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1934
Whose working lives fell in 1934. 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 1934, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Ernest Hemingway10 decades - 2
Alfred Hitchcock9 decades - 3
Al Capone9 decades - 4
Jorge Luis Borges11 decades - 5
Vladimir Nabokov7 decades - 6
Humphrey Bogart9 decades - 7
Fred Astaire9 decades - 8
Lavrentiy Beria7 decades - 9
James Cagney9 decades - 10
Gloria Swanson10 decades - 11
Yasunari Kawabata1 decades - 12
Friedrich Hayek0 decades - 13
Duke Ellington9 decades - 14
Frederick IX of Denmark0 decades - 15
Charles Laughton9 decades - 16
Noël Coward5 decades - 17
John Dillingernot measured- - 18
Erich Kästner10 decades - 19
Jean Moulinnot measured- - 20
Adnan Menderes4 decades - 21
P. L. Travers0 decades - 22
George Cukor9 decades - 23
Leo Strauss8 decades - 24
Charles Boyer10 decades - 25
Emma Moranonot measured- - 26
E. B. Whitenot measured- - 27
Hayato Ikedanot measured- - 28
Miguel Ángel Asturias9 decades - 29
Sobhuza IInot measured- - 30
Corneliu Zelea Codreanunot measured- - 31
Francis Poulenc10 decades - 32
Cevdet Sunay1 decades - 33
Andrei Platonov10 decades - 34
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewskinot measured- - 35
Marinus van der Lubbenot measured- - 36
Hoagy Carmichaelnot measured- - 37
Suzanne Lenglen8 decades - 38
Lao Shenot measured- - 39
Irving Thalbergnot measured- - 40
Gustaf Gründgensnot measured- - 41
Kazi Nazrul Islam0 decades - 42
Gustav Heinemann7 decades - 43
Alma Revillenot measured- - 44
Ramón Novarronot measured- - 45
Nevil Shutenot measured- - 46
Iskander Mirza6 decades - 47
László Bíró0 decades - 48
Georges Bidaultnot measured- - 49
Kamala Nehrunot measured- - 50
Princess Margaretha of Swedennot measured- - 51
C. S. Foresternot measured- - 52
Wolf Messingnot measured- - 53
Artur da Costa e Silvanot measured- - 54
Bronislav Kaminskinot measured- - 55
Philipp Bouhlernot measured- - 56
Akim Tamiroffnot measured- - 57
Udham Singhnot measured- - 58
Paul-Henri Spaak9 decades - 59
Gale Sondergaardnot measured- - 60
Chief Dan Georgenot measured- - 61
Béla Guttmannnot measured- - 62
Ferhat Abbas9 decades - 63
Henri Michauxnot measured- - 64
Harold Abrahamsnot measured- - 65
Elizabeth Bowennot measured- - 66
Weegeenot measured- - 67
Peter Wessel Zapffenot measured- - 68
Adam Rainernot measured- - 69
Ernst-Robert Grawitznot measured- - 70
Café Filhonot measured- - 71
Juan Trippenot measured- - 72
Mikhail Zharovnot measured- - 73
Walter Lantznot measured- - 74
John Bodkin Adamsnot measured- - 75
Hal B. Wallisnot measured- - 76
Raoul Salannot measured- - 77
Lucio Fontananot measured- - 78
Yury Oleshanot measured- - 79
Pat O'Briennot measured- - 80
Soraya Tarzinot measured- - 81
Louis Chironnot measured- - 82
Burt Munronot measured- - 83
Veit Harlannot measured- - 84
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoeinot measured- - 85
Chang Myon2 decades - 86
Alfred Schütznot measured- - 87
Hans Jeschonneknot measured- - 88
Frances Yatesnot measured- - 89
Jean Vigonot measured- - 90
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaikenot measured- - 91
Baby Face Nelsonnot measured- - 92
Colleen Moorenot measured- - 93
Lotte Reinigernot measured- - 94
James Wong Howenot measured- - 95
Pretty Boy Floydnot measured- - 96
Nadezhda Mandelstamnot measured- - 97
Fritz Bayerleinnot measured- - 98
Brassaïnot measured- - 99
Marcel Dalionot measured- - 100
Qu Qiubainot 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.