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1948
Whose working lives fell in 1948. 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 1948, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Richard Nixon8 decades - 2
Gerald Ford6 decades - 3
Albert Camus8 decades - 4
Rosa Parks6 decades - 5
Vivien Leigh8 decades - 6
Willy Brandt8 decades - 7
Jesse Owens9 decades - 8
Menachem Begin8 decades - 9
Burt Lancaster8 decades - 10
Paul Erdős0 decades - 11
Loretta Young9 decades - 12
Jean Marais8 decades - 13
Klaus Barbie4 decades - 14
Peter Cushing5 decades - 15
Bảo Đại1 decades - 16
Muddy Waters7 decades - 17
Robert Capa7 decades - 18
Jimmy Hoffanot measured- - 19
Bill Shankly1 decades - 20
Infante Juan, Count of Barcelonanot measured- - 21
Lloyd Bridgesnot measured- - 22
Alan Laddnot measured- - 23
Benjamin Britten8 decades - 24
Sergey Mikhalkov0 decades - 25
Ramón Mercadernot measured- - 26
Gig Youngnot measured- - 27
Josef Bicannot measured- - 28
Sabiha Gökçen0 decades - 29
Leônidasnot measured- - 30
Gert Fröbenot measured- - 31
Kenzō Tangenot measured- - 32
Makarios III0 decades - 33
Silvio Piolanot measured- - 34
Xi Zhongxunnot measured- - 35
Edward Giereknot measured- - 36
Charles Trenetnot measured- - 37
Trevor Howardnot measured- - 38
Jacobo Árbenz3 decades - 39
Frances Farmernot measured- - 40
Vince Lombardinot measured- - 41
Aimé Césaire8 decades - 42
Victor Maturenot measured- - 43
Stewart Grangernot measured- - 44
Paul Ricœur7 decades - 45
Mark Feltnot measured- - 46
Stanley Kramernot measured- - 47
Vinícius de Moraesnot measured- - 48
John Garfieldnot measured- - 49
Lon Nolnot measured- - 50
Erich Priebkenot measured- - 51
Anthony Quaylenot measured- - 52
Artur Axmannnot measured- - 53
Red Skeltonnot measured- - 54
Mary Martinnot measured- - 55
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy1 decades - 56
Geraldine Fitzgeraldnot measured- - 57
Gustáv Husák0 decades - 58
Alexander Pokryshkinnot measured- - 59
Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmarknot measured- - 60
Albert Ellis7 decades - 61
William Richard Tolbertnot measured- - 62
Mary Leakeynot measured- - 63
Michael Footnot measured- - 64
Carole Landisnot measured- - 65
Jim Backusnot measured- - 66
Unity Mitfordnot measured- - 67
Abd al-Ilahnot measured- - 68
Balraj Sahninot measured- - 69
Donald Macleannot measured- - 70
Heinz Lingenot measured- - 71
Frankie Lainenot measured- - 72
Roger Garaudy8 decades - 73
Mykola Amosovnot measured- - 74
Archie Moorenot measured- - 75
Kathleen Cavendishnot measured- - 76
Johannes Steinhoffnot measured- - 77
Noah Beery Jr.not measured- - 78
Richard Helmsnot measured- - 79
Irwin Shawnot measured- - 80
Claude Simon11 decades - 81
Bill Hewlettnot measured- - 82
René Clémentnot measured- - 83
Marika Rökknot measured- - 84
Hélio Gracienot measured- - 85
Mehmet Shehunot measured- - 86
Anna Leenot measured- - 87
Tony Martinnot measured- - 88
Nicolás Gómez Dávilanot measured- - 89
Masanobu Fukuokanot measured- - 90
Gerda Christiannot measured- - 91
Joe Simonnot measured- - 92
Alfonso López Michelsennot measured-
- 93
Israel Gelfandnot measured- - 94
Bruno Pontecorvonot measured- - 95
Mickey Cohennot measured- - 96
Sid Jamesnot measured- - 97
Alfred Besternot measured- - 98
Witold Lutosławskinot measured- - 99
Alexander Marineskonot measured- - 100
Stefan Heymnot 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.