Prussianot measured- - 11
Jan Christiaan Smutsnot measured- - 12
Louis II, Prince of Monaconot measured- - 13
Paul von Lettow-Vorbecknot measured- - 14
Lord Alfred Douglasnot measured- - 15
Karl Renner12 decades - 16
Sakinot measured- - 17
Hilaire Bellocnot measured- - 18
Georgy Gaponnot measured- - 19
Adolf Loos12 decades - 20
D. T. Suzukinot measured- - 21
Franz Lehár0 decades - 22
Bernard Mannes Baruchnot measured- - 23
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbachnot measured- - 24
Alexander Berkman0 decades - 25
Dadasaheb Phalkenot measured- - 26
Kitarō Nishidanot measured- - 27
Hamaguchi Osachinot measured- - 28
Pierre Louÿsnot measured- - 29
Clara Immerwahrnot measured- - 30
Juho Kusti Paasikivi0 decades - 31
Masabumi Hosononot measured- - 32
Ernst Barlachnot measured- - 33
Maurice Denisnot measured- - 34
William G. Morgannot measured- - 35
Leonid Krasinnot measured- - 36
Alexandre Benoisnot measured- - 37
Prince Carlos of the Two Siciliesnot measured- - 38
Maxfield Parrishnot measured- - 39
James Middleton Coxnot measured- - 40
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuelnot measured- - 41
Jean Baptiste Perrin15 decades - 42
Amado Nervonot measured- - 43
Gustav Landauernot measured- - 44
Benjamin N. Cardozonot measured- - 45
Chittaranjan Dasnot measured- - 46
Erskine Childersnot measured- - 47
Nikolay Baumannot measured- - 48
Vladimir Purishkevichnot measured- - 49
Richard Bedford Bennettnot measured- - 50
Josef Hoffmannnot measured- - 51
Gustav Bauer13 decades - 52
Jaime de Borbón y Borbón-Parmanot measured- - 53
Amadeo Giannininot measured- - 54
Ilya Ivanovnot measured- - 55
Louis Viernenot measured- - 56
Herbert Kilpinnot measured- - 57
Francisco S. Carvajalnot measured- - 58
Peter Struvenot measured- - 59
Archduchess Louise of Austrianot measured- - 60
Ada Negrinot measured- - 61
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressensteinnot measured- - 62
Nariman Narimanovnot measured- - 63
Joseph Straussnot measured- - 64
Enoch Mankayi Sontonganot measured- - 65
William J. Seymournot measured- - 66
Cevat Çobanlınot measured- - 67
Hugo Stinnesnot measured- - 68
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holsteinnot measured- - 69
Leopold Godowskynot measured- - 70
Edwin Stanton Porternot measured- - 71
Marcus Loewnot measured- - 72
Harry Vardonnot measured- - 73
Elisabeth Hesselbladnot measured- - 74
Annie Londonderrynot measured- - 75
Reginald Leenot measured- - 76
Louis Bacheliernot measured- - 77
Ignacio Zuloaganot measured- - 78
François Georges-Picotnot measured- - 79
Sigfrid Edströmnot measured- - 80
Mbah Gothonot measured- - 81
Jesús Malverdenot measured- - 82
Dirk Jan de Geernot measured- - 83
Grigory Gershuninot measured- - 84
Mehmed Selim Efendinot measured- - 85
Julián Besteironot measured- - 86
Marianne Webernot measured- - 87
Michael Rostovtzeffnot measured- - 88
Princess Henriette of Belgiumnot measured- - 89
Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austrianot measured- - 90
David Riazanovnot measured- - 91
Florent Schmittnot measured- - 92
Georges Claudenot measured- - 93
Evgeny Patonnot measured- - 94
Ivan Kalyayevnot measured- - 95
Vera Gedroitsnot measured- - 96
Jules Bordet9 decades - 97
Macario Sakaynot measured- - 98
Charlotte Coopernot measured- - 99
Thomas Bylesnot measured- - 100
Matangini Hazranot 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.