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1927
Whose working lives fell in 1927. 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 1927, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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J. R. R. Tolkien7 decades - 2
Francisco Franco9 decades - 3
Josip Broz Tito8 decades - 4
Haile Selassie0 decades - 5
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa0 decades - 6
Walter Benjamin10 decades - 7
Mary Pickford11 decades - 8
J. Paul Getty8 decades - 9
Marina Tsvetaeva10 decades - 10
Oliver Hardy5 decades - 11
Pearl S. Buck9 decades - 12
Arthur Seyss-Inquart7 decades - 13
Engelbert Dollfuss9 decades - 14
Zita of Bourbon-Parmanot measured- - 15
Basil Rathbonenot measured- - 16
William Powellnot measured- - 17
Martin Niemöller9 decades - 18
Sepp Dietrichnot measured- - 19
Shirō Ishiinot measured- - 20
Alexander Alekhine0 decades - 21
Bolesław Bierut0 decades - 22
Gregor Strassernot measured- - 23
Amanullah Khan5 decades - 24
Ferdinand Schörnernot measured- - 25
Ivo Andrić0 decades - 26
Louis de Broglie10 decades - 27
Theodor Eickenot measured- - 28
Vita Sackville-Westnot measured- - 29
Robert H. Jacksonnot measured- - 30
Margaret Rutherford7 decades - 31
Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussianot measured- - 32
César Vallejo10 decades - 33
Erhard Milchnot measured- - 34
Ernst Lubitsch8 decades - 35
Thomas Mitchell13 decades - 36
Władysław Andersnot measured- - 37
Robert Ritter von Greimnot measured- - 38
Konstantin Paustovsky9 decades - 39
Alfonsina Storni12 decades - 40
Edna St. Vincent Millay10 decades - 41
Jack L. Warnernot measured- - 42
Stefan Banach3 decades - 43
Reinhold Niebuhrnot measured- - 44
Mátyás Rákosi0 decades - 45
Corrie ten Boomnot measured- - 46
Eiji Yoshikawanot measured- - 47
Bruno Schulz4 decades - 48
Eddie Cantornot measured- - 49
S. R. Ranganathannot measured- - 50
Tazio Nuvolarinot measured- - 51
Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronetnot measured- - 52
Juan Negrínnot measured- - 53
Guo Moruonot measured- - 54
J.B.S. Haldane4 decades - 55
James Forrestalnot measured- - 56
Tamon Yamaguchinot measured- - 57
Djuna Barnesnot measured- - 58
Marcel Dassaultnot measured- - 59
Mabel Normandnot measured- - 60
Rebecca West11 decades - 61
Hal Roachnot measured- - 62
Andrey Yeryomenkonot measured- - 63
Arthur Friedenreichnot measured- - 64
Oswald Pohlnot measured- - 65
E. H. Carr9 decades - 66
Manuel Roxasnot measured- - 67
Wendell Willkienot measured- - 68
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Havennot measured- - 69
Darius Milhaudnot measured- - 70
Ram Prasad Bismilnot measured- - 71
Rashid Ali al-Gaylaninot measured- - 72
Charles Vanelnot measured- - 73
Richard Neutranot measured- - 74
Fazlollah Zahedinot measured- - 75
Arthur Compton0 decades - 76
Arthur Honegger10 decades - 77
Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaeinot measured- - 78
Mikhail Gurevichnot measured- - 79
Stanisław Sosabowskinot measured- - 80
Erwin Panofskynot measured- - 81
James M. Cainnot measured- - 82
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardynot measured- - 83
Archibald MacLeishnot measured- - 84
Peggy Woodnot measured- - 85
Henry Dargernot measured- - 86
Liu Bochengnot measured- - 87
William Demarestnot measured- - 88
Trafford Leigh-Mallorynot measured- - 89
Erich Auerbachnot measured- - 90
Stanisław Maczeknot measured- - 91
Harry Dexter Whitenot measured- - 92
Andreu Ninnot measured- - 93
Manilal Gandhinot measured- - 94
Dietrich von Sauckennot measured- - 95
József Mindszentynot measured- - 96
George Paget Thomson0 decades - 97
Chao Yuen Rennot measured- - 98
Edward Victor Appleton0 decades - 99
Vere Gordon Childe0 decades - 100
Roberto Farinaccinot 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.