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1906
Whose working lives fell in 1906. 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 1906, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Rosa Luxemburg13 decades - 2
Marcel Proust12 decades - 3
Ernest Rutherford12 decades - 4
Friedrich Ebert11 decades - 5
Guangxu Emperor7 decades - 6
Karl Liebknecht11 decades - 7
Pietro Badoglio11 decades - 8
Alexander Scriabin3 decades - 9
Heinrich Mann12 decades - 10
Grazia Deledda13 decades - 11
Lesya Ukrainka1 decades - 12
Albert Lebrun11 decades - 13
Paul Valéry12 decades - 14
Theodore Dreiser11 decades - 15
Leonid Andreyev12 decades - 16
Ioannis Metaxas0 decades - 17
Cordell Hull11 decades - 18
Doppo Kunikidanot measured- - 19
Ivan Poddubnynot measured- - 20
Maurice Garinnot measured- - 21
Harry Brearleynot measured- - 22
Christian Morgenstern13 decades - 23
Lyonel Feiningernot measured- - 24
Emily Carrnot measured- - 25
Princess Hélène of Orléansnot measured- - 26
Sergei Bulgakovnot measured- - 27
John Millington Synge9 decades - 28
Hàm Nghinot measured- - 29
Giacomo Ballanot measured- - 30
Georges Rouaultnot measured- - 31
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beattynot measured- - 32
Zhang Jinghuinot measured- - 33
Gerardo Machadonot measured- - 34
Abanindranath Tagorenot measured- - 35
Paul Laurence Dunbarnot measured- - 36
Luigi Sturzonot measured- - 37
Émile Borel11 decades - 38
James Weldon Johnsonnot measured- - 39
Stjepan Radićnot measured- - 40
Princess Louise of Denmarknot measured- - 41
Alexander von Zemlinskynot measured- - 42
František Kupkanot measured- - 43
Shūsui Kōtokunot measured- - 44
Ernst Zermelonot measured- - 45
Nicolae Iorganot measured- - 46
Florence Scovel Shinnnot measured- - 47
Guillermo Kahlonot measured- - 48
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlboroughnot measured- - 49
Fedor Tokarevnot measured- - 50
Cesare Morinot measured- - 51
Igor Grabarnot measured- - 52
Orville Wrightnot measured- - 53
Elizabeth of the Trinitynot measured- - 54
Hanns Heinz Ewersnot measured- - 55
Vatslav Vorovskynot measured- - 56
Ahatanhel Krymskynot measured- - 57
Onisaburo Deguchinot measured- - 58
Walter Bradford Cannonnot measured- - 59
Kiyoshi Shiganot measured- - 60
Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegronot measured- - 61
Kim Bo-hyonnot measured- - 62
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippenot measured- - 63
Vasyl Stefanyknot measured- - 64
Hasyim Asy'arinot measured- - 65
Victor Grignard3 decades - 66
W. H. Daviesnot measured- - 67
Claus Schillingnot measured- - 68
William Sternnot measured- - 69
Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lichnot measured- - 70
Walter Russellnot measured- - 71
Robert Hugh Bensonnot measured- - 72
Willem Mengelbergnot measured- - 73
Mariano Fortunynot measured- - 74
José Enrique Rodónot measured- - 75
Tsunesaburō Makiguchinot measured- - 76
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburgnot measured- - 77
Wilhelm Stenhammarnot measured- - 78
Jack Butler Yeatsnot measured- - 79
Franziska zu Reventlownot measured- - 80
Mulai Ahmed er Raisuninot measured- - 81
Lou Tseng-Tsiangnot measured- - 82
Ratanji Tatanot measured- - 83
Ovide Decrolynot measured- - 84
Lottie Dodnot measured- - 85
Prince Randiannot measured- - 86
William McDougallnot measured- - 87
Wilhelm von Mirbachnot measured- - 88
Henryk Arctowskinot measured- - 89
Sada Yacconot measured- - 90
Arthur Tansleynot measured- - 91
John Sloannot measured- - 92
Jovan Dučićnot measured- - 93
Harry Nelson Pillsburynot measured- - 94
Ivan Babushkinnot measured- - 95
Nils Edénnot measured- - 96
Gjergj Fishtanot measured- - 97
Mykola Voronyinot measured- - 98
Camille Huysmansnot measured- - 99
Trilussanot measured- - 100
John Langalibalele Dubenot 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.