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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
  26. 26Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.7
  27. 27Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.7
  28. 28Andrea Doria1466-1560 · 16th century · Italy · Politicians1.6
  29. 29Masaccio1401-1428 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.6
  30. 30Niccolò Machiavelli1469-1527 · 16th century · Politicians1.6
  31. 31Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists1.6
  32. 32Guido Reni1575-1642 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.5
  33. 33Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers1.5
  34. 34Francesco Gonzaga1444-1483 · 15th century1.5
  35. 35Luigi Alamanni1495-1556 · 16th century · Writers1.5
  36. 36Andrea del Sarto1486-1530 · 16th century · Artists1.4
  37. 37Filippo Maria Visconti1392-1447 · 15th century · Politicians1.4
  38. 38Bernardo Tasso1493-1569 · 16th century · Writers1.3
  39. 39Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.3
  40. 40Pietro da Cortona1596-1669 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.3
  41. 41Franco Sacchetti1332-1400 · 14th century · Writers1.3
  42. 42Prospero Colonna1452-1523 · 15th century1.3
  43. 43Francesco Guicciardini1483-1540 · 16th century · Writers1.3
  44. 44Filippo Villani1325-1407 · 14th century · Italy · Writers1.2
  45. 45Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists1.2
  46. 46Fra Mauro1385-1459 · 15th century · Scientists1.2
  47. 47Scipione Ammirato1531-1601 · 16th century · Writers1.2
  48. 48Parmigianino1503-1540 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.1
  49. 49Francesco Sansovino1521-1583 · 16th century · Writers1.1
  50. 50Guido Cavalcanti1258-1300 · 13th century · Writers1.1
  51. 51Paolo Giovio1483-1552 · 16th century · Writers1.1
  52. 52Girolamo Ruscelli1504-1566 · 16th century · Writers1.00
  53. 53Giuliano de' Medici1453-1478 · 15th century · Politicians0.99
  54. 54Giovanni Boccaccio1313-1375 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.98
  55. 55Vittorino da Feltre1378-1446 · 15th century · Educators0.96
  56. 56Leandro Alberti1479-1552 · 16th century · Writers0.93
  57. 57Anton Maria Salvini1653-1729 · 17th century · Writers0.92
  58. 58Francesco Vettori1474-1540 · 16th century · Writers0.92
  59. 59Paolo Veronese1528-1588 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.91
  60. 60Alessandro Tassoni1565-1635 · 17th century · Writers0.89
  61. 61Andrea Gritti1455-1538 · 15th century · Politicians0.89
  62. 62Teodato Ipato750-800 · 8th century · Politicians0.88
  63. 63Magdalena de Pazzi1566-1607 · 17th century · Writers0.84
  64. 64Sperone Speroni1500-1588 · 16th century · Writers0.83
  65. 65Aloysius Gonzaga1568-1591 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.82
  66. 66Bernardino of Siena1380-1444 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.82
  67. 67Benvenuto Cellini1500-1571 · 16th century · France · Artists0.75
  68. 68Agnolo Poliziano1454-1494 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.75
  69. 69Bramantino1465-1536 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.73
  70. 70Girolamo Savonarola1452-1498 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians0.72
  71. 71Marsilio Ficino1433-1499 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.71
  72. 72Carlo Maratta1625-1713 · 17th century · Artists0.69
  73. 73Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei1675-1755 · 18th century · Writers0.69
  74. 74Luigi Pulci1432-1484 · 15th century · Writers0.67
  75. 75Matteo Villani1283-1363 · 14th century · Writers0.66
  76. 76Andrea Mantegna1431-1506 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.66
  77. 77Leon Battista Alberti1404-1472 · 15th century · Italy · Architects0.65
  78. 78Amerigo Vespucci1454-1512 · 15th century · Historical Figures0.65
  79. 79Pietro Verri1728-1797 · 18th century · Academics0.65
  80. 80Bernardo Davanzati1529-1606 · 16th century · Academics0.65
  81. 81Domenico Passignano1559-1638 · 16th century · Artists0.64
  82. 82Salvator Rosa1615-1673 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.64
  83. 83Lodovico Castelvetro1505-1571 · 16th century · Writers0.63
  84. 84Leonardo Bruni1369-1444 · 15th century · Writers0.62
  85. 85Vittorio Alfieri1749-1803 · 18th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.61
  86. 86Catherine de' Medici1519-1589 · 16th century · France · Historical Figures0.59
  87. 87Pontormo1494-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.58
  88. 88Jacopo Salviati1461-1533 · 15th century · Politicians0.57
  89. 89Cosimo Bartoli1503-1572 · 16th century · Writers0.57
  90. 90Francesco Barberini1597-1679 · 17th century · Religious Figures0.56
  91. 91Cesare Borgia1475-1507 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.56
  92. 92Ottavio Farnese1524-1586 · 16th century · Politicians0.56
  93. 93Maso Finiguerra1426-1464 · 15th century · Artists0.55
  94. 94Lorenzo Magalotti1637-1712 · 17th century · Writers0.55
  95. 95Alvise Contarini1601-1684 · 17th century · Writers0.54
  96. 96Paolo Sarpi1552-1623 · 16th century · Academics0.54
  97. 97Georgius Merula1430-1494 · 15th century · Writers0.53
  98. 98Marco Foscarini1696-1763 · 18th century · Writers0.50
  99. 99Antonio Pucci1484-1544 · 16th century · Writers0.49
  100. 100Baccio Bandinelli1493-1560 · 16th century · Artists0.49

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.