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1919
Whose working lives fell in 1919. 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 1919, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Harry S. Truman9 decades - 2
Eleanor Roosevelt9 decades - 3
Hideki Tojo7 decades - 4
Isoroku Yamamoto3 decades - 5
Amedeo Modigliani10 decades - 6
İsmet İnönü0 decades - 7
Yevgeny Zamyatin11 decades - 8
Rajendra Prasad9 decades - 9
Theodor Heuss9 decades - 10
Anton Drexler7 decades - 11
Franz Halder8 decades - 12
Yakov Sverdlovnot measured- - 13
Edvard Beneš2 decades - 14
Édouard Daladier9 decades - 15
Lion Feuchtwanger11 decades - 16
Vincent Auriol11 decades - 17
Walther von Reichenaunot measured- - 18
Louis B. Mayernot measured- - 19
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gothanot measured- - 20
Billie Burkenot measured- - 21
Bronisław Malinowski0 decades - 22
Prince John of the United Kingdomnot measured- - 23
Vasily Chapayevnot measured- - 24
Emil Jannings10 decades - 25
Max Brod12 decades - 26
Gaston Bachelard9 decades - 27
Max Beckmann11 decades - 28
Empress Teimeinot measured- - 29
Claude Auchinlecknot measured- - 30
Carl Friedrich Goerdelernot measured- - 31
Auguste Piccardnot measured- - 32
Yitzhak Ben-Zvinot measured- - 33
Zinaida Serebryakovanot measured- - 34
Alexander Belyayevnot measured- - 35
Hermann Rorschach5 decades - 36
Tanzan Ishibashinot measured- - 37
Maria Spiridonovanot measured- - 38
Hugo Gernsbacknot measured- - 39
Alice Lee Rooseveltnot measured- - 40
Evelyn Nesbitnot measured- - 41
Halide Edib Adıvarnot measured- - 42
Rudolf Bultmann10 decades - 43
Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanlandnot measured- - 44
Otto Ranknot measured- - 45
Gerald Gardnernot measured- - 46
Sara Teasdalenot measured- - 47
Karl Schmidt-Rottluffnot measured- - 48
Vera Kholodnayanot measured- - 49
Rómulo Gallegosnot measured- - 50
Edward Sapir11 decades - 51
Prince Adalbert of Prussianot measured- - 52
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gothanot measured- - 53
Arthur Ransomenot measured- - 54
Yasuji Okamuranot measured- - 55
Peter Debye0 decades - 56
Agus Salimnot measured- - 57
Hugo Schmeissernot measured- - 58
Félix Ébouénot measured- - 59
Georges Duhamel12 decades - 60
Étienne Gilsonnot measured- - 61
Mahammad Amin Rasulzadenot measured- - 62
Molla Mallorynot measured- - 63
Werner Kraussnot measured- - 64
Princess Jelena of Yugoslavianot measured- - 65
Petru Grozanot measured- - 66
Casimir Funk3 decades - 67
Joseph Boxhallnot measured- - 68
Henri Cornetnot measured- - 69
Zofia Nałkowskanot measured- - 70
Robert J. Flahertynot measured- - 71
Mykola Shchorsnot measured- - 72
Jean Paulhannot measured- - 73
Panait Istratinot measured- - 74
Hugh Walpolenot measured- - 75
Dewi Sartikanot measured- - 76
Alexander Bustamantenot measured- - 77
Roy Chapman Andrewsnot measured- - 78
Jamnalal Bajajnot measured- - 79
Félix Gouinnot measured- - 80
Oscar Micheauxnot measured- - 81
Anna Vyrubovanot measured- - 82
Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richternot measured- - 83
Ivan Maiskynot measured- - 84
Joseph Sweeneynot measured- - 85
Mikhail Borodinnot measured- - 86
Andrei Bubnovnot measured- - 87
Claudius Dorniernot measured- - 88
Cesare Maria De Vecchinot measured- - 89
Corrado Gininot measured- - 90
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IVnot measured- - 91
Santiago Casares Quiroganot measured- - 92
Ludwik Hirszfeldnot measured- - 93
Yahya Kemal Beyatlınot measured- - 94
Albert Londresnot measured- - 95
Solomon Lefschetznot measured-
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Kornel Makuszyńskinot measured- - 97
Thomas Blameynot measured- - 98
Leon Schlesingernot measured- - 99
Nora Barnaclenot measured- - 100
Norman Thomasnot 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.