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The 1810s

Whose names filled the books of the 1810s - 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 1810s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers6.7
  2. 2Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers5.9
  3. 3John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal5.2
  4. 4John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians2.9
  5. 5Ambrosio de Morales1513-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers2.1
  6. 6Wittiza686-710 · 8th century · Historical Figures1.9
  7. 7Manuel Godoy1767-1851 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians1.8
  8. 8Vincent Ferrer1350-1419 · 14th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.6
  9. 9John I of France1316-1316 · 14th century · France · Historical Figures1.1
  10. 10Pedro de Alvarado1486-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.0
  11. 11Lope de Rueda1505-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.0
  12. 12Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians0.99
  13. 13Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures0.95
  14. 14Ignatius of Loyola1491-1556 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures0.89
  15. 15Garcilaso de la Vega1503-1536 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.82
  16. 16Jorge Juan y Santacilia1713-1773 · 18th century · Spain · Scientists0.77
  17. 17Álvaro de Luna, Constable of Castile1390-1453 · 15th century · Politicians0.72
  18. 18Melchor Cano1509-1560 · 16th century · Spain · Academics0.67
  19. 19Francis Solanus1549-1610 · 16th century · Spain0.67
  20. 20Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos1744-1811 · 18th century · Spain · Politicians0.66
  21. 21Juan de Mariana1536-1624 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.64
  22. 22Francisco Pacheco1564-1644 · 16th century · Artists0.60
  23. 23Gabriel Alonso de Herrera1470-1539 · 16th century · Spain · Scientists0.60
  24. 24María de Padilla1334-1361 · 14th century0.60
  25. 25Rodrigo Caro1573-1647 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.58
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1810s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Jane Austen1775-1817 · United Kingdom · Writers19 decades
  2. 2Simón Bolívar1783-1830 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  3. 3Martin Van Buren1782-1862 · United States · Politicians21 decades
  4. 4Zachary Taylor1784-1850 · United States · Politicians18 decades
  5. 5Carl Friedrich Gauss1777-1855 · Germany · Academics11 decades
  6. 6Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · Russia · Historical Figures21 decades
  7. 7José de San Martín1778-1850 · Argentina · Politicians21 decades
  8. 8Stendhal1783-1842 · France · Writers22 decades
  9. 9Carl von Clausewitz1780-1831 · Germany12 decades
  10. 10J. M. W. Turner1775-1851 · United Kingdom · Artists22 decades
  11. 11Niccolò Paganini1782-1840 · Italy · Musicians18 decades
  12. 12Washington Irving1783-1859 · United States · Writers22 decades
  13. 13Ferdinand VII of Spain1784-1833 · Spain · Models19 decades
  14. 14John C. Calhoun1782-1850 · United States · Politicians22 decades
  15. 15E. T. A. Hoffmann1776-1822 · Germany · Writers21 decades
  16. 16Heinrich von Kleist1777-1811 · Germany · Writers22 decades
  17. 17Bahadur Shah Zafar1775-1862 · India · Historical Figures6 decades
  18. 18Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston1784-1865 · United Kingdom · Politiciansnot measured-
  19. 19Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres1780-1867 · France · Artistsnot measured-
  20. 20Louis Bonaparte1778-1846 · France · Politicians22 decades
  21. 21Bernardo O'Higgins1778-1842 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  22. 22Agustín I of Mexico1783-1824 · Spain · Politicians0 decades
  23. 23Sacagawea1788-1812 · United States · Historical Figures9 decades
  24. 24Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · Writers22 decades
  25. 25Ranjit Singh1780-1839 · Historical Figures18 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.