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1915
Whose working lives fell in 1915. 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 1915, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Helen Keller14 decades - 2
Douglas MacArthur10 decades - 3
Wilhelmina of the Netherlandsnot measured- - 4
George Marshallnot measured- - 5
Oswald Spengler11 decades - 6
Guillaume Apollinaire12 decades - 7
Manuel Azaña11 decades - 8
Fedor von Bock3 decades - 9
Alexander Blok13 decades - 10
Alfred Wegener12 decades - 11
Robert Musil10 decades - 12
Ze'ev Jabotinskynot measured- - 13
Franz Marc11 decades - 14
Ludwig Becknot measured- - 15
H. L. Mencken11 decades - 16
Premchand11 decades - 17
Álvaro Obregón7 decades - 18
Paul Haussernot measured- - 19
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner9 decades - 20
W. C. Fieldsnot measured- - 21
Kuniaki Koisonot measured- - 22
André Derain11 decades - 23
Mitsumasa Yonainot measured- - 24
Werner von Fritschnot measured- - 25
Sarah Knaussnot measured- - 26
Adrian Carton de Wiartnot measured- - 27
Yōsuke Matsuokanot measured- - 28
Frances Perkinsnot measured-
- 29
Georg von Trappnot measured- - 30
Alexander Grin10 decades - 31
Tom Mixnot measured- - 32
Rupert Brookenot measured- - 33
Leo Franknot measured- - 34
Lionel Loguenot measured- - 35
Jeannette Rankinnot measured- - 36
Andrei Bely13 decades - 37
Paul Ehrenfestnot measured- - 38
Lytton Stracheynot measured- - 39
Wilhelm Listnot measured- - 40
Margherita Sarfattinot measured- - 41
Carl Van Vechtennot measured- - 42
Henry Moseleynot measured- - 43
Mack Sennettnot measured- - 44
Mohammed Alim Khannot measured- - 45
Elizabeth Christ Trumpnot measured- - 46
Bruno Tautnot measured- - 47
Alice Baileynot measured- - 48
Giuseppe Moscatinot measured- - 49
Ali Fethi Okyarnot measured- - 50
Volodymyr Vynnychenkonot measured- - 51
Tod Browningnot measured- - 52
Hajime Sugiyamanot measured- - 53
Leonard Woolfnot measured- - 54
Leonard Woolleynot measured- - 55
Radclyffe Hallnot measured- - 56
Osami Naganonot measured- - 57
Abram Ioffenot measured- - 58
Marie Stopesnot measured- - 59
Seán O'Caseynot measured- - 60
Mikhail Tomskynot measured- - 61
Christabel Pankhurstnot measured- - 62
Jacob Epsteinnot measured- - 63
Mirza Kuchik Khannot measured- - 64
Waldemar Bonselsnot measured- - 65
Damon Runyonnot measured- - 66
Dmitry Karbyshevnot measured- - 67
Ivar Kreugernot measured- - 68
Milan Rastislav Štefániknot measured- - 69
Eben Byersnot measured- - 70
Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thaninot measured- - 71
Christy Mathewsonnot measured- - 72
Elton Mayonot measured- - 73
Nikolai Medtnernot measured- - 74
Hans Mosernot measured- - 75
Ugo Cavalleronot measured- - 76
George Herrimannot measured- - 77
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moynenot measured- - 78
Akiba Rubinsteinnot measured- - 79
Marie-Louise Meilleurnot measured- - 80
Ida Dalsernot measured- - 81
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossainnot measured- - 82
W. T. Cosgravenot measured- - 83
Ernest Oppenheimernot measured- - 84
Max Wertheimernot measured- - 85
Bertie Charles Forbesnot measured- - 86
Michel Fokinenot measured- - 87
Joseph Trumpeldornot measured- - 88
Ernest Blochnot measured- - 89
Adam Czerniakównot measured- - 90
Nikolaj Velimirovićnot measured- - 91
Una O'Connornot measured- - 92
Jesse Louis Laskynot measured- - 93
Otto Meissnernot measured- - 94
Charles Huntzigernot measured- - 95
Bernhard Weißnot measured- - 96
Martiros Saryannot measured- - 97
Grocknot measured- - 98
Vojtech Tukanot measured- - 99
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironsidenot measured- - 100
Robert Stolznot 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.