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The 1920s

Whose names filled the books of the 1920s - anyone at all, however long dead - counted as mentions per million words printed, so a period that simply published more does not inflate anyone.

Talked about then

Whose names appeared most in Spanish books during the 1920s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers7.1
  2. 2John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal6.6
  3. 3Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures4.6
  4. 4Christopher Columbus1451-1506 · 15th century · Italy · Historical Figures3.8
  5. 5Simón Bolívar1783-1830 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians3.3
  6. 6Rubén Darío1867-1916 · 20th century · Nicaragua · Writers2.9
  7. 7Hernán Cortés1485-1547 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.5
  8. 8Bartolomé Mitre1821-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians2.5
  9. 9Juan Fernández1529-1602 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.3
  10. 10Teresa of Ávila1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Writers2.1
  11. 11Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.0
  12. 12Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.9
  13. 13Bernardino Rivadavia1780-1845 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.6
  14. 14Andrés Bello1781-1865 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians1.6
  15. 15Juan Vicente Gómez1857-1935 · 19th century · Venezuela · Politicians1.6
  16. 16John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.6
  17. 17Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians1.5
  18. 18Porfirio Díaz1830-1915 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians1.5
  19. 19Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.5
  20. 20John of the Cross1542-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.3
  21. 21Carlos Pellegrini1846-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Journalists1.3
  22. 22Luis de León1527-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.3
  23. 23Tirso de Molina1583-1648 · 17th century · Spain · Writers1.2
  24. 24Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.2
  25. 25José de San Martín1778-1850 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.2
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1920s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Adolf Hitler1889-1945 · Austria · Politicians10 decades
  2. 2Mao Zedong1893-1976 · China · Politicians13 decades
  3. 3Charlie Chaplin1889-1977 · United Kingdom · Actors11 decades
  4. 4Dwight D. Eisenhower1890-1969 · United States · Politicians9 decades
  5. 5J. R. R. Tolkien1892-1973 · United Kingdom · Writers7 decades
  6. 6Charles de Gaulle1890-1970 · France · Politicians9 decades
  7. 7Agatha Christie1890-1976 · United Kingdom · Writers10 decades
  8. 8Nikita Khrushchev1894-1971 · Russia · Politicians10 decades
  9. 9Hermann Göring1893-1946 · Germany · Politicians9 decades
  10. 10Chiang Kai-shek1887-1975 · Taiwan · Politicians4 decades
  11. 11Francisco Franco1892-1975 · Spain · Politicians9 decades
  12. 12Edward VIII1894-1972 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures9 decades
  13. 13Jawaharlal Nehru1889-1964 · India · Politicians10 decades
  14. 14B. R. Ambedkar1891-1956 · India · Academics8 decades
  15. 15Srinivasa Ramanujan1887-1920 · India · Academics0 decades
  16. 16Ho Chi Minh1890-1969 · Politicians8 decades
  17. 17Erwin Rommel1891-1944 · Germany · Historical Figures8 decades
  18. 18Josip Broz Tito1892-1980 · Hungary · Activists8 decades
  19. 19H. P. Lovecraft1890-1937 · United States · Writers6 decades
  20. 20Haile Selassie1892-1975 · Historical Figures0 decades
  21. 21Sergei Yesenin1895-1925 · Russia · Writers11 decades
  22. 22Rudolf Hess1894-1987 · Egypt · Politicians9 decades
  23. 23George S. Patton1885-1945 · United States · Writers8 decades
  24. 24David Ben-Gurion1886-1973 · Israel · Politiciansnot measured-
  25. 25Karl Dönitz1891-1980 · Germany · Politicians8 decades
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How to read these rankings

  • Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. 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.
  • Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.