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1929
Whose working lives fell in 1929. 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 1929, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Nikita Khrushchev10 decades - 2
Edward VIII9 decades - 3
Aldous Huxley10 decades - 4
Rudolf Hess9 decades - 5
Harold Macmillan9 decades - 6
John Ford13 decades - 7
Maximilian Kolbe1 decades - 8
Louis-Ferdinand Céline9 decades - 9
Norman Rockwell10 decades - 10
Walter Brennan9 decades - 11
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi2 decades - 12
Georges Lemaître7 decades - 13
Dashiell Hammett9 decades - 14
Jean Renoir10 decades - 15
Edogawa Ranponot measured- - 16
Boris III of Bulgaria9 decades - 17
Alfred Kinsey5 decades - 18
Joseph Roth10 decades - 19
Dietrich von Choltitznot measured- - 20
Kōnosuke Matsushitanot measured- - 21
Satyendra Nath Bose0 decades - 22
Jack Bennynot measured- - 23
Norbert Wiener10 decades - 24
Fritz Sauckelnot measured- - 25
Bessie Smith10 decades - 26
Gala Dalínot measured- - 27
Isaac Babel6 decades - 28
Kiichirō Toyodanot measured- - 29
E. E. Cummings10 decades - 30
Pyotr Kapitsa0 decades - 31
Moshe Sharett10 decades - 32
Nazli Sabrinot measured- - 33
V. V. Giri5 decades - 34
Meher Babanot measured- - 35
Martha Graham9 decades - 36
Benjamin Grahamnot measured- - 37
Robert Menziesnot measured- - 38
Julian Tuwim0 decades - 39
J. B. Priestleynot measured- - 40
Mikhail Zoshchenkonot measured- - 41
King Vidornot measured- - 42
Heinrich Lübke7 decades - 43
Otto Grotewohlnot measured- - 44
Hermann Oberth7 decades - 45
Oleksandr Dovzhenko8 decades - 46
Arthur Nebenot measured- - 47
Paul Blobelnot measured- - 48
Anton Mussertnot measured- - 49
Josef von Sternbergnot measured- - 50
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhinnot measured- - 51
Paul Lukasnot measured- - 52
James Thurbernot measured- - 53
Wilhelm Bittrichnot measured- - 54
José Carlos Mariáteguinot measured- - 55
Ben Hechtnot measured- - 56
Dimitri Tiomkinnot measured- - 57
Józef Becknot measured- - 58
Fred Allennot measured- - 59
ZaSu Pittsnot measured- - 60
Karl Böhmnot measured- - 61
Princess Elisabeth of Romanianot measured- - 62
Sergey Ilyushinnot measured- - 63
E. C. Segarnot measured- - 64
Mei Lanfangnot measured- - 65
Norma Talmadgenot measured- - 66
Américo Tomásnot measured- - 67Percy Spencernot measured-
- 68
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicznot measured- - 69
Ernst Lindemannnot measured- - 70
Walter Warlimontnot measured- - 71
Claude Cahunnot measured- - 72
Hans Langsdorffnot measured- - 73
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyaynot measured- - 74
Frank Borzage7 decades - 75
Leonarda Cianciullinot measured- - 76
Riad Al Solhnot measured- - 77
Jean Rostandnot measured- - 78
Alexander Oparin0 decades - 79
Arthur Freednot measured- - 80
Carlos Luznot measured- - 81
Jerzy Neymannot measured- - 82
Khawaja Nazimuddinnot measured- - 83
Tivadar Sorosnot measured- - 84
Billy Bishopnot measured- - 85
Mae Marshnot measured- - 86
Warren Williamnot measured- - 87
Boris Pilnyaknot measured- - 88
Friedrich Ebert Jr.not measured- - 89
Pavel Rybalkonot measured- - 90
Leo Kannernot measured- - 91
Oskar Maria Grafnot measured- - 92
Âşık Veyselnot measured- - 93
Bertha Lutznot measured- - 94
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krügernot measured- - 95
Florbela Espancanot measured- - 96
René Foncknot measured- - 97
Charles Robberts Swartnot measured- - 98
Aino Aaltonot measured- - 99
Vicente Rojo Lluchnot measured- - 100
Violet Keppel Trefusisnot 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.