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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 Russian books during the 1910s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures4.3
  2. 2Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers2.4
  3. 3Leo Tolstoy1828-1910 · 19th century · Russia · Writers2.3
  4. 4Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827-1892 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.6
  5. 5Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians1.1
  6. 6Andrei Bely1880-1934 · 20th century · Russia · Writers1.1
  7. 7Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians1.0
  8. 8Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia1864-1931 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.92
  9. 9Ivan the Terrible1530-1584 · 16th century · Politicians0.75
  10. 10Maximus the Greek1475-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.74
  11. 11Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.72
  12. 12Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.67
  13. 13Elizabeth of Russia1709-1761 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.67
  14. 14Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia1858-1915 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.63
  15. 15Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century0.59
  16. 16Leonid Andreyev1871-1919 · 20th century · Russia · Writers0.56
  17. 17Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia1690-1718 · 18th century · Politicians0.53
  18. 18Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.52
  19. 19Maxim Gorky1868-1936 · 20th century · Russia · Writers0.52
  20. 20Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.51
  21. 21Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia1899-1918 · 20th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.49
  22. 22Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.48
  23. 23Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.47
  24. 24Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia1825-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.45
  25. 25Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia1860-1919 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.41
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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.