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1922
Whose working lives fell in 1922. 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 1922, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Chiang Kai-shek4 decades - 2
Le Corbusier10 decades - 3
Erwin Schrödinger11 decades - 4
Marc Chagall10 decades - 5
Bernard Montgomery5 decades - 6
Charles I of Austrianot measured- - 7
Ernst Röhm9 decades - 8
Georgia O'Keeffe9 decades - 9
Erich von Manstein7 decades - 10
Vidkun Quisling1 decades - 11
Marcel Duchamp10 decades - 12
Padre Pio7 decades - 13
Marcus Garvey10 decades - 14
Boris Karloff9 decades - 15
Wilhelm Canaris8 decades - 16
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigknot measured- - 17
Felix Yusupovnot measured- - 18
Roscoe Arbucklenot measured- - 19
Chūichi Nagumonot measured- - 20
Arthur Rubinstein7 decades - 21
Victoria Eugenie of Battenbergnot measured- - 22
Naruhiko Higashikuninot measured- - 23
Conrad Hiltonnot measured- - 24
Jozef Tiso4 decades - 25
Nikolai Vavilov8 decades - 26
Violet Jessopnot measured- - 27
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.not measured- - 28
Chico Marxnot measured- - 29
Nadia Boulanger11 decades - 30
Emilio Molanot measured- - 31
Ernst August, Duke of Brunswicknot measured- - 32
Heitor Villa-Lobos6 decades - 33
Julian Huxley10 decades - 34
Alvin Yorknot measured- - 35
Blaise Melianinot measured- - 36
Louis Jouvetnot measured- - 37
Shmuel Yosef Agnon10 decades - 38
Ernst Hanfstaenglnot measured- - 39
Samuil Marshaknot measured- - 40
Mamoru Shigemitsunot measured- - 41
Avery Brundagenot measured- - 42
Hans Osternot measured- - 43
Giovanni Gronchi8 decades - 44
Sivananda Saraswatinot measured- - 45
Raoul Walshnot measured- - 46
Saint-John Perse8 decades - 47
Juan Gris10 decades - 48
Frederick Fleetnot measured- - 49
Kurt Schwittersnot measured- - 50
Ruth Benedict9 decades - 51
Edith Sitwellnot measured- - 52
Prince August Wilhelm of Prussianot measured- - 53
Mitsuru Ushijimanot measured- - 54
Lothar Rendulicnot measured- - 55
Aldo Leopoldnot measured- - 56
Korechika Anaminot measured- - 57
William Frawleynot measured- - 58
Masahara Hommanot measured- - 59
Tetsu Katayamanot measured- - 60
George Pólya0 decades - 61
René Cassin10 decades - 62
Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiznot measured- - 63
M. N. Roynot measured- - 64
Alf Landonnot measured- - 65
Şükrü Saracoğlunot measured- - 66
Alexander Vandegriftnot measured- - 67
Hitoshi Ashidanot measured- - 68
Arthur Percivalnot measured- - 69
Wilhelm Kubenot measured- - 70
Arnold Zweignot measured- - 71
Heinrich von Vietinghoffnot measured- - 72John Cromwellnot measured-
- 73
L. S. Lowrynot measured- - 74
Rafael Moreno Aranzadinot measured- - 75
Gustav Ludwig Hertz7 decades - 76
Walter Johnsonnot measured- - 77
Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismaynot measured- - 78
Govind Ballabh Pantnot measured- - 79
Yasuhiko Asakanot measured- - 80
Barnes Wallisnot measured- - 81
Sydir Kovpaknot measured- - 82
Lothar von Richthofennot measured- - 83
Georg-Hans Reinhardtnot measured- - 84
Courtney Hodgesnot measured- - 85
Simkonot measured- - 86
Erich Mendelsohnnot measured- - 87
Reginald Owennot measured- - 88
Andrei Shkuronot measured- - 89
Bernardo Houssay0 decades - 90
Paul Wittgensteinnot measured- - 91
Mario Roattanot measured- - 92
Lil Dagovernot measured- - 93
Marjorie Merriweather Postnot measured- - 94
Sylvia Beachnot measured- - 95
Ramón Graunot measured- - 96
Savielly Tartakowernot measured- - 97
Sam Warnernot measured- - 98
Wolfgang Köhlernot measured- - 99
Marianne Moorenot measured- - 100
Jimmy Finlaysonnot 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.