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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 Italian books during the 1810s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists9.7
  2. 2Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists7.9
  3. 3Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492 · 15th century · Politicians5.7
  4. 4Cimabue1240-1302 · 13th century · Artists5.7
  5. 5Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists5.4
  6. 6Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists5.2
  7. 7Apostolo Zeno1668-1750 · 18th century · Writers4.6
  8. 8Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects4.2
  9. 9Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists4.0
  10. 10Giulio Romano1499-1546 · 16th century · Italy · Artists3.5
  11. 11Andrea del Sarto1486-1530 · 16th century · Artists3.4
  12. 12Cosimo de' Medici1389-1464 · 15th century · Politicians3.2
  13. 13Giorgio Vasari1511-1574 · 16th century · Italy · Artists3.0
  14. 14Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists2.7
  15. 15Domenichino1581-1641 · 17th century · Artists2.7
  16. 16Baldassare Franceschini1611-1690 · 17th century · Artists2.7
  17. 17Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists2.7
  18. 18Guercino1591-1666 · 17th century · Italy · Artists2.5
  19. 19Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers2.5
  20. 20Domenico Passignano1559-1638 · 16th century · Artists2.4
  21. 21Paolo Veronese1528-1588 · 16th century · Italy · Artists2.4
  22. 22Masaccio1401-1428 · 15th century · Italy · Artists2.4
  23. 23Guido Reni1575-1642 · 17th century · Italy · Artists2.3
  24. 24Paul the Deacon720-799 · 8th century · Writers2.2
  25. 25Francesco Redi1626-1697 · 17th century · Doctors2.2
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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.