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1928
Whose working lives fell in 1928. 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 1928, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Mao Zedong13 decades - 2
Hermann Göring9 decades - 3
Joachim von Ribbentrop9 decades - 4
Mae West10 decades - 5
Vladimir Mayakovsky11 decades - 6
Joan Miró9 decades - 7
Alfred Rosenberg10 decades - 8
Walter Ulbricht9 decades - 9
Lillian Gish10 decades - 10
Ip Mannot measured- - 11
Mikhail Tukhachevsky7 decades - 12
Paramahansa Yogananda6 decades - 13
Omar Bradley8 decades - 14
Hattie McDaniel5 decades - 15
Edward G. Robinson9 decades - 16
Soong Ching-ling10 decades - 17
Dorothy Parker10 decades - 18
Lazar Kaganovich7 decades - 19
Harold Lloyd10 decades - 20
Roland Freislernot measured- - 21
Leslie Howardnot measured- - 22
Allen Dullesnot measured- - 23
Carol II of Romanianot measured- - 24
Palmiro Togliatti8 decades - 25
Jomo Kenyatta7 decades - 26
Huey Longnot measured- - 27
Dorothy L. Sayers9 decades - 28
Roy O. Disneynot measured- - 29
Emmy Göringnot measured- - 30
Hans Falladanot measured- - 31
Jimmy Durantenot measured- - 32
Conrad Veidtnot measured- - 33
Prajadhipok8 decades - 34
Draža Mihailovićnot measured- - 35
Edsel Bryant Fordnot measured- - 36
Vera Brittainnot measured- - 37
Andrés Segovianot measured- - 38
Chaim Soutinenot measured- - 39
Fatima Jinnahnot measured- - 40
George Grosz10 decades - 41
Dean Acheson9 decades - 42
Prince Paul of Yugoslavianot measured- - 43
Pierre Drieu La Rochellenot measured- - 44
Bill Tildennot measured- - 45
Madeleine Astornot measured- - 46
Henry Murraynot measured- - 47
Hermann Balcknot measured- - 48
Jean Ackernot measured- - 49
Ivor Novellonot measured- - 50
Viktor Shklovskynot measured- - 51
Ernst Tollernot measured- - 52
Raymond Loewynot measured- - 53
Clark Ashton Smithnot measured- - 54
Pai Chung-hsinot measured- - 55
William Moulton Marstonnot measured- - 56
Alexander Kordanot measured- - 57
Cedric Hardwickenot measured- - 58
Claire Lee Chennaultnot measured- - 59
Carlo Emilio Gaddanot measured- - 60
Qazi Muhammadnot measured- - 61
Mário de Andradenot measured- - 62
Johanna Bormannnot measured- - 63
José Calvo Sotelonot measured- - 64
Fritz Perlsnot measured- - 65
Ana Paukernot measured- - 66
Karl Mannheim9 decades - 67
Fay Bainter5 decades - 68
Gummo Marxnot measured- - 69
Prince Félix of Luxembourgnot measured- - 70
Heinrich Georgenot measured- - 71
Merian C. Coopernot measured- - 72
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobisnot measured- - 73
Jose Sanchez del Rionot measured- - 74
Władysław Strzemińskinot measured- - 75
Meghnad Sahanot measured- - 76
Nestor Lakobanot measured- - 77
Albert Szent-Györgyi0 decades - 78
Harold Laskinot measured- - 79
Cedric Gibbonsnot measured- - 80
Bugs Morannot measured- - 81
Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetznot measured- - 82
Blind Lemon Jeffersonnot measured- - 83
Elizabeth Cottennot measured- - 84
Harold Urey8 decades - 85
Dora Carringtonnot measured- - 86
I. A. Richardsnot measured- - 87
Rahul Sankrityayannot measured- - 88
Vicente Huidobronot measured- - 89
Battista Farinanot measured- - 90
Anita Berbernot measured- - 91
Erwin Piscatornot measured- - 92
Princess Maud, Countess of Southesknot measured- - 93
Vsevolod Pudovkinnot measured- - 94
José María Velasco Ibarranot measured- - 95
Big Bill Broonzynot measured- - 96
Hans Scharounnot measured- - 97
Dorothy Thompsonnot measured- - 98
Katharine Cornellnot measured- - 99
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdomnot measured- - 100
Freya Madeline Starknot 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.