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1907
Whose working lives fell in 1907. 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 1907, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Calvin Coolidge11 decades - 2
Bertrand Russell13 decades - 3
Roald Amundsen12 decades - 4
Haakon VII of Norway0 decades - 5
Alexandra Feodorovna0 decades - 6
Piet Mondrian7 decades - 7
Léon Blum13 decades - 8
Aurobindo Ghosh4 decades - 9
Alexandra Kollontai7 decades - 10
Anton Denikin3 decades - 11
Djemal Pashanot measured- - 12
Ralph Vaughan Williamsnot measured- - 13
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajarnot measured- - 14
Maurice Gamelinnot measured- - 15
Sergei Diaghilevnot measured- - 16
Kato Svanidzenot measured- - 17
Zane Greynot measured- - 18
Edith Wilsonnot measured- - 19
Paul Langevin11 decades - 20
Paula Modersohn-Beckernot measured- - 21
Helena Rubinsteinnot measured- - 22
Louis Blériot12 decades - 23
Kijūrō Shideharanot measured- - 24
Mathilde Kschessinskanot measured- - 25
Alfred Jarry13 decades - 26
Eduard Blochnot measured- - 27
Pío Baroja12 decades - 28
Johan Huizinga8 decades - 29
Marcel Mauss11 decades - 30
Emil Háchanot measured- - 31
Vladimir Arsenyevnot measured- - 32
José Sanjurjonot measured- - 33
Georgy Chicherin9 decades - 34
Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmarknot measured- - 35
Édouard Herriot11 decades - 36
Princess Margaret of Prussianot measured- - 37
Arthur Griffithnot measured- - 38
Tōson Shimazakinot measured- - 39
Qiu Jinnot measured- - 40
Habibullah Khannot measured- - 41
Wilhelm Miklasnot measured- - 42
Maude Adamsnot measured- - 43
Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holsteinnot measured- - 44
Clémentine of Belgium, Princess Napoléonnot measured- - 45
Archduke Joseph August of Austrianot measured- - 46
Henry Tingle Wildenot measured- - 47
Jože Plečniknot measured- - 48
René Pottiernot measured- - 49
John Cowper Powysnot measured- - 50
Julia Morgannot measured- - 51
John McCraenot measured- - 52
Max Factornot measured- - 53
Max Beerbohmnot measured- - 54
Harlan F. Stonenot measured- - 55
William Desmond Taylornot measured- - 56
Mikhail Kuzminnot measured- - 57
Hidesaburō Uenonot measured- - 58
Ludwig Klagesnot measured- - 59
Nadezhda Teffinot measured- - 60
Sidónio Paisnot measured- - 61
Theodor Lessingnot measured- - 62
Solomea Krushelnytskanot measured- - 63
Hugo Alfvénnot measured- - 64
Lucille La Vernenot measured- - 65
Edward Gordon Craignot measured- - 66
Miguel Cabanellasnot measured- - 67
Heinrich Vogelernot measured- - 68
Carlo Sforzanot measured- - 69
Misia Sertnot measured- - 70
George Dernnot measured- - 71
Albert Sarrautnot measured- - 72
Oswaldo Cruznot measured- - 73
Learned Handnot measured- - 74
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscanynot measured- - 75
Norman Angell11 decades - 76
Richard Willstätter12 decades - 77
Luigi Orionenot measured- - 78
Hassan Pirnianot measured- - 79
Andrew Kehoenot measured- - 80
Gleb Krzhizhanovskynot measured- - 81
Max Ehrmannnot measured- - 82
Ahmet Baitursynulynot measured- - 83
Ranjitsinhjinot measured- - 84
Katai Tayamanot measured- - 85
Paul Léautaudnot measured- - 86
Michael Joseph Savagenot measured- - 87
Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgiumnot measured- - 88
Willem de Sitternot measured- - 89
David Unaiponnot measured- - 90
William Larnednot measured- - 91
Park Jung-yangnot measured- - 92
Jan Szczepaniknot measured- - 93
Mikhail Tsvetnot measured- - 94
Ottokar Czerninnot measured- - 95
Mykola Skrypnyknot measured- - 96
Prince Emmanuel d’Orléansnot measured- - 97
Traian Vuianot measured- - 98
V. O. Chidambaram Pillainot measured- - 99
Abdullah Yusuf Alinot measured- - 100
Wilhelm Ohnesorgenot 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.