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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
  26. 26Paul Bourget1852-1935 · 19th century · France · Writers1.4
  27. 27Léon Bourgeois1851-1925 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.4
  28. 28Maurice Barrès1862-1923 · 19th century · France · Writers1.4
  29. 29Théophile Gautier1811-1872 · 19th century · France · Writers1.4
  30. 30Jules Favre1809-1880 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.3
  31. 31Jules Lemaître1853-1914 · 19th century · France · Writers1.2
  32. 32Romain Rolland1866-1944 · 20th century · France · Writers1.2
  33. 33Alfred de Musset1810-1857 · 19th century · France · Writers1.2
  34. 34Marie de' Medici1575-1642 · 17th century · France · Politicians1.2
  35. 35Pope John XXII1244-1334 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures1.2
  36. 36Jules Simon1814-1896 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.2
  37. 37Joseph de Maistre1753-1821 · 18th century · France · Academics1.1
  38. 38Louis XVII of France1785-1795 · 18th century · France1.1
  39. 39Maine de Biran1766-1824 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.1
  40. 40Louis Blanc1811-1882 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians1.1
  41. 41Philip V of Spain1683-1746 · 18th century · France · Politicians1.1
  42. 42Benjamin Constant1767-1830 · 19th century · Switzerland · Politicians1.0
  43. 43Pierre de Marivaux1688-1763 · 18th century · France · Writers1.0
  44. 44Henri Poincaré1854-1912 · 19th century · France · Academics0.95
  45. 45Charles the Bold1433-1477 · 15th century · France · Politicians0.94
  46. 46Raymond Poincaré1860-1934 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.91
  47. 47Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme1540-1614 · 16th century · France · Writers0.91
  48. 48Paul Deschanel1855-1922 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.89
  49. 49Salomon Reinach1858-1932 · 19th century · France · Writers0.89
  50. 50Francis II of France1544-1560 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.89
  51. 51Gaston Paris1839-1903 · 19th century · France · Writers0.88
  52. 52Napoleon1769-1821 · 19th century · France · Historical Figures0.87
  53. 53André Chénier1762-1794 · 18th century · France · Writers0.87
  54. 54Charles Maurras1868-1952 · 20th century · France · Writers0.87
  55. 55Pope Julius II1443-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.74
  56. 56Paul Adam1862-1920 · 19th century · France · Writers0.71
  57. 57Arsène Arnaud Claretie1840-1913 · 19th century · France · Journalists0.71
  58. 58Victor Cousin1792-1867 · 19th century · France · Academics0.71
  59. 59Jean Richepin1849-1926 · 19th century · France · Writers0.69
  60. 60Alphonse Daudet1840-1897 · 19th century · France · Writers0.66
  61. 61Pierre Loti1850-1923 · 19th century · France · Writers0.66
  62. 62René Bazin1853-1932 · 19th century · France · Writers0.66
  63. 63Pope Clement V1264-1314 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.66
  64. 64Aristide Briand1862-1932 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.64
  65. 65René Viviani1863-1925 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.64
  66. 66Henri de Régnier1864-1936 · 19th century · France · Writers0.64
  67. 67Ferdinand Buisson1841-1932 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.63
  68. 68La Grange1635-1692 · 17th century · France · Actors0.63
  69. 69Remy de Gourmont1858-1915 · 19th century · France · Writers0.61
  70. 70Charles Richet1850-1935 · 19th century · France · Doctors0.60
  71. 71Louis Barthou1862-1934 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.60
  72. 72Léon Bloy1846-1917 · 19th century · France · Writers0.60
  73. 73Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle1760-1836 · 18th century · France · Musicians0.59
  74. 74César Franck1822-1890 · 19th century · France · Musicians0.59
  75. 75Paul Claudel1868-1955 · 20th century · France · Politicians0.58
  76. 76Camille Desmoulins1760-1794 · 18th century · France · Journalists0.54
  77. 77François Coppée1842-1908 · 19th century · France · Writers0.52
  78. 78Gérard de Nerval1808-1855 · 19th century · France · Writers0.50
  79. 79Charles, Duke of Orléans1394-1465 · 15th century · France · Writers0.50
  80. 80Edmond Rostand1868-1918 · 20th century · France · Writers0.49
  81. 81Ernest Renan1823-1892 · 19th century · France · Academics0.49
  82. 82Edgar Quinet1803-1875 · 19th century · France · Writers0.48
  83. 83Charles Nodier1780-1844 · 19th century · France · Writers0.48
  84. 84Gabriel Hanotaux1853-1944 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.48
  85. 85Charles Péguy1873-1914 · 20th century · France · Writers0.47
  86. 86Gustave Flaubert1821-1880 · 19th century · France · Writers0.47
  87. 87Anne of Brittany1477-1514 · 16th century · France0.47
  88. 88Émile Ollivier1825-1913 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.47
  89. 89Sarah Bernhardt1844-1923 · 19th century · France · Actors0.46
  90. 90Sacha Guitry1885-1957 · 20th century · France · Writers0.46
  91. 91Augustin Thierry1795-1856 · 19th century · France · Writers0.45
  92. 92Marcel Prévost1862-1941 · 19th century · France · Writers0.45
  93. 93Gustave Le Bon1841-1931 · 19th century · France · Academics0.45
  94. 94Paul Verlaine1844-1896 · 19th century · France · Writers0.45
  95. 95Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville1746-1795 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.44
  96. 96Alfred Capus1857-1922 · 19th century · France · Journalists0.44
  97. 97Sully Prudhomme1839-1907 · 19th century · France · Writers0.43
  98. 98Louis Bonaparte1778-1846 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.43
  99. 99Jules Renard1864-1910 · 19th century · France · Writers0.42
  100. 100Théodore de Banville1823-1891 · 19th century · France · Writers0.40

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.