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The 1910s

Whose names filled the books of the 1910s - anyone at all, however long dead - counted as mentions per million words printed, so a period that simply published more does not inflate anyone.

Talked about then

Whose names appeared most in Spanish books during the 1910s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal7.7
  2. 2Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers5.9
  3. 3Bartolomé Mitre1821-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians4.8
  4. 4Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures4.3
  5. 5José de San Martín1778-1850 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians3.7
  6. 6Teresa of Ávila1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Writers3.3
  7. 7Christopher Columbus1451-1506 · 15th century · Italy · Historical Figures3.2
  8. 8Juan Vicente Gómez1857-1935 · 19th century · Venezuela · Politicians2.9
  9. 9Rubén Darío1867-1916 · 20th century · Nicaragua · Writers2.8
  10. 10Juan Fernández1529-1602 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.6
  11. 11Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers2.4
  12. 12Porfirio Díaz1830-1915 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians2.1
  13. 13Simón Bolívar1783-1830 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians2.0
  14. 14John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians2.0
  15. 15Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.9
  16. 16Hernán Cortés1485-1547 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.8
  17. 17Andrés Bello1781-1865 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians1.7
  18. 18John of the Cross1542-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.6
  19. 19Pedro de Valdivia1497-1553 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.4
  20. 20Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.4
  21. 21Carlos Pellegrini1846-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Journalists1.4
  22. 22Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians1.4
  23. 23Bernardino Rivadavia1780-1845 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.2
  24. 24Peter of Alcantara1499-1562 · 16th century · Spain1.1
  25. 25Juan de Garay1528-1583 · 16th century · Spain1.1
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1910s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Albert Einstein1879-1955 · Switzerland · Scientists11 decades
  2. 2Joseph Stalin1878-1953 · Russia · Politicians9 decades
  3. 3Franklin D. Roosevelt1882-1945 · United States · Politicians10 decades
  4. 4Benito Mussolini1883-1945 · Italy · Politicians11 decades
  5. 5Harry S. Truman1884-1972 · United States · Politicians9 decades
  6. 6Pablo Picasso1881-1973 · Spain · Artists10 decades
  7. 7Franz Kafka1883-1924 · Czechia · Writers11 decades
  8. 8Helen Keller1880-1968 · United States · Writers14 decades
  9. 9Leon Trotsky1879-1940 · Mexico · Activists10 decades
  10. 10Carl Jung1875-1961 · Switzerland · Doctors8 decades
  11. 11Virginia Woolf1882-1941 · United Kingdom · Writers10 decades
  12. 12Mustafa Kemal Atatürk1881-1938 · Turkey · Politicians2 decades
  13. 13Eleanor Roosevelt1884-1962 · United States · Politicians9 decades
  14. 14Thomas Mann1875-1955 · United States · Writers12 decades
  15. 15Douglas MacArthur1880-1964 · United States · Historical Figures10 decades
  16. 16Pope John XXIII1881-1963 · Italy · Religious Figures14 decades
  17. 17Pope Pius XII1876-1958 · Italy · Religious Figures8 decades
  18. 18Coco Chanel1883-1971 · France · Designers6 decades
  19. 19Konrad Adenauer1876-1967 · Germany · Politicians8 decades
  20. 20James Joyce1882-1941 · Ireland · Writers12 decades
  21. 21Muhammad Ali Jinnah1876-1948 · Pakistan · Politicians8 decades
  22. 22Mata Hari1876-1917 · Netherlands10 decades
  23. 23Aleister Crowley1875-1947 · United Kingdom · Writers7 decades
  24. 24Hermann Hesse1877-1962 · Switzerland · Writers12 decades
  25. 25Reza Shah1878-1944 · Iran · Politicians10 decades
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How to read these rankings

  • Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. 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.
  • Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.