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Table 1 Composition of the selected subset of notable people, organized by the different work areas and disciplines present in the Pantheon dataset [19]. In particular, 15 work areas are presented, sorted by discipline

From: Following the footsteps of giants: modeling the mobility of historically notable individuals using Wikipedia

Work area

Discipline

Percentage (%)

Film and Theatre

Arts

10.35

Music

Arts

8.81

Fine Arts

Arts

5.61

Design

Arts

1.68

Natural Sciences

Science and Technology

13.74

Social Sciences

Science and Technology

3.92

Medicine

Science and Technology

2.25

Math

Science and Technology

2.04

Language

Humanities

17.39

Philosophy

Humanities

3.51

Government

Institutions

15.90

Military

Institutions

3.81

Activism

Public Figure

1.23

Individual Sports

Sports

1.28

Business

Business and Law

1.07