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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 Italian books during the 1920s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers7.2
  2. 2Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists6.4
  3. 3Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists5.3
  4. 4Benito Mussolini1883-1945 · 20th century · Italy · Politicians4.2
  5. 5Giuseppe Mazzini1805-1872 · 19th century · Italy · Activists3.6
  6. 6Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists3.5
  7. 7Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · 19th century · Writers3.4
  8. 8Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.8
  9. 9Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists2.6
  10. 10Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers2.6
  11. 11Benedetto Croce1866-1952 · 20th century · Italy · Academics2.5
  12. 12Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists2.3
  13. 13Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects2.3
  14. 14Francesco Crispi1818-1901 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians2.3
  15. 15Giosuè Carducci1835-1907 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.1
  16. 16Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists2.1
  17. 17Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists2.1
  18. 18Giordano Bruno1548-1600 · 16th century · Italy · Academics1.9
  19. 19Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.8
  20. 20Vittorio Alfieri1749-1803 · 18th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.8
  21. 21Cesare Balbo1789-1853 · 19th century · Politicians1.6
  22. 22Farinelli1705-1782 · 18th century · Italy · Musicians1.5
  23. 23Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.5
  24. 24Giovanni Pascoli1855-1912 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.5
  25. 25Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers1.5
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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.