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1936
Whose working lives fell in 1936. 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 1936, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Walt Disney10 decades - 2
Hirohito10 decades - 3
Marlene Dietrich9 decades - 4
Louis Armstrong9 decades - 5
Werner Heisenberg10 decades - 6
Enrico Fermi10 decades - 7
Clark Gable9 decades - 8
Gary Cooper9 decades - 9
Fulgencio Batista9 decades - 10
Sukarno9 decades - 11
Leopold III of Belgium1 decades - 12
Jacques Lacan7 decades - 13
Vittorio De Sica9 decades - 14
Rudolf Höss7 decades - 15
Ngo Dinh Diem0 decades - 16
Linus Pauling9 decades - 17
Princess Märtha of Swedennot measured- - 18
Magda Goebbels7 decades - 19
Paul of Greece0 decades - 20
André Malraux11 decades - 21
José Antonio Primo de Rivera9 decades - 22
Langston Hughes10 decades - 23
Ernest Lawrence8 decades - 24
Robert E. Howard5 decades - 25
Lee Strasbergnot measured- - 26
Andrey Vlasovnot measured- - 27
Margaret Mead10 decades - 28
Alberto Giacometti7 decades - 29
Eisaku Satō0 decades - 30
Mohamed Naguib0 decades - 31
Ed Sullivannot measured- - 32
Witold Pileckinot measured- - 33
Robert Bresson8 decades - 34
Barbara Cartland5 decades - 35
Henning von Tresckownot measured- - 36
Melvyn Douglas9 decades - 37
Ub Iwerksnot measured- - 38
Ed Begleynot measured- - 39
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerdnot measured- - 40
George Raftnot measured- - 41
Zhang Xueliangnot measured- - 42
Mildred Harrisnot measured- - 43
René Plevennot measured- - 44
Joaquín Rodrigonot measured- - 45
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucesternot measured- - 46
Nikolai Vatutinnot measured- - 47
Zeppo Marxnot measured- - 48
Nikolai Ostrovsky9 decades - 49
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dejnot measured- - 50
Shyama Prasad Mukherjeenot measured- - 51
Carl Barksnot measured- - 52
Stefan Wyszyńskinot measured- - 53
Jascha Heifetz2 decades - 54
Tage Erlandernot measured- - 55
Stella Adlernot measured- - 56
Salvatore Quasimodo9 decades - 57
Jean Dubuffet8 decades - 58
Ricardo Zamoranot measured- - 59
Henri Lefebvrenot measured- - 60
Louis Kahnnot measured- - 61
Eiji Tsuburayanot measured- - 62
Chen Yinot measured- - 63
Alfred Tarski7 decades - 64
Maxwell D. Taylornot measured- - 65
Ödön von Horváthnot measured- - 66
Milton H. Ericksonnot measured- - 67
Manly P. Hallnot measured- - 68
Paul Fixnot measured- - 69
Agniya Bartonot measured- - 70
Simon Kuznets9 decades - 71
José Nasazzinot measured- - 72
Luis Montinot measured- - 73
Ivan Pyryevnot measured- - 74
Max Euwe0 decades - 75
Hans Kammlernot measured- - 76
Ramón Serrano Suñernot measured- - 77
Alexander Fadeyevnot measured- - 78
Walter Hallsteinnot measured- - 79
Nina Berberovanot measured- - 80
Gino Cervinot measured- - 81
Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burmanot measured- - 82
Alice Prinnot measured- - 83
Vasily Kuznetsovnot measured- - 84
Mikhail Rommnot measured- - 85
Princess Sophie of Hohenbergnot measured- - 86
Rudy Valléenot measured- - 87
José Leandro Andradenot measured- - 88
Eric Voegelinnot measured- - 89
Babushka Ladynot measured- - 90
Brian Donlevynot measured- - 91
Maurice Evansnot measured- - 92
Arthur Liebehenschelnot measured- - 93Itzhak Sternnot measured-
- 94
Rudolf Caracciolanot measured- - 95
C. L. R. Jamesnot measured- - 96
Alberto Hurtadonot measured- - 97
Bebe Danielsnot measured- - 98
Raimundo Orsinot measured- - 99
Mark Oliphantnot measured- - 100
John C. Stennisnot 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.