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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 Hebrew books during the 1930s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Ahad Ha'am1856-1927 · 19th century · Russia · Writers15
  2. 2Rav Ashi352-427 · 4th century13
  3. 3Sabbatai Zevi1626-1676 · 17th century · Turkey · Religious Figures11
  4. 4Haggaiborn 550 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures9.8
  5. 5Saadia Gaon882-942 · 10th century · Academics6.7
  6. 6Hai Gaon939-1038 · 10th century · Writers6.2
  7. 7Josephus37-100 · 1st century · Writers5.9
  8. 8Yanaiborn 600 · 7th century · Writers5.4
  9. 9Habakkuk626 BC-600 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures4.9
  10. 10Samuel ibn Naghrillah993-1055 · 11th century · Writers4.3
  11. 11Simeon ben Gamliel IIborn 100 · 2nd century3.8
  12. 12Judas Maccabeus500 BC-160 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures3.5
  13. 13Johanan ben Zakai50 BC-70 · 1st millennium BC3.4
  14. 14Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg1150-1217 · 12th century · Academics3.1
  15. 15Simeon ben Zomadied 200 · 2nd century3.1
  16. 16Hillel the Elder50 BC-100 · 1st millennium BC3.0
  17. 17Isaac Abrabanel1437-1508 · 15th century · Academics2.5
  18. 18Nathan the Babylonianborn 101 · 2nd century2.3
  19. 19Mendele Mocher Sforim1835-1917 · 19th century · Belarus · Writers2.0
  20. 20Solomon Molcho1500-1532 · 16th century · Academics1.8
  21. 21Immanuel the Roman1260-1328 · 13th century · Writers1.7
  22. 22Menasseh Ben Israel1604-1657 · 17th century · Netherlands · Academics1.6
  23. 23Hayyim ben Joseph Vital1542-1620 · 16th century · Turkey · Musicians1.3
  24. 24Rabbeinu Tam1100-1171 · 12th century · France · Writers1.3
  25. 25Paul the Apostle5-66 · 1st century · Turkey · Writers1.2
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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.