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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 Italian books during the 1800s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists8.3
  2. 2Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492 · 15th century · Politicians5.5
  3. 3Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists5.1
  4. 4Apostolo Zeno1668-1750 · 18th century · Writers4.9
  5. 5Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists4.2
  6. 6Cimabue1240-1302 · 13th century · Artists3.9
  7. 7Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers3.5
  8. 8Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects3.4
  9. 9Cosimo de' Medici1389-1464 · 15th century · Politicians2.9
  10. 10Guercino1591-1666 · 17th century · Italy · Artists2.6
  11. 11Philip Neri1515-1595 · 16th century · Religious Figures2.6
  12. 12Pietro Bembo1470-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures2.5
  13. 13Francesco Redi1626-1697 · 17th century · Doctors2.5
  14. 14Baldassare Franceschini1611-1690 · 17th century · Artists2.4
  15. 15Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists2.2
  16. 16Giulio Romano1499-1546 · 16th century · Italy · Artists2.1
  17. 17Francesco Filelfo1398-1481 · 15th century · Academics2.1
  18. 18Petrarch1304-1374 · 14th century · Italy · Academics2.1
  19. 19Domenichino1581-1641 · 17th century · Artists2.0
  20. 20Benedetto Varchi1503-1565 · 16th century · Italy · Writers1.9
  21. 21Pietro Aretino1492-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Writers1.9
  22. 22Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.8
  23. 23Paulus Manutius1512-1574 · 16th century · Writers1.8
  24. 24Paul the Deacon720-799 · 8th century · Writers1.7
  25. 25Giorgio Vasari1511-1574 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.7
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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.