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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 French books during the 1910s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Voltaire1694-1778 · 18th century · France · Writers21
  2. 2Louis XIV of France1638-1715 · 17th century · France · Historical Figures18
  3. 3Molière1622-1673 · 17th century · France · Writers11
  4. 4Victor Hugo1802-1885 · 19th century · France · Writers11
  5. 5Louis XVI of France1754-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures9.1
  6. 6Louis XV of France1710-1774 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures7.3
  7. 7François Fénelon1651-1715 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures6.9
  8. 8Joan of Arc1412-1431 · 15th century · France5.9
  9. 9Stendhal1783-1842 · 19th century · France · Writers5.8
  10. 10Montesquieu1689-1755 · 18th century · France · Academics5.0
  11. 11Napoleon III1808-1873 · 19th century · France · Politicians4.1
  12. 12Louis XVIII of France1755-1824 · 18th century · France · Politicians3.9
  13. 13George Sand1804-1876 · 19th century · France · Writers3.5
  14. 14Francis de Sales1567-1622 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures2.8
  15. 15Marie Antoinette1755-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures2.8
  16. 16Auguste Comte1798-1857 · 19th century · France · Academics2.5
  17. 17Louis XII of France1462-1515 · 15th century · France · Historical Figures2.1
  18. 18Anatole France1844-1924 · 19th century · France · Writers2.1
  19. 19Charles X of France1757-1836 · 18th century · France · Politicians2.0
  20. 20Vincent de Paul1581-1660 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures1.9
  21. 21Alfred de Vigny1797-1863 · 19th century · France · Writers1.7
  22. 22Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712-1778 · 18th century · Switzerland · Academics1.6
  23. 23Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle1818-1894 · 19th century · France · Writers1.6
  24. 24Jules Ferry1832-1893 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.6
  25. 25Claude Bernard1813-1878 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.6
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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.