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1935
Whose working lives fell in 1935. 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 1935, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Heinrich Himmler9 decades - 2
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry9 decades - 3
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother6 decades - 4
Spencer Tracy9 decades - 5
Martin Bormann8 decades - 6
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burmanot measured- - 7
Luis Buñuel8 decades - 8
Erich Fromm9 decades - 9
Hans Frank12 decades - 10
Astrid of Sweden0 decades - 11
Margaret Mitchell11 decades - 12
Helen Hayes10 decades - 13
Chiune Sugiharanot measured- - 14
Heinrich Müllernot measured- - 15
Adolf Dasslernot measured- - 16
Agnes Mooreheadnot measured- - 17
Wolfgang Pauli12 decades
- 18
Zelda Fitzgerald5 decades - 19
Adlai Stevenson II0 decades - 20
Thomas Wolfe9 decades - 21
Jean Arthur9 decades - 22
Vasily Chuikov6 decades - 23
Aaron Copland10 decades - 24
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucesternot measured- - 25
Frédéric Joliot-Curie8 decades - 26
Urho Kekkonen3 decades - 27
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit3 decades - 28
Kurt Weillnot measured- - 29
Jacques Prévert8 decades - 30
Hans-Georg Gadamer8 decades - 31
Karl Wolffnot measured- - 32
Sándor Márai0 decades - 33
W. Edwards Demingnot measured- - 34
Arno Brekernot measured- - 35
Hans Fritzschenot measured- - 36
Edith Frank-Holländernot measured- - 37
Eduardo De Filipponot measured- - 38
Humberto Castelo Branconot measured- - 39
Anna Seghers9 decades - 40Nabi Tajimanot measured-
- 41
Maurice Thoreznot measured- - 42
Alfred Newmannot measured- - 43
Raphael Lemkinnot measured- - 44
Miguel Alemán Valdésnot measured- - 45
Xavier Cugatnot measured- - 46
Thelma Toddnot measured- - 47
Rudolf Dielsnot measured- - 48
Hyman G. Rickovernot measured- - 49
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkinnot measured- - 50
Maria of Yugoslavianot measured- - 51
Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aostanot measured- - 52
Walther Wencknot measured- - 53
Park Hon-youngnot measured- - 54
Nathalie Sarraute6 decades - 55
Prince Knud of Denmarknot measured- - 56
Herberts Cukursnot measured- - 57
Gustavo Rojas Pinillanot measured- - 58
Ignazio Silonenot measured- - 59
Giorgos Seferis6 decades - 60
Duy Tânnot measured- - 61
Muhammad Asadnot measured- - 62
Lidia Ruslanovanot measured- - 63
Robert Desnosnot measured- - 64
Julien Greennot measured- - 65
Mervyn LeRoynot measured- - 66
Karin Boye0 decades - 67
Violet Brownnot measured- - 68
Arturo Umberto Illianot measured- - 69
Devdas Gandhinot measured- - 70
Gilbert Rylenot measured- - 71
Mildred Gillarsnot measured- - 72
Ruan Lingyunot measured- - 73
Zhang Wentiannot measured- - 74
Camille Chamounnot measured- - 75
Charles Francis Richter0 decades - 76
Gareth Jonesnot measured- - 77
Robert Siodmaknot measured- - 78
Joseph Needhamnot measured- - 79
Helene Weigelnot measured- - 80
Funmilayo Ransome-Kutinot measured- - 81
Isaak Dunayevskynot measured- - 82
Hans Adolf Krebs0 decades - 83
James Hiltonnot measured- - 84
Ernie Pylenot measured- - 85
María del Carmen Polo Martínez-Valdésnot measured- - 86
Yves Tanguynot measured- - 87
Dutch Schultznot measured- - 88
Eyvind Johnson0 decades - 89
Pridi Banomyong0 decades - 90
Otto Braunnot measured- - 91
Seewoosagur Ramgoolamnot measured- - 92
Choe Yong-gonnot measured- - 93
Natalie Schafernot measured- - 94
Gladwyn Jebbnot measured- - 95
Katina Paxinou1 decades - 96
George Antheilnot measured- - 97
Yvonne de Gaullenot measured- - 98
Boris Pashnot measured- - 99
Aleksandr Novikovnot measured- - 100
Filipp Golikovnot 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.