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1914
Whose working lives fell in 1914. 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 1914, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Albert Einstein11 decades - 2
Leon Trotsky10 decades - 3
Franz von Papen9 decades - 4
Emiliano Zapata12 decades - 5
Paul Klee11 decades - 6
E. M. Forster10 decades - 7
Emperor Taishō0 decades - 8
Margaret Sanger11 decades - 9
Symon Petliura7 decades - 10
Kazimir Malevich4 decades - 11
Ramana Maharshi6 decades - 12
Sarojini Naidu11 decades - 13
Will Rogers10 decades - 14
Grace Coolidgenot measured- - 15
Henri Giraudnot measured- - 16
Otto Hahn14 decades - 17
Miles Franklinnot measured- - 18
Alma Mahlernot measured- - 19
Chen Duxiunot measured- - 20
Ethel Barrymore12 decades - 21
Boris Savinkovnot measured- - 22
Erode Venkatappa Ramasamynot measured- - 23
Ottorino Respighinot measured- - 24
Patrick Pearsenot measured- - 25
Max Schrecknot measured- - 26
Francis Picabia10 decades - 27
August Macke11 decades - 28
Jane Darwellnot measured- - 29
Alla Nazimovanot measured- - 30
Joe Hillnot measured- - 31
Fritz Haarmannnot measured- - 32
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astornot measured- - 33
Georg Trakl11 decades - 34
Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerinnot measured- - 35
Alain-Fournier11 decades - 36
Sydney Greenstreetnot measured- - 37
Hans Heinrich Lammersnot measured- - 38
Shunroku Hatanot measured- - 39
Vanessa Bellnot measured- - 40
Wallace Stevens10 decades - 41
William Foxnot measured- - 42
Kafū Nagainot measured- - 43
Knud Rasmussennot measured- - 44
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrooknot measured- - 45
Huda Sha'rawinot measured- - 46
Italo Gariboldinot measured- - 47
Thành Tháinot measured- - 48
Max von Laue10 decades
- 49
Hans Luthernot measured- - 50
Edward Steichennot measured- - 51
Hisaichi Terauchinot measured- - 52
Milutin Milankovićnot measured- - 53
Alfred Korzybskinot measured- - 54
Ernest Howard Shepardnot measured- - 55
Pavel Bazhovnot measured- - 56
Joseph Wirth10 decades - 57
Pál Telekinot measured- - 58
Hu Han-minnot measured- - 59
Victor Sjöströmnot measured- - 60
Vasily Degtyaryovnot measured- - 61
William Beveridgenot measured- - 62
Jatindranath Mukherjeenot measured- - 63
Pedro Aguirre Cerdanot measured- - 64
Rudolf von Labannot measured- - 65
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russianot measured- - 66
Mark Sykesnot measured- - 67
José Millán Astray y Terrerosnot measured- - 68
Lewis Stonenot measured- - 69
Carlos Chagasnot measured- - 70
YU You-Rennot measured- - 71
Joseph Lyonsnot measured- - 72
Agrippina Vaganovanot measured- - 73
Warner Olandnot measured- - 74
Lucile Watsonnot measured- - 75
Delmira Agustininot measured- - 76
Ali-Akbar Dehkhodanot measured- - 77
Vilhjalmur Stefanssonnot measured- - 78
Prince Maurice of Battenbergnot measured- - 79
Thomas Beechamnot measured- - 80
Johan Nygaardsvoldnot measured- - 81
Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningennot measured- - 82
Wanda Landowskanot measured- - 83
Mustafa al-Nahhasnot measured- - 84
Vivian Woodwardnot measured- - 85
Paul Poiretnot measured- - 86
Nicola Bombaccinot measured- - 87
Edwin Montagunot measured- - 88
Pyotr Nesterovnot measured- - 89
Adolf Straussnot measured- - 90
Vittorio Ambrosionot measured- - 91
Léon Jouhaux11 decades - 92
Aleksandar Stamboliyskinot measured- - 93
Alfred Abelnot measured- - 94
Helena Roerichnot measured- - 95
Ernest Jonesnot measured- - 96
Wu Lien-tehnot measured- - 97
Hussain Ahmad Madaninot measured- - 98
Walery Sławeknot measured- - 99
Henri Wallonnot measured- - 100
Elmer McCollumnot 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.