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1908
Whose working lives fell in 1908. 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 1908, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Sergei Rachmaninoffnot measured- - 2
Colettenot measured- - 3
Jules Rimet3 decades - 4
Francisco I. Madero12 decades - 5
Enrico Caruso12 decades - 6
Sai Baba of Shirdinot measured- - 7
Alberto Santos-Dumont0 decades - 8
Thomas Andrewsnot measured- - 9
Konstantin von Neurath7 decades - 10
Willa Cather10 decades - 11
Feodor Chaliapin9 decades - 12
Elena of Montenegronot measured- - 13
Pavlo Skoropadsky1 decades - 14
Charles Péguy12 decades - 15
Yuly Martovnot measured- - 16
Otto Welsnot measured- - 17
Luigi Lucheninot measured- - 18
Karl Schwarzschild6 decades - 19
Al Smithnot measured- - 20
William McMaster Murdochnot measured- - 21
Ma Barkernot measured- - 22
Sidney Reillynot measured- - 23
Alexander Bogdanovnot measured- - 24
Alexis Carrel11 decades - 25
Ivanoe Bonominot measured- - 26
Liang Chi-chaonot measured- - 27
Ford Madox Fordnot measured- - 28
Max Reinhardtnot measured- - 29
Henri Barbusse12 decades - 30
Alice Guy-Blachénot measured- - 31
G. E. Moore13 decades - 32
Adolph Zukornot measured- - 33
Mehmet Âkif Ersoynot measured- - 34
Viktor Chernovnot measured- - 35
Max Reger12 decades - 36
Valery Bryusov13 decades - 37
Moisei Uritskynot measured- - 38
Hayim Nahman Bialiknot measured- - 39
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzinot measured- - 40
Kyösti Kallionot measured- - 41
W. C. Handynot measured- - 42
Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugalnot measured- - 43
Mikhail Prishvinnot measured- - 44
Hugo Simbergnot measured- - 45
Eliel Saarinennot measured- - 46
Sándor Ferenczinot measured- - 47
Christian Rakovskynot measured- - 48
Khudiram Bosenot measured- - 49
Lee de Forest10 decades - 50
Elena Stasovanot measured- - 51
Kyōka Izuminot measured- - 52
Fritz Thyssennot measured- - 53
Anton Pannekoeknot measured- - 54
Józef Hallernot measured- - 55
Alexey Shchusevnot measured- - 56
Ivan Shmelyovnot measured- - 57
Walter de la Marenot measured- - 58
Spyridon Louisnot measured- - 59
Jukums Vācietisnot measured- - 60
Ricardo Flores Magónnot measured- - 61
Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevichnot measured- - 62
Wojciech Korfantynot measured- - 63
Konstantinos Carathéodorynot measured- - 64
Sakallı Nureddin Paşanot measured- - 65
Daisy, Princess of Plessnot measured- - 66
José Martínez Ruiznot measured- - 67
Robert Wienenot measured- - 68
Jakob Wassermannnot measured- - 69
Melitta Bentznot measured- - 70
A.K. Fazlul Huqnot measured- - 71
Tullio Levi-Civitanot measured- - 72
E. D. Morelnot measured- - 73
Ramón Castillonot measured- - 74
Thorvald Stauningnot measured- - 75
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerinnot measured- - 76
Gaetano Salvemininot measured- - 77
Leo Amerynot measured- - 78
Anton Cermaknot measured- - 79
Rudolf Rockernot measured- - 80
Dámaso Berenguer, 1st Count of Xauennot measured- - 81
Frank Wildnot measured- - 82
Tekkan Yosanonot measured- - 83
Leo Frobeniusnot measured- - 84
Arnold van Gennepnot measured- - 85
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simonnot measured- - 86
Otto Loewi5 decades - 87
Gabriel Terranot measured- - 88
Barnum Brownnot measured- - 89
Iuliu Maniunot measured- - 90
Johannes V. Jensen3 decades - 91
Mustafa Kamilnot measured- - 92
Richard Gerstlnot measured- - 93
Lady Ottoline Morrellnot measured- - 94
Charles Fox Parhamnot measured- - 95
Louis Feuilladenot measured- - 96
Hans Bergernot measured- - 97
Margaret Bondfieldnot measured- - 98
Leo Baecknot measured- - 99
David O. McKaynot measured- - 100
Ray Ewrynot 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.