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The 1930s

Whose names filled the books of the 1930s - anyone at all, however long dead - counted as mentions per million words printed, so a period that simply published more does not inflate anyone.

Talked about then

Whose names appeared most in Spanish books during the 1930s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal7.7
  2. 2Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers7.7
  3. 3Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures5.2
  4. 4Simón Bolívar1783-1830 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians3.9
  5. 5Rubén Darío1867-1916 · 20th century · Nicaragua · Writers3.4
  6. 6Pedro de Alvarado1486-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures3.3
  7. 7Christopher Columbus1451-1506 · 15th century · Italy · Historical Figures3.0
  8. 8Bartolomé Mitre1821-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians3.0
  9. 9Hernán Cortés1485-1547 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.8
  10. 10Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.7
  11. 11Juan Fernández1529-1602 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.5
  12. 12Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.5
  13. 13Andrés Bello1781-1865 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians2.2
  14. 14José de San Martín1778-1850 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians2.0
  15. 15Porfirio Díaz1830-1915 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians1.9
  16. 16Juan Manuel de Rosas1793-1877 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.8
  17. 17Bernardino Rivadavia1780-1845 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.8
  18. 18Bartolomé de las Casas1484-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.7
  19. 19Ricardo Palma1833-1919 · 19th century · Peru · Writers1.7
  20. 20Teresa of Ávila1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.6
  21. 21Roque Sáenz Peña1851-1914 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.6
  22. 22Florentino Ameghino1853-1911 · 19th century · Argentina · Academics1.6
  23. 23Garcilaso de la Vega1503-1536 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.6
  24. 24John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.6
  25. 25Diego de Almagro1475-1538 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.5
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1930s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Ernest Hemingway1899-1961 · United States · Writers10 decades
  2. 2Alfred Hitchcock1899-1980 · United Kingdom · Directors9 decades
  3. 3Walt Disney1901-1966 · United States · Directors10 decades
  4. 4J. Robert Oppenheimer1904-1967 · United States · Scientists8 decades
  5. 5Ruhollah Khomeini1902-1989 · Iran · Politicians5 decades
  6. 6George VI1895-1952 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures10 decades
  7. 7Joseph Goebbels1897-1945 · Germany · Politicians9 decades
  8. 8George Orwell1903-1950 · United Kingdom · Writers9 decades
  9. 9Heinrich Himmler1900-1945 · Germany · Politicians9 decades
  10. 10Hirohito1901-1989 · Japan · Historical Figures10 decades
  11. 11Deng Xiaoping1904-1997 · China · Politicians11 decades
  12. 12Amelia Earhart1897-1939 · United States · Writers10 decades
  13. 13Salvador Dalí1904-1989 · Spain · Artists10 decades
  14. 14Al Capone1899-1947 · United States9 decades
  15. 15C. S. Lewis1898-1963 · United Kingdom · Writers10 decades
  16. 16Cary Grant1904-1986 · United States · Actors9 decades
  17. 17Marlene Dietrich1901-1992 · United States · Actors9 decades
  18. 18Humphrey Bogart1899-1957 · United States · Actors9 decades
  19. 19Georgy Zhukov1896-1974 · Russia · Politicians6 decades
  20. 20Louis Armstrong1901-1971 · United States · Musicians9 decades
  21. 21Pope Paul VI1897-1978 · Italy · Religious Figures6 decades
  22. 22Bing Crosby1903-1977 · United States · Musicians9 decades
  23. 23Clark Gable1901-1960 · United States · Actors9 decades
  24. 24Werner Heisenberg1901-1976 · Germany · Scientists10 decades
  25. 25John Steinbeck1902-1968 · United States · Writers9 decades
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How to read these rankings

  • Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. 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.
  • Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.