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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 Russian books during the 1930s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Leo Tolstoy1828-1910 · 19th century · Russia · Writers2.6
  2. 2Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians2.1
  3. 3Nicholas I of Russia1796-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Models1.6
  4. 4Maxim Gorky1868-1936 · 20th century · Russia · Writers1.6
  5. 5Sergo Ordzhonikidze1886-1937 · 20th century · Russia · Politicians1.5
  6. 6Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures1.4
  7. 7Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures1.2
  8. 8Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians1.1
  9. 9Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia1904-1918 · 20th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.0
  10. 10Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.0
  11. 11Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.99
  12. 12Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.95
  13. 13Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia1850-1908 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.92
  14. 14Alexis of Russia1629-1676 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.89
  15. 15Vladimir Lenin1870-1924 · 20th century · Russia · Politicians0.87
  16. 16Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia1857-1905 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.85
  17. 17Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.82
  18. 18Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia1690-1718 · 18th century · Politicians0.82
  19. 19Nicholas II of Russia1868-1918 · 20th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.80
  20. 20Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia1899-1918 · 20th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.80
  21. 21Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia1847-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.78
  22. 22Gleb Uspensky1843-1902 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.77
  23. 23Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.72
  24. 24Alexander III of Russia1845-1894 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.68
  25. 25Michael of Russia1596-1645 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.57
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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.