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1943
Whose working lives fell in 1943. 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 1943, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Lyndon B. Johnson8 decades - 2
Simone de Beauvoir8 decades - 3
Bette Davis9 decades - 4
Salvador Allende11 decades - 5
James Stewart12 decades - 6
Ian Fleming7 decades - 7
Enver Hoxha8 decades - 8
Simone Weil9 decades - 9
Oskar Schindler4 decades - 10
Edward Teller8 decades - 11
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller8 decades - 12
Joseph McCarthy10 decades - 13
Otto Skorzeny6 decades - 14
Jim Thorpe9 decades - 15
Lev Landau6 decades - 16
Abraham Maslow6 decades - 17
David Lean8 decades - 18
Herbert von Karajan8 decades
- 19
Anna Magnani8 decades
- 20
Sophie Scholl8 decades - 21
Claude Lévi-Strauss8 decades - 22
Simon Wiesenthal6 decades - 23
Rex Harrison8 decades - 24
Cesare Pavese9 decades - 25
Mel Blancnot measured- - 26
Don Ameche9 decades - 27
Amon Göthnot measured- - 28
Thurgood Marshallnot measured- - 29
Don Bradman2 decades - 30
Maurice Merleau-Ponty8 decades - 31
Ethel Merman9 decades - 32
John Millsnot measured- - 33
Giovannino Guareschinot measured- - 34
Fred MacMurraynot measured- - 35
Milton Berlenot measured- - 36
Olivier Messiaen9 decades - 37
Harold Holtnot measured- - 38
Michael Redgravenot measured- - 39
Tex Averynot measured- - 40
Estée Laudernot measured- - 41
Eve Ardennot measured- - 42
Martha Gellhornnot measured- - 43
Henri Cartier-Bresson7 decades - 44
John Kenneth Galbraith7 decades - 45
William Saroyan9 decades - 46
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gothanot measured- - 47
Buddy Ebsennot measured- - 48
Van Heflinnot measured- - 49
Lita Greynot measured- - 50
Mercè Rodoreda4 decades - 51
Amintore Fanfani9 decades - 52
Louis L'Amournot measured- - 53
Joseph Rotblat2 decades - 54
Dmitriy Ustinov4 decades - 55
Giovanni Leone12 decades - 56
Lydia Litvyaknot measured- - 57
John Bardeen7 decades - 58
Edward R. Murrownot measured- - 59
Franz Stanglnot measured- - 60
Lupe Véleznot measured- - 61
William Hartnellnot measured- - 62
Willard Van Orman Quine0 decades - 63
Masaru Ibukanot measured- - 64
Mohammed bin Awad bin Ladennot measured- - 65
Bernard Leenot measured- - 66
Quentin Crispnot measured- - 67
Lew Ayresnot measured- - 68
Lee Krasnernot measured- - 69
Etty Hillesumnot measured- - 70
Remedios Varonot measured- - 71
Balthusnot measured- - 72
Ivan Yefremovnot measured- - 73
William McMahonnot measured- - 74
Viktor Abakumovnot measured- - 75
Carlos Arias Navarronot measured- - 76
Paul Henreidnot measured- - 77
Atahualpa Yupanquinot measured- - 78
Françoise Doltonot measured- - 79
Luz Longnot measured- - 80
Doris Millernot measured- - 81
Krystyna Skarbeknot measured- - 82
Robert Morleynot measured- - 83
Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovianot measured- - 84
Virginia Cherrillnot measured- - 85
Manoel de Oliveiranot measured- - 86
Hans Schollnot measured- - 87
Lionel Standernot measured- - 88
Bo Yibonot measured- - 89
Inah Canabarro Lucasnot measured- - 90
Yousuf Karshnot measured- - 91
Guimarães Rosanot measured- - 92
Michael Ellis DeBakeynot measured- - 93
Celia Johnsonnot measured- - 94
Brigitte Helmnot measured- - 95
Sam Giancananot measured- - 96
Rómulo Betancourtnot measured- - 97
Mika Waltari1 decades - 98
Libertad Lamarquenot measured- - 99
Arturo Frondizinot measured- - 100
Devika Raninot 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.