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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 Russian books during the 1800s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Nikolay Karamzin1766-1826 · 19th century · Russia · Writers3.3
  2. 2Peter III of Russia1728-1762 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures1.7
  3. 3Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures1.1
  4. 4Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.95
  5. 5Pyotr Panin1721-1789 · 18th century · Russia0.91
  6. 6Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians0.69
  7. 7Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers0.65
  8. 8Ippolit Bogdanovich1743-1803 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.65
  9. 9Mykhailo Maksymovych1804-1873 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.62
  10. 10Boris of Tver1400-1461 · 15th century0.51
  11. 11Paul I of Russia1754-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.51
  12. 12Ivan Krylov1769-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.44
  13. 13Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.38
  14. 14Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.36
  15. 15Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.33
  16. 16Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.25
  17. 17Ivan Fyodorov1510-1583 · 16th century0.23
  18. 18Catherine Pavlovna of Russia1788-1819 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.23
  19. 19Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century0.22
  20. 20Ivan Mazepa1639-1709 · 17th century · Politicians0.21
  21. 21Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov1727-1797 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.13

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.