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1931
Whose working lives fell in 1931. 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 1931, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Georgy Zhukov6 decades - 2
F. Scott Fitzgerald10 decades - 3
Wallis Simpson4 decades - 4
Jean Piaget10 decades - 5
Konstantin Rokossovsky5 decades - 6
Bhagat Singh10 decades - 7
Oswald Mosleynot measured- - 8
Morarji Desai7 decades - 9
Lev Vygotsky3 decades - 10
George Burns13 decades
- 11
Faina Ranevskaya4 decades - 12
André Breton10 decades - 13
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada0 decades - 14
Nobusuke Kishi3 decades - 15
Sandro Pertini8 decades - 16
Antonin Artaud10 decades - 17
Howard Hawks7 decades - 18
Mamie Eisenhower6 decades - 19
Ruth Gordon10 decades - 20
Leslie Grovesnot measured- - 21
Kenji Miyazawanot measured- - 22Paula Hitlernot measured-
- 23
Geli Raubalnot measured- - 24
Imre Nagy7 decades - 25
Italo Balbonot measured- - 26
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa7 decades - 27
Felix Steinernot measured- - 28
Andrei Zhdanov9 decades - 29
Chandra Shekhar Azadnot measured- - 30
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourgnot measured- - 31
John Dos Passos10 decades - 32
Anna Andersonnot measured- - 33
Buenaventura Durruti8 decades - 34
A. J. Cronin4 decades - 35
Paulino Alcántaranot measured- - 36
Klement Gottwald7 decades - 37
Jimmy Doolittlenot measured- - 38
Eugenio Montale10 decades - 39
Ernst Udetnot measured- - 40
Mark W. Clarknot measured-
- 41
Tristan Tzara10 decades - 42
Anastasio Somoza Garcíanot measured- - 43
Helen of Greece and Denmarknot measured- - 44
Raymond Masseynot measured- - 45
Lewis Straussnot measured- - 46
Anandamayi Manot measured- - 47
David Alfaro Siqueirosnot measured- - 48
Roman Jakobson8 decades - 49
Tadj ol-Molouk of Irannot measured- - 50
Elsa Trioletnot measured- - 51
Erich Kochnot measured- - 52
Trygve Lie8 decades - 53
Bix Beiderbeckenot measured- - 54
Donald Winnicottnot measured- - 55
Dziga Vertov10 decades - 56
Milena Jesenskánot measured- - 57
Leon Thereminnot measured- - 58
Ira Gershwinnot measured- - 59
Tina Modottinot measured- - 60
Gottlob Bergernot measured- - 61
Carl Zuckmayernot measured- - 62
Xu Zhimonot measured- - 63
Ethel Watersnot measured- - 64
Soghomon Tehliriannot measured- - 65
He Longnot measured- - 66
Prince Philipp, Landgrave of Hessenot measured- - 67
Dodie Smithnot measured- - 68
Evgeny Shvartsnot measured- - 69
Frederick Browningnot measured- - 70
Herbert Backenot measured- - 71
Jorge Alessandrinot measured- - 72
Aleksei Antonovnot measured- - 73
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menonnot measured- - 74
Carlos P. Garcianot measured- - 75
William A. Wellmannot measured- - 76
Julien Duviviernot measured- - 77
Josephine Teynot measured- - 78
Louis Réardnot measured- - 79
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlingsnot measured- - 80
Gerty Cori0 decades - 81
J. Carrol Naishnot measured- - 82
Zygmunt Berlingnot measured- - 83
Iona Yakirnot measured- - 84
Norodom Suramaritnot measured- - 85
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorfnot measured- - 86
Henri de Lubacnot measured- - 87
Salim Alinot measured- - 88
Agustín Muñoz Grandesnot measured- - 89
Célestin Freinetnot measured- - 90
Aspasia Manosnot measured- - 91
Heimito von Doderernot measured- - 92
Joseph Schildkrautnot measured- - 93
Adele Astairenot measured- - 94
Nobuko Yoshiyanot measured- - 95
Otto Hofmannnot measured- - 96
Joseph Lawton Collinsnot measured- - 97
Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Havennot measured- - 98
Mao Dunnot measured- - 99
Natalie Talmadgenot measured- - 100
Boris Skossyreffnot 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.