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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 French books during the 1810s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Voltaire1694-1778 · 18th century · France · Writers49
  2. 2Louis XIV of France1638-1715 · 17th century · France · Historical Figures30
  3. 3Louis XVI of France1754-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures19
  4. 4Molière1622-1673 · 17th century · France · Writers13
  5. 5Louis XV of France1710-1774 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures9.7
  6. 6Montesquieu1689-1755 · 18th century · France · Academics9.6
  7. 7Louis XVIII of France1755-1824 · 18th century · France · Politicians7.4
  8. 8Louis XII of France1462-1515 · 15th century · France · Historical Figures6.3
  9. 9Pope Julius II1443-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Religious Figures2.4
  10. 10Philip V of Spain1683-1746 · 18th century · France · Politicians2.3
  11. 11François Fénelon1651-1715 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures2.2
  12. 12Francis II of France1544-1560 · 16th century · France · Politicians2.0
  13. 13Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme1540-1614 · 16th century · France · Writers1.9
  14. 14Joan of Arc1412-1431 · 15th century · France1.7
  15. 15Marie de' Medici1575-1642 · 17th century · France · Politicians1.7
  16. 16Francis de Sales1567-1622 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures1.4
  17. 17Marie Antoinette1755-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures1.3
  18. 18Pierre de Marivaux1688-1763 · 18th century · France · Writers1.2
  19. 19Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon1635-1719 · 17th century · France · Academics1.1
  20. 20Vincent de Paul1581-1660 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures0.93
  21. 21Ambroise Paré1510-1590 · 16th century · France · Doctors0.83
  22. 22Pope John XXII1244-1334 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.79
  23. 23Nostradamus1503-1566 · 16th century · France · Academics0.77
  24. 24Firmin Didot1764-1836 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.74
  25. 25Pope Clement V1264-1314 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.72
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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.