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1918
Whose working lives fell in 1918. 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 1918, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Benito Mussolini11 decades - 2
Franz Kafka11 decades - 3
Coco Chanel6 decades - 4
John Maynard Keynes10 decades - 5
Gavrilo Princip3 decades - 6
Khalil Gibran5 decades - 7
Clement Attlee8 decades - 8
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia11 decades - 9
Manfred von Richthofen7 decades - 10
Egon Schiele10 decades - 11
Pierre Laval11 decades - 12
Walter Gropius11 decades - 13
José Ortega y Gasset12 decades - 14
Napoleon Hill3 decades - 15
Lev Kamenev4 decades - 16
Semyon Budyonny9 decades - 17
Grigory Zinoviev3 decades - 18
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia11 decades - 19
Douglas Fairbanks11 decades - 20
Nikos Kazantzakis7 decades - 21
Karl Jaspers11 decades - 22
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russianot measured- - 23
Celâl Bayar0 decades - 24
Wang Jingweinot measured- - 25
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia13 decades - 26
Joseph Schumpeter11 decades - 27
Vinayak Damodar Savarkarnot measured- - 28
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russianot measured- - 29
Fanny Kaplannot measured- - 30
Walter Hustonnot measured- - 31
Lon Chaneynot measured- - 32
Roland Garrosnot measured- - 33
Wilfred Owen10 decades - 34
Morihei Ueshiba0 decades - 35
Otto Heinrich Warburgnot measured- - 36
Jaroslav Hašek8 decades - 37
Ichirō Hatoyamanot measured- - 38
Johannes Blaskowitznot measured- - 39
Andrey Vyshinskynot measured- - 40
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlonenot measured- - 41
Ivan Ilyinnot measured- - 42
Angela Hitlernot measured- - 43
William Carlos Williams10 decades - 44
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austrianot measured- - 45
Joseph Pilatesnot measured- - 46
Maurice Utrillonot measured- - 47
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavellnot measured- - 48
Mohammed Nadir Shahnot measured- - 49
Rube Goldbergnot measured- - 50
Peter Kürtennot measured- - 51
Anton Webern9 decades - 52
Joseph Stilwellnot measured- - 53
Alexander Ilyich Yegorovnot measured- - 54
William J. Donovannot measured- - 55
Marie Laurencinnot measured- - 56
Lili Boulangernot measured- - 57
Zaifeng, Prince Chunnot measured- - 58
Eurico Gaspar Dutranot measured- - 59
Giovanni Messenot measured- - 60
Edgard Varèsenot measured- - 61
Prince Arthur of Connaughtnot measured- - 62
Max Fleischernot measured- - 63
Bertram Home Ramsaynot measured- - 64
Yen Hsi-shannot measured- - 65
Joachim Ringelnatznot measured- - 66
José Clemente Orozconot measured- - 67
Alexander Alexandrovnot measured- - 68
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhopenot measured- - 69
Henry Gunthernot measured- - 70
Kenji Doiharanot measured- - 71
Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrookenot measured- - 72
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenkonot measured- - 73
Gottfried Federnot measured- - 74
Theo van Doesburg6 decades - 75
Naoya Shiganot measured- - 76
Ida Rubinsteinnot measured- - 77
Raimunot measured- - 78
Demyan Bednynot measured- - 79
Katia Mannnot measured- - 80
Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussianot measured- - 81
Umberto Sabanot measured- - 82
Adolph Joffenot measured- - 83
Indalecio Prietonot measured- - 84
Matryona Nikonovanot measured- - 85
Max Lindernot measured- - 86
Fritz Gerlichnot measured- - 87
Marion Lornenot measured- - 88
Isaak Brodskynot measured- - 89
Estelle Winwoodnot measured- - 90
Ikki Kitanot measured- - 91
Georgios Papanikolaounot measured- - 92
Fyodor Sergeyevnot measured- - 93
Mauritz Stillernot measured- - 94
Alexandros Papagosnot measured- - 95
Enoch L. Johnsonnot measured- - 96
Sam Woodnot measured- - 97
Bernhard Rustnot measured- - 98
Nina Riccinot measured- - 99
Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanlandnot measured- - 100
Vladimir Kappelnot 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.