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1925
Whose working lives fell in 1925. 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 1925, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Dwight D. Eisenhower9 decades - 2
Charles de Gaulle9 decades - 3
Agatha Christie10 decades - 4
Ho Chi Minh8 decades - 5
H. P. Lovecraft6 decades - 6
Vyacheslav Molotov7 decades - 7
Groucho Marx9 decades - 8
Sergei Yesenin11 decades - 9
Boris Pasternak0 decades - 10
Friedrich Paulus7 decades - 11
Fritz Lang9 decades - 12
Stan Laurel6 decades - 13
Alfred Jodl8 decades - 14
Colonel Sanders0 decades - 15
Man Ray10 decades - 16
Robert Ley9 decades - 17
Carlos Gardel9 decades - 18
George II of Greece1 decades - 19
Karel Čapek1 decades - 20
Vannevar Bush9 decades - 21
Kurt Tucholsky10 decades - 22
Rose Kennedynot measured- - 23
Elsa Schiaparellinot measured- - 24
Vasily Blyukhernot measured- - 25
Bacha Khan9 decades - 26
Walther Funknot measured- - 27
Pier Giorgio Frassatinot measured- - 28
Franz Werfel11 decades - 29
Rachele Mussolininot measured- - 30
Ronald Fisher6 decades - 31
Frank Morgannot measured- - 32
Kurt Studentnot measured- - 33
Li Tsung-jennot measured- - 34
Victor Lustignot measured- - 35
Duke Kahanamokunot measured- - 36
Kurt Lewin9 decades - 37
Jean Rhysnot measured- - 38
El Lissitzky0 decades - 39
Jelly Roll Mortonnot measured- - 40
Adolphe Menjounot measured- - 41
Robert Stroudnot measured- - 42
Eddie Rickenbackernot measured- - 43
Ahmad Kasravinot measured- - 44
Hastings Banda7 decades - 45
Norman Bethunenot measured- - 46
Harry Hopkinsnot measured- - 47
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russianot measured- - 48
Giorgio Morandinot measured- - 49
Herbert Marshallnot measured- - 50
Grigory Kuliknot measured- - 51
Adolfo Ruiz Cortinesnot measured- - 52
Elpidio Quirinonot measured- - 53
Milunka Savićnot measured- - 54
Andriy Melnyknot measured- - 55
Marjorie Mainnot measured- - 56
Eduard Dietlnot measured- - 57
Verna Feltonnot measured- - 58
Viktor Lutzenot measured- - 59
Victor Sergenot measured- - 60
Stanley Hollowaynot measured- - 61
Lawrence Bragg0 decades - 62
Anthony Fokkernot measured- - 63
Hans-Valentin Hubenot measured- - 64
Emilio Portes Gilnot measured- - 65
Katherine Anne Porternot measured- - 66
Habibullāh Kalakāninot measured- - 67
Victoria Ocamponot measured- - 68
Seiichi Itōnot measured- - 69
Bohuslav Martinůnot measured- - 70
Grigory Semyonovnot measured- - 71
Ferruccio Parrinot measured- - 72
Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Teddernot measured- - 73
Cecil Kellawaynot measured- - 74
Princess Auguste Viktoria of Hohenzollernnot measured- - 75
Lampiãonot measured- - 76
Georgy Pyatakovnot measured- - 77
Solomon Mikhoelsnot measured- - 78
Ho Ying-chinnot measured- - 79
Edward Arnoldnot measured- - 80
Karl Harrernot measured- - 81
Paul Whitemannot measured- - 82
Alma Richardsnot measured- - 83
Beniamino Giglinot measured-
- 84
Dion Fortunenot measured- - 85
Evert Taubenot measured- - 86
Zeki Velidi Togannot measured- - 87
Yoshio Nishinanot measured- - 88
Oswald de Andradenot measured- - 89
Aimee Semple McPhersonnot measured- - 90
Alfredo Ottavianinot measured- - 91
Princess Dagmar of Denmarknot measured- - 92
Michał Rola-Żymierskinot measured- - 93
Maurice Genevoixnot measured- - 94
Fred M. Vinsonnot measured- - 95
Jeanne Eagelsnot measured- - 96
Fuat Köprülünot measured- - 97
Elizabeth Gurley Flynnnot measured- - 98
Robert Ripleynot measured- - 99
Hermann Joseph Muller0 decades - 100
Karl Patterson Schmidtnot 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.