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1924
Whose working lives fell in 1924. 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 1924, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Adolf Hitler10 decades - 2
Charlie Chaplin11 decades - 3
Jawaharlal Nehru10 decades - 4
Ludwig Wittgenstein8 decades - 5
Martin Heidegger10 decades - 6
António de Oliveira Salazar0 decades - 7
Jean Cocteau11 decades - 8
Anna Akhmatova11 decades - 9
Ante Pavelić0 decades - 10
Igor Sikorsky8 decades - 11
Manuel II of Portugal0 decades - 12
Gabriela Mistral11 decades - 13
Edwin Hubble5 decades - 14
Vaslav Nijinsky0 decades - 15
Claude Rainsnot measured- - 16
Idris of Libya0 decades - 17
Otto Franknot measured- - 18
Carl von Ossietzky9 decades - 19
Arnold J. Toynbee11 decades - 20
Jean de Lattre de Tassignynot measured- - 21
Louise Mountbattennot measured- - 22
Thomas Midgley Jr.not measured- - 23
Victor Fleming6 decades - 24
Sessue Hayakawanot measured- - 25
Clifton Webbnot measured- - 26
Walter Lippmann11 decades - 27
Taha Husseinnot measured- - 28
Andrew Irvinenot measured- - 29
Erle Stanley Gardnernot measured- - 30
Carl Theodor Dreyer0 decades - 31
Han van Meegerennot measured- - 32
Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourgnot measured- - 33
Robert A. Taftnot measured- - 34
Ki Hajar Dewantaranot measured- - 35
Li Dazhaonot measured- - 36
James Whalenot measured- - 37
Risto Ryti1 decades - 38
Pitirim Sorokin10 decades - 39
Gabriel Marcel14 decades - 40
Amadeo Bordiganot measured- - 41
Günther Lütjensnot measured- - 42
Vera Mukhina7 decades - 43
Zalman Shazarnot measured- - 44
Hans-Jürgen von Arnimnot measured- - 45
Alexander Vertinskynot measured- - 46
Warner Baxter6 decades - 47
Abel Gancenot measured- - 48
Laureano Gómeznot measured- - 49
Hannah Höchnot measured-
- 50
R. G. Collingwoodnot measured- - 51
Pavel Dybenkonot measured- - 52
Francis Spellmannot measured- - 53
Maria Dąbrowskanot measured- - 54
Takeo Kuritanot measured- - 55
Ernst Reuternot measured- - 56
Thomas Hart Bentonnot measured- - 57
Abelardo L. Rodrígueznot measured- - 58
Mercédès Jellineknot measured- - 59
Robert Benchleynot measured- - 60
Prince Xavier, Hereditary Duke of Parmanot measured- - 61
Edith Tolkiennot measured- - 62
Eberhard von Mackensennot measured- - 63
Alluri Sita Rama Rajunot measured- - 64
Otto Georg Thieracknot measured- - 65
John B. Kelly Sr.not measured- - 66
Richard Glücksnot measured- - 67
Paul Nashnot measured- - 68
K. B. Hedgewarnot measured- - 69
Frank Lentininot measured- - 70
Ray Collinsnot measured- - 71
Lev Mekhlisnot measured- - 72
Amrit Kaurnot measured- - 73
Achille Staracenot measured- - 74
Anita Loosnot measured- - 75
Soong Ai-lingnot measured- - 76
Hans-Jürgen Stumpffnot measured- - 77
Reşat Nuri Güntekinnot measured- - 78
Dorothy Gibsonnot measured- - 79
Stafford Crippsnot measured- - 80
Manuel Prado Ugartechenot measured- - 81
Hermann-Bernhard Ramckenot measured- - 82
Stanislav Kosiornot measured- - 83
Siegfried Kracauernot measured- - 84
Eugene Pallettenot measured- - 85
Shigeyoshi Inouenot measured- - 86
Sophie Taeuber-Arpnot measured- - 87
Harry Nyquistnot measured- - 88
George S. Kaufmannot measured- - 89
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerronot measured- - 90
Willi Münzenbergnot measured- - 91
Claude McKaynot measured- - 92
Erik Jan Hanussennot measured- - 93
Jacob L. Morenonot measured- - 94
A. Philip Randolphnot measured- - 95
Pierre-Étienne Flandinnot measured- - 96
Abbas el-Akkadnot measured- - 97
Dietrich von Hildebrandnot measured- - 98
Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freybergnot measured- - 99
Nuri Killigilnot measured- - 100
W. S. Van Dykenot 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.