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1912
Whose working lives fell in 1912. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 1912, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Hermann Hesse12 decades - 2
Felix Dzerzhinsky10 decades - 3
Isadora Duncannot measured- - 4
Muhammad Iqbal4 decades - 5
Hjalmar Schacht11 decades - 6
Wilhelm Fricknot measured- - 7
Edgar Caycenot measured- - 8
G.H. Hardy0 decades - 9
Aga Khan IIInot measured- - 10
Plutarco Elías Callesnot measured- - 11
Joan Gampernot measured- - 12
Alben W. Barkley7 decades - 13
Said Nursînot measured- - 14
Niceto Alcalá-Zamoranot measured- - 15
Enrico de Nicola11 decades - 16
Charles Coburnnot measured- - 17
Franz Reicheltnot measured- - 18
Jesse Lauriston Livermorenot measured- - 19
Takuboku Ishikawanot measured- - 20
Sadao Arakinot measured- - 21
Gabriele Münternot measured- - 22
Alice B. Toklasnot measured- - 23
Raoul Dufynot measured- - 24
Mohammad Ali Foroughinot measured- - 25
Louis Renaultnot measured- - 26
Edmund Gwennnot measured- - 27
Mykola Leontovychnot measured- - 28
Kārlis Ulmanis0 decades - 29
Carlos Ibáñez del Camponot measured- - 30
Consuelo Vanderbiltnot measured- - 31
Lawrence Oatesnot measured- - 32
Jack Phillipsnot measured- - 33
Maximilian Voloshinnot measured- - 34
Ananda Coomaraswamynot measured- - 35
Buddy Boldennot measured- - 36
Pascual Ortiz Rubionot measured- - 37
Wallace Hartleynot measured- - 38
Georg Karl Tänzlernot measured- - 39
Alfred Kubinnot measured- - 40
Kees van Dongennot measured- - 41
Georg Hackenschmidtnot measured- - 42
William Hope Hodgsonnot measured- - 43
Alfred Cortotnot measured- - 44
James Paul Moodynot measured- - 45
Rudolf Hilferdingnot measured- - 46
Ernő Dohnányinot measured- - 47
Thomas Creannot measured- - 48
Maurice Halbwachsnot measured- - 49
Tom Thomsonnot measured- - 50
Béla Kissnot measured- - 51
Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvásnot measured- - 52
Georges Catrouxnot measured- - 53
Alexy I of Moscownot measured- - 54
Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky)not measured- - 55
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrangenot measured- - 56
Angelica Balabanoffnot measured- - 57
Calogero Vizzininot measured- - 58
Arthur Cecil Pigounot measured- - 59
Josephine Hullnot measured- - 60
Pavel Bermondt-Avalovnot measured- - 61
André Maginotnot measured- - 62
Edmund Landaunot measured- - 63
Infanta Maria Teresa Isabel of Spainnot measured- - 64
Dudley Poundnot measured- - 65
Georg Heymnot measured- - 66
Bolesław Leśmiannot measured- - 67
Otto Grossnot measured- - 68
Frederick Soddy11 decades - 69
James Montgomery Flaggnot measured- - 70
Garrett Morgannot measured- - 71
Raymond Rousselnot measured- - 72
Edmond Locardnot measured- - 73
Ned Maddrellnot measured- - 74
Herbert Pitmannot measured- - 75
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russianot measured- - 76
Oswald Averynot measured- - 77
Endre Ady2 decades - 78
Norman Pritchardnot measured- - 79
Princess Pauline, Princess of Wiednot measured- - 80
Princess Marie Gabriele, Princess Rupprecht of Bavarianot measured- - 81
Chaim Rumkowskinot measured- - 82
Avel Enukidzenot measured- - 83
Vasil Kolarovnot measured- - 84
Charles Rothschildnot measured- - 85
Laura Knightnot measured- - 86
James Jeans0 decades - 87
William Beebenot measured- - 88
Alfredo Guzzoninot measured- - 89
Liao Zhongkainot measured- - 90
Francisco Lázaronot measured- - 91
Alessandro Pirzio Birolinot measured- - 92
Leonhard Seppalanot measured- - 93
Sergei Bortkiewicznot measured- - 94
Georgy Sedovnot measured- - 95
Marsden Hartleynot measured- - 96
Frederick Griffithnot measured- - 97
Lewis Termannot measured- - 98
Karl Abrahamnot measured- - 99
Francis William Aston0 decades - 100
Carl Haydennot measured-
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. 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. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.