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← Fame through time1930-1939

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 Italian books during the 1930s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists6.3
  2. 2Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers5.6
  3. 3Benito Mussolini1883-1945 · 20th century · Italy · Politicians5.1
  4. 4Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists4.5
  5. 5Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists4.3
  6. 6Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects2.6
  7. 7Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · 19th century · Writers2.5
  8. 8Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists2.4
  9. 9Giuseppe Mazzini1805-1872 · 19th century · Italy · Activists2.4
  10. 10Giosuè Carducci1835-1907 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.2
  11. 11Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.2
  12. 12Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.1
  13. 13Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.9
  14. 14Francesco Crispi1818-1901 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians1.9
  15. 15Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers1.8
  16. 16Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.7
  17. 17Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists1.6
  18. 18Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.6
  19. 19Silvio Pellico1789-1854 · 19th century · Writers1.6
  20. 20Masaccio1401-1428 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.5
  21. 21Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.4
  22. 22Guglielmo Marconi1874-1937 · 20th century · Italy · Scientists1.4
  23. 23Benedetto Croce1866-1952 · 20th century · Italy · Academics1.4
  24. 24Farinelli1705-1782 · 18th century · Italy · Musicians1.4
  25. 25Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.3
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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.