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1920
Whose working lives fell in 1920. 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 1920, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Srinivasa Ramanujan0 decades - 2
Niels Bohr10 decades - 3
Ezra Pound11 decades - 4
George S. Patton8 decades - 5
D. H. Lawrence11 decades - 6
Chester W. Nimitz8 decades - 7
Julius Streicher9 decades - 8
Princess Alice of Battenberg0 decades - 9
Faisal I of Iraq0 decades - 10
Albert Kesselring7 decades - 11
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Sinclair Lewis11 decades - 12
Roman von Ungern-Sternbergnot measured- - 13
Mikhail Frunze10 decades - 14
Tomoyuki Yamashitanot measured- - 15
François Mauriac11 decades - 16
Erich von Stroheim8 decades - 17
Clementine Churchillnot measured- - 18
Giacomo Matteottinot measured- - 19
György Lukács3 decades - 20
Alexander of Greece0 decades - 21
Theda Baranot measured- - 22
Heinrich Brüning9 decades - 23
Sacha Guitry12 decades - 24
John Reednot measured- - 25
Will Durant10 decades - 26
Gerda Wegenernot measured- - 27
Hermann Hothnot measured- - 28
Hedda Hoppernot measured- - 29
Wallace Beerynot measured- - 30
Hugo Bossnot measured- - 31
Karl Radeknot measured- - 32
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicznot measured- - 33
Ernst Bloch12 decades - 34
Georg Wilhelm Pabstnot measured- - 35
Bess Truman4 decades - 36
Alban Berg10 decades - 37
Heinrich Hoffmannnot measured- - 38
André Maurois11 decades - 39
Sabina Spielreinnot measured- - 40
Alice Paulnot measured- - 41
Karen Horney8 decades - 42
Rosalia Lombardonot measured- - 43
Hermann Weyl11 decades - 44
Hugo Sperrlenot measured- - 45
John Curtinnot measured- - 46
Umberto Nobilenot measured- - 47
Seishirō Itagakinot measured- - 48
Khải Địnhnot measured- - 49
Per Albin Hanssonnot measured- - 50
Robert Delaunay11 decades - 51
Ernst Buschnot measured- - 52
Sonia Delaunaynot measured- - 53
Jerome Kernnot measured- - 54
Velimir Khlebnikov10 decades - 55
Jeanne Hébuternenot measured- - 56
Frank Jack Fletchernot measured- - 57
Soemu Toyodanot measured- - 58
Alexander Löhrnot measured- - 59
Edna Ferbernot measured- - 60
Alois Hudalnot measured- - 61
Nikolaus von Falkenhorstnot measured- - 62
Prince Joachim of Prussianot measured- - 63
Otto Klemperernot measured- - 64
Władysław Raczkiewicznot measured- - 65
Romano Guardininot measured- - 66
Christian Wirthnot measured- - 67
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabahnot measured- - 68
John Edensor Littlewoodnot measured- - 69
Franz Böhmenot measured- - 70
Princess Viktoria Adelheid of Schleswig-Holsteinnot measured- - 71
Malcolm Campbellnot measured- - 72
Nikolai Krylenkonot measured- - 73
Egon Erwin Kischnot measured- - 74
Aristides de Sousa Mendesnot measured- - 75
Vladimir Tatlinnot measured- - 76
Olive Thomasnot measured- - 77
Jules Romainsnot measured- - 78
Maria Bochkarevanot measured- - 79
Louise Bryantnot measured- - 80
Yu Gwansunnot measured- - 81
Ben Chifleynot measured- - 82
St John Philbynot measured- - 83
Zhou Zuorennot measured- - 84
Saneatsu Mushanokōjinot measured- - 85
Tamara Karsavina1 decades - 86
Otto Krugernot measured- - 87
Luigi Russolonot measured- - 88
Sisavang Vongnot measured- - 89
George "Gabby" Hayesnot measured- - 90
Agustín Pío Barriosnot measured- - 91
Jacinta Martonot measured- - 92
François de La Rocquenot measured- - 93
George de Hevesy0 decades - 94
Blas Infantenot measured- - 95
Pierre Renoirnot measured- - 96
Kazimierz Sosnkowskinot measured- - 97
Camille Chautempsnot measured- - 98
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldtnot measured- - 99
Mineichi Koganot measured- - 100
Felicjan Sławoj Składkowskinot 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.