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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
  26. 26Gustav III of Sweden1746-1792 · 18th century · Sweden · Politicians0.71
  27. 27Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712-1778 · 18th century · Switzerland · Academics0.69
  28. 28Louis XVII of France1785-1795 · 18th century · France0.68
  29. 29Anne of Brittany1477-1514 · 16th century · France0.65
  30. 30Margaret of Valois1553-1615 · 16th century · France · Writers0.63
  31. 31Benjamin Constant1767-1830 · 19th century · Switzerland · Politicians0.63
  32. 32Thomas Corneille1625-1709 · 17th century · France · Writers0.61
  33. 33Jeanne d'Albret1528-1572 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.60
  34. 34Olivier de Serres1539-1619 · 16th century · Writers0.57
  35. 35Claude Michel1738-1814 · 18th century · France · Artists0.57
  36. 36Johann Bernoulli1667-1748 · 18th century · Switzerland · Academics0.51
  37. 37Pierre Corneille1606-1684 · 17th century · France · Writers0.51
  38. 38Diane de Poitiers1499-1566 · 16th century · France0.50
  39. 39Jacques Clément1567-1589 · 16th century · France0.48
  40. 40Bernard de Jussieu1699-1777 · 18th century · France · Scientists0.46
  41. 41Louis Racine1692-1763 · 18th century · France · Writers0.46
  42. 42Antoine of Navarre1518-1562 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.44
  43. 43La Grange1635-1692 · 17th century · France · Actors0.43
  44. 44Richard Simon1638-1712 · 17th century · Actors0.41
  45. 45Mary of Burgundy1457-1482 · 15th century · France · Politicians0.39
  46. 46Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours1489-1512 · 16th century · France0.38
  47. 47Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor1500-1558 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.37
  48. 48Clémence Isaure1450-1513 · 15th century · France · Musicians0.35
  49. 49Charles, Count of Soissons1566-1612 · 17th century · France0.35
  50. 50Jacob Bernoulli1655-1705 · 17th century · Switzerland · Academics0.34
  51. 51Pope Clement IV1190-1268 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.33
  52. 52Joseph Bonaparte1768-1844 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.33
  53. 53Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan1640-1707 · 17th century · France0.32
  54. 54Joachim Murat1767-1815 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.32
  55. 55Pope Gregory XI1329-1378 · 14th century · France · Religious Figures0.31
  56. 56Charles X of France1757-1836 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.30
  57. 57Philip I, Count of Flanders1142-1191 · 12th century · Politicians0.29
  58. 58Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy1480-1530 · 16th century · Spain · Artists0.29
  59. 59Charles of France, Duke of Berry1686-1714 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures0.29
  60. 60John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir1370-1397 · 14th century · France · Politicians0.29
  61. 61Pope Urban V1310-1370 · 14th century · France · Religious Figures0.29
  62. 62Camille Desmoulins1760-1794 · 18th century · France · Journalists0.27
  63. 63Jean Goujon1510-1567 · 16th century · France · Architects0.26
  64. 64Quatremère de Quincy1755-1849 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.25
  65. 65Louis Carrogis Carmontelle1717-1806 · 18th century · France · Artists0.24
  66. 66Lucien Bonaparte1775-1840 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.24
  67. 67Charlotte Corday1768-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures0.23
  68. 68Vincent of Beauvais1190-1264 · 13th century · Educators0.23
  69. 69Drogo801-855 · 9th century · France · Religious Figures0.23
  70. 70Jean Châtel1575-1594 · 16th century · France0.23
  71. 71Godfrey of Bouillon1060-1100 · 11th century · France · Historical Figures0.22
  72. 72Guillaume de Lorris1200-1238 · 13th century · France · Writers0.22
  73. 73Pierre Pithou1539-1596 · 16th century · France · Writers0.22
  74. 74Madame de Pompadour1721-1764 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.21
  75. 75Louis of Toulouse1274-1297 · 13th century · France0.21
  76. 76Gabrielle d'Estrées1573-1599 · 16th century · France0.20
  77. 77Jean de Vienne1340-1396 · 14th century · Politicians0.18
  78. 78Charles Bonnet1720-1793 · 18th century · Academics0.18
  79. 79Jean Bauhin1511-1582 · 16th century · France · Doctors0.18
  80. 80Germain Pilon1525-1590 · 16th century · France · Artists0.17
  81. 81John of Burgundy1231-1267 · 13th century · France0.17
  82. 82Henrietta of England1644-1670 · 17th century · France0.17
  83. 83Blanche of Castile1188-1252 · 13th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.17
  84. 84Anne de Montmorency1493-1567 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.17
  85. 85Charles the Bold1433-1477 · 15th century · France · Politicians0.16
  86. 86Isabeau of Bavaria1370-1435 · 15th century · France · Historical Figures0.16
  87. 87Jean Calas1698-1762 · 18th century · France · Business Professionals0.16
  88. 88Urbain Grandier1590-1634 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures0.15
  89. 89Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville1746-1795 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.15
  90. 90Frédéric Cuvier1773-1838 · 19th century · France · Scientists0.15
  91. 91Jean de Montfort-Castres1250-1300 · 13th century · France0.15
  92. 92Pope Martin IV1220-1285 · 13th century · France · Politicians0.15
  93. 93La Clairon1723-1803 · 18th century · France · Actors0.14
  94. 94Charles, Duke of Orléans1394-1465 · 15th century · France · Writers0.14
  95. 95André Duchesne1584-1640 · 17th century · Writers0.14
  96. 96Jean Racine1639-1699 · 17th century · France · Writers0.14
  97. 97Claude of France1499-1524 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.14
  98. 98Francis, Count of Enghien1519-1546 · 16th century · France0.14
  99. 99Stendhal1783-1842 · 19th century · France · Writers0.14
  100. 100Jean-Baptiste Rousseau1670-1741 · 18th century · France · Writers0.13

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.