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4 2

A side-by-side view of how these Complete Numbers are represented in the current governed Master Number Vault corpus.

This comparison describes the records currently represented in MNV. It does not establish numerological causation, population prevalence, or statistical significance.

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Governed corpus metrics

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Metric42Governed records47160Current corpus share9.4%1.2%ClassificationArchive 4Archive 2Represented collections2115Governed birth years1657–20101616–2009Represented eras43

Governed collection memberships

Collection distribution

Collection: Complete Number 4 compared with Complete Number 2
Collection	Number 4	Number 2
19th-Century Figures	36 records, 7.6% within 4	9 records, 15.0% within 2
20th-Century Figures	382 records, 81.1% within 4	25 records, 41.7% within 2
21st-Century Figures	51 records, 10.8% within 4	25 records, 41.7% within 2
Architecture and Design	11 records, 2.3% within 4	0 records, 0.0% within 2
Artists	17 records, 3.6% within 4	2 records, 3.3% within 2
Aviation and Space	5 records, 1.1% within 4	0 records, 0.0% within 2
Business and Entrepreneurship	35 records, 7.4% within 4	0 records, 0.0% within 2
Culinary Arts	4 records, 0.8% within 4	0 records, 0.0% within 2
Digital Creators and Media	23 records, 4.9% within 4	4 records, 6.7% within 2
Fashion and Design	10 records, 2.1% within 4	0 records, 0.0% within 2
Film and Television	95 records, 20.2% within 4	6 records, 10.0% within 2
Gaming and Esports	4 records, 0.8% within 4	0 records, 0.0% within 2
Journalism and Media	25 records, 5.3% within 4	1 records, 1.7% within 2
Musicians and Composers	69 records, 14.6% within 4	7 records, 11.7% within 2
Philosophers and Thinkers	7 records, 1.5% within 4	2 records, 3.3% within 2
Political Leaders and Government	9 records, 1.9% within 4	2 records, 3.3% within 2
Scientists	30 records, 6.4% within 4	14 records, 23.3% within 2
Social Reformers and Human Rights	3 records, 0.6% within 4	1 records, 1.7% within 2
Sports and Athletics	104 records, 22.1% within 4	13 records, 21.7% within 2
Technology and Computing	42 records, 8.9% within 4	2 records, 3.3% within 2
Writers	38 records, 8.1% within 4	3 records, 5.0% within 2

Represented by both

19th-Century Figures
20th-Century Figures
21st-Century Figures
Artists
Digital Creators and Media
Film and Television
Journalism and Media
Musicians and Composers
Philosophers and Thinkers
Political Leaders and Government
Scientists
Social Reformers and Human Rights
Sports and Athletics
Technology and Computing
Writers

Only in 4

Architecture and Design
Aviation and Space
Business and Entrepreneurship
Culinary Arts
Fashion and Design
Gaming and Esports

Only in 2

None in the current corpus.

Governed birth-date taxonomy

Era distribution

Era: Complete Number 4 compared with Complete Number 2
Era	Number 4	Number 2
18th century	1 records, 0.2% within 4	0 records, 0.0% within 2
19th century	36 records, 7.6% within 4	9 records, 15.0% within 2
20th century	433 records, 91.9% within 4	50 records, 83.3% within 2
Earlier	1 records, 0.2% within 4	1 records, 1.7% within 2

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Complete Number 4

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Complete Number 2

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Distinct governed cohorts

Record sets

Records in 4

Archive 4

Records in 2

Archive 2

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Complete Number 4

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Record sets

Records in 4

Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy

Michael Faraday

George Gabriel Stokes

Sully Prudhomme

Bertha von Suttner

Henry Deane

Ignacio Cervantes

Sigmund Freud

Alfred Deakin

Liberty Hyde Bailey

Max Planck

Thomas Ranken Lyle

Nellie Melba

Ida B. Wells

Hugh Victor McKay

Walter Frederick Gale

Marie Curie

C.T.R. Wilson

Mary Booth

Henri Matisse

Kitaro Nishida

Guglielmo Marconi

Mary Teresa Norton

Julie Manet

André Deed

Joseph Lyons

Miles Franklin

John Maynard Keynes

Archibald V. Hill

Rose Wilder Lane

George Pólya

Srinivasa Ramanujan

John H. Northrop

John Howard Northrop

Hudson Fysh

William Francis Giauque

Michael Schmaus

Friedrich von Hayek

Enrico Fermi

Luis F. Leloir

Rachel Carson

Kwame Nkrumah

William Golding

Tenzing Norgay

Julio Cortázar

Gwendolyn Brooks

Ingmar Bergman

Nat King Cole

Merce Cunningham

Charlie Parker

Gene Roddenberry

David Attenborough

Martin L. Perl

Paul Taylor

V. S. Naipaul

Edmund S. Phelps

Elinor Ostrom

Chris Bonington

James A. Mirrlees

Martti Ahtisaari

David Baltimore

Barbara Dittus

Kary B. Mullis

Alexey Ekimov

Mary-Claire King

Anne Wiazemsky

Octavia E. Butler

Stephen Schwartz