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The 1800s

Whose names filled the books of the 1800s - anyone at all, however long dead - counted as mentions per million words printed, so a period that simply published more does not inflate anyone.

Talked about then

Whose names appeared most in Spanish books during the 1800s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures3.8
  2. 2John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal3.2
  3. 3Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers2.9
  4. 4John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians2.7
  5. 5Jorge Juan y Santacilia1713-1773 · 18th century · Spain · Scientists2.6
  6. 6Gonzalo de Sandoval1497-1528 · 16th century · Historical Figures2.5
  7. 7Pedro de Alvarado1486-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.5
  8. 8Vincent Ferrer1350-1419 · 14th century · Spain · Religious Figures2.4
  9. 9Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians2.2
  10. 10John I of France1316-1316 · 14th century · France · Historical Figures1.8
  11. 11Ambrosio de Morales1513-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.6
  12. 12Melchor Cano1509-1560 · 16th century · Spain · Academics1.4
  13. 13Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.4
  14. 14Diego de Ordaz1480-1532 · 16th century · Spain · Scientists1.3
  15. 15Garcilaso de la Vega1503-1536 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.3
  16. 16Ignatius of Loyola1491-1556 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.2
  17. 17Antonio Palomino1655-1726 · 17th century · Spain · Artists1.2
  18. 18Eurosia864-880 · 9th century1.2
  19. 19Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.1
  20. 20Diego de Almagro1475-1538 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.00
  21. 21Alonso Cano1601-1667 · 17th century · Spain · Artists0.98
  22. 22Francisco de Carvajal1464-1548 · 15th century · Spain · Politicians0.86
  23. 23Isidore of Seville560-636 · 6th century · Spain · Academics0.84
  24. 24Sampiro956-1041 · 10th century · Politicians0.84
  25. 25Hernando de Soto1500-1542 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.83
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1800s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Napoleon1769-1821 · France · Historical Figures22 decades
  2. 2Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827 · Germany · Musicians21 decades
  3. 3Andrew Jackson1767-1845 · United States · Politicians22 decades
  4. 4John Quincy Adams1767-1848 · United States · Politicians22 decades
  5. 5William Henry Harrison1773-1841 · United States · Politicians22 decades
  6. 6Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel1770-1831 · Germany · Academics21 decades
  7. 7Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington1769-1852 · Politiciansnot measured-
  8. 8William Wordsworth1770-1850 · United Kingdom · Writers22 decades
  9. 9Walter Scott1771-1832 · United Kingdom · Writers22 decades
  10. 10Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor1768-183522 decades
  11. 11Louis Philippe I1773-1850 · France · Models19 decades
  12. 12Alexander von Humboldt1769-1859 · Historical Figures8 decades
  13. 13Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772-1834 · United Kingdom · Writers19 decades
  14. 14Caspar David Friedrich1774-1840 · Sweden · Artists11 decades
  15. 15Klemens von Metternich1773-1859 · Germany · Politicians0 decades
  16. 16Muhammad Ali of Egypt1769-1849 · Turkey · Politicians0 decades
  17. 17Joachim Murat1767-1815 · France · Politicians21 decades
  18. 18François-René de Chateaubriand1768-1848 · France · Writers11 decades
  19. 19John Dalton1766-1844 · United Kingdom · Scientists22 decades
  20. 20Joseph Bonaparte1768-1844 · France · Politicians22 decades
  21. 21Pope Gregory XVI1765-1846 · Italy · Religious Figures19 decades
  22. 22Germaine de Staël1766-1817 · France · Writers10 decades
  23. 23Thomas Robert Malthus1766-1834 · United Kingdom · Academics8 decades
  24. 24Frederick William III of Prussia1770-1840 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Joseph Fourier1768-1830 · France · Academics11 decades
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How to read these rankings

  • Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. 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.
  • Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.