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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 Italian books during the 1910s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers7.1
  2. 2Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists5.3
  3. 3Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists3.7
  4. 4Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists3.7
  5. 5Giuseppe Mazzini1805-1872 · 19th century · Italy · Activists3.5
  6. 6Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects2.8
  7. 7Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists2.5
  8. 8Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · 19th century · Writers2.5
  9. 9Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists2.1
  10. 10Giosuè Carducci1835-1907 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.0
  11. 11Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.9
  12. 12Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.8
  13. 13Benedetto Croce1866-1952 · 20th century · Italy · Academics1.8
  14. 14Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists1.8
  15. 15Francesco Crispi1818-1901 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians1.7
  16. 16Giuseppe Verdi1813-1901 · 19th century · Italy · Musicians1.7
  17. 17Giordano Bruno1548-1600 · 16th century · Italy · Academics1.6
  18. 18Silvio Pellico1789-1854 · 19th century · Writers1.5
  19. 19Luigi Luzzatti1841-1927 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians1.5
  20. 20Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.5
  21. 21Giovanni Pascoli1855-1912 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.4
  22. 22Farinelli1705-1782 · 18th century · Italy · Musicians1.4
  23. 23Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers1.3
  24. 24Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.3
  25. 25Grazia Deledda1871-1936 · 20th century · Italy · Writers1.3
  26. 26Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492 · 15th century · Politicians1.3
  27. 27Vincenzo Gioberti1801-1852 · 19th century · Italy · Academics1.2
  28. 28Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers1.2
  29. 29Vittorio Alfieri1749-1803 · 18th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.2
  30. 30Paul the Deacon720-799 · 8th century · Writers1.1
  31. 31Petrarch1304-1374 · 14th century · Italy · Academics1.1
  32. 32Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.0
  33. 33Gabriele D'Annunzio1863-1938 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.97
  34. 34Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.90
  35. 35Enrico Ferri1856-1929 · 19th century · Italy · Journalists0.87
  36. 36Paolo Boselli1838-1932 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians0.86
  37. 37Carlo Goldoni1707-1793 · 18th century · Italy · Writers0.85
  38. 38Massimo d'Azeglio1798-1866 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians0.81
  39. 39Cesare Lombroso1835-1909 · 19th century · Italy · Doctors0.81
  40. 40Salvator Rosa1615-1673 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.79
  41. 41Giovanni Boccaccio1313-1375 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.79
  42. 42Cesare Borgia1475-1507 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.78
  43. 43Cesare Balbo1789-1853 · 19th century · Politicians0.77
  44. 44Dino Compagni1255-1324 · 13th century · Writers0.77
  45. 45Federico Cesi1585-1630 · 17th century0.75
  46. 46Pinturicchio1454-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.75
  47. 47Margaret of Savoy1851-1926 · 19th century · Italy · Artists0.73
  48. 48Vittoria Colonna1492-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.73
  49. 49Niccolò Tommaseo1802-1874 · 19th century · Italy · Academics0.73
  50. 50Francesco Gonzaga1444-1483 · 15th century0.72
  51. 51Pietro Verri1728-1797 · 18th century · Academics0.71
  52. 52Francesca da Rimini1259-1285 · 13th century · Italy · Writers0.69
  53. 53Masaccio1401-1428 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.69
  54. 54Guido Cavalcanti1258-1300 · 13th century · Writers0.69
  55. 55Antonio Fogazzaro1842-1911 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.67
  56. 56Philip Neri1515-1595 · 16th century · Religious Figures0.66
  57. 57Pisanello1395-1455 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.66
  58. 58Niccolò Machiavelli1469-1527 · 16th century · Politicians0.65
  59. 59Arrigo Boito1842-1918 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.63
  60. 60Lucrezia Borgia1480-1519 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.63
  61. 61Filippo Maria Visconti1392-1447 · 15th century · Politicians0.63
  62. 62Bernardino of Siena1380-1444 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.62
  63. 63Pietro Aretino1492-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.61
  64. 64Cosimo de' Medici1389-1464 · 15th century · Politicians0.61
  65. 65Giulio Romano1499-1546 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.60
  66. 66Antonio Rosmini1797-1855 · 19th century · Academics0.59
  67. 67Alessandro Cagliostro1743-1795 · 18th century · France · Doctors0.58
  68. 68Giambattista Vico1668-1744 · 18th century · Italy · Academics0.57
  69. 69Piero della Francesca1415-1492 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.57
  70. 70Leon Battista Alberti1404-1472 · 15th century · Italy · Architects0.57
  71. 71Cimabue1240-1302 · 13th century · Artists0.57
  72. 72Giovanni Bellini1430-1516 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.56
  73. 73Arturo Graf1848-1913 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.55
  74. 74Guglielmo Marconi1874-1937 · 20th century · Italy · Scientists0.55
  75. 75Marco Minghetti1818-1886 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians0.55
  76. 76Andrea Doria1466-1560 · 16th century · Italy · Politicians0.54
  77. 77Cesare Cantù1804-1895 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.53
  78. 78Giovanni Sforza1466-1510 · 16th century · Italy0.51
  79. 79Girolamo Savonarola1452-1498 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians0.51
  80. 80Matilde Serao1856-1927 · 19th century · Greece · Journalists0.51
  81. 81Carlo Gozzi1720-1806 · 18th century · Writers0.50
  82. 82Giuseppe Parini1729-1799 · 18th century · Italy · Writers0.50
  83. 83Benvenuto Cellini1500-1571 · 16th century · France · Artists0.50
  84. 84Agostino Depretis1813-1887 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians0.50
  85. 85Paolo Veronese1528-1588 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.49
  86. 86Giuseppe Giusti1809-1850 · 19th century · Writers0.49
  87. 87Guercino1591-1666 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.49
  88. 88Filippo Turati1857-1932 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians0.49
  89. 89Tommaso Grossi1790-1853 · 19th century · Writers0.49
  90. 90Giorgio Vasari1511-1574 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.46
  91. 91Paolo Sarpi1552-1623 · 16th century · Academics0.46
  92. 92Cesare Beccaria1738-1794 · 18th century · Italy · Academics0.46
  93. 93Francesco Guicciardini1483-1540 · 16th century · Writers0.45
  94. 94Pietro Bembo1470-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.45
  95. 95Luigi Carlo Farini1812-1866 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.44
  96. 96Prospero Colonna1452-1523 · 15th century0.44
  97. 97Pietro Metastasio1698-1782 · 18th century · Italy · Writers0.44
  98. 98Apostolo Zeno1668-1750 · 18th century · Writers0.43
  99. 99Goffredo Mameli1827-1849 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.43
  100. 100Matteo Ricci1552-1610 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.42

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.