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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
  26. 26Niccolò Machiavelli1469-1527 · 16th century · Politicians2.2
  27. 27Parmigianino1503-1540 · 16th century · Italy · Artists2.0
  28. 28Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures2.0
  29. 29Pietro da Cortona1596-1669 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.9
  30. 30Benedetto Varchi1503-1565 · 16th century · Italy · Writers1.9
  31. 31Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.8
  32. 32Philip Neri1515-1595 · 16th century · Religious Figures1.8
  33. 33Benvenuto Cellini1500-1571 · 16th century · France · Artists1.7
  34. 34Franco Sacchetti1332-1400 · 14th century · Writers1.7
  35. 35Pietro Bembo1470-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.7
  36. 36Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers1.6
  37. 37Cesare Borgia1475-1507 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.6
  38. 38Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.6
  39. 39Pietro Aretino1492-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Writers1.5
  40. 40Pontormo1494-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.5
  41. 41Giuliano de' Medici1453-1478 · 15th century · Politicians1.4
  42. 42Guido Cavalcanti1258-1300 · 13th century · Writers1.3
  43. 43Prospero Colonna1452-1523 · 15th century1.3
  44. 44Paolo Giovio1483-1552 · 16th century · Writers1.2
  45. 45Petrarch1304-1374 · 14th century · Italy · Academics1.2
  46. 46Luigi Alamanni1495-1556 · 16th century · Writers1.2
  47. 47Anton Maria Salvini1653-1729 · 17th century · Writers1.1
  48. 48Paulus Manutius1512-1574 · 16th century · Writers1.1
  49. 49Baccio Bandinelli1493-1560 · 16th century · Artists1.0
  50. 50Lorenzo Magalotti1637-1712 · 17th century · Writers1.0
  51. 51Francesco Guicciardini1483-1540 · 16th century · Writers1.0
  52. 52Salvator Rosa1615-1673 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.0
  53. 53Matteo Villani1283-1363 · 14th century · Writers0.97
  54. 54Jacopo Sansovino1486-1570 · 16th century · Artists0.92
  55. 55Giovanni Boccaccio1313-1375 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.91
  56. 56Francesco Gonzaga1444-1483 · 15th century0.91
  57. 57Bernardo Tasso1493-1569 · 16th century · Writers0.91
  58. 58Santi di Tito1536-1603 · 16th century · Artists0.90
  59. 59Andrea Doria1466-1560 · 16th century · Italy · Politicians0.88
  60. 60Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei1675-1755 · 18th century · Writers0.87
  61. 61Leandro Alberti1479-1552 · 16th century · Writers0.86
  62. 62Carlo Maratta1625-1713 · 17th century · Artists0.85
  63. 63Matteo Rosselli1578-1650 · 17th century · Artists0.83
  64. 64Marsilio Ficino1433-1499 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.81
  65. 65Scipione Ammirato1531-1601 · 16th century · Writers0.79
  66. 66Andrea Gritti1455-1538 · 15th century · Politicians0.78
  67. 67Teodato Ipato750-800 · 8th century · Politicians0.78
  68. 68Fra Mauro1385-1459 · 15th century · Scientists0.76
  69. 69Andrea Mantegna1431-1506 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.70
  70. 70Alessandro Marchetti1633-1714 · 17th century · Academics0.69
  71. 71Aloysius Gonzaga1568-1591 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.69
  72. 72Maso Finiguerra1426-1464 · 15th century · Artists0.67
  73. 73Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers0.65
  74. 74Celio Calcagnini1479-1541 · 16th century · Scientists0.65
  75. 75Vittorio Alfieri1749-1803 · 18th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.65
  76. 76Giovanni da Udine1487-1564 · 16th century · Artists0.64
  77. 77Sperone Speroni1500-1588 · 16th century · Writers0.64
  78. 78Francesco Sansovino1521-1583 · 16th century · Writers0.64
  79. 79Vittoria Colonna1492-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.63
  80. 80Luigi Pulci1432-1484 · 15th century · Writers0.62
  81. 81Filippo Villani1325-1407 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.61
  82. 82Antonio Campi1524-1587 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.61
  83. 83Francesco Salviati1510-1563 · 16th century · Artists0.60
  84. 84Pietro Tacca1577-1640 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.59
  85. 85Bernardo Buontalenti1531-1608 · 16th century · Artists0.58
  86. 86Jacopo Salviati1461-1533 · 15th century · Politicians0.58
  87. 87Ugo da Carpi1480-1523 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.58
  88. 88Bramantino1465-1536 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.58
  89. 89Girolamo Savonarola1452-1498 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians0.57
  90. 90Leon Battista Alberti1404-1472 · 15th century · Italy · Architects0.57
  91. 91Leopoldo de' Medici1617-1675 · 17th century · Religious Figures0.57
  92. 92Lorenzo Ghiberti1378-1455 · 15th century · Artists0.57
  93. 93Farinelli1705-1782 · 18th century · Italy · Musicians0.57
  94. 94Alessandro Tassoni1565-1635 · 17th century · Writers0.57
  95. 95Pinturicchio1454-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.56
  96. 96Luca Giordano1634-1705 · 17th century · Artists0.55
  97. 97Agnolo Poliziano1454-1494 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.55
  98. 98Ennio Quirino Visconti1751-1818 · 18th century · France · Writers0.52
  99. 99Lucrezia Borgia1480-1519 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.52
  100. 100Catherine de' Medici1519-1589 · 16th century · France · Historical Figures0.52

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.