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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 Russian books during the 1810s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures3.8
  2. 2Nikolay Karamzin1766-1826 · 19th century · Russia · Writers3.5
  3. 3Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures3.1
  4. 4Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers2.1
  5. 5Alexander Herzen1812-1870 · 19th century · Switzerland · Writers1.4
  6. 6Nikolai Rezanov1764-1807 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.3
  7. 7Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians1.1
  8. 8Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures1.00
  9. 9Boris of Tver1400-1461 · 15th century0.96
  10. 10Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn1643-1714 · 17th century · Politicians0.89
  11. 11Dmitry Shuisky1560-1612 · 16th century0.89
  12. 12Xenia Shestova1560-1631 · 16th century0.77
  13. 13Peter III of Russia1728-1762 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures0.74
  14. 14Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.72
  15. 15Alexander Shishkov1754-1841 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.65
  16. 16Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.64
  17. 17Alexander Griboyedov1795-1829 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.52
  18. 18Joseph Volotsky1440-1515 · 15th century · Writers0.44
  19. 19Konstantin Batyushkov1787-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.43
  20. 20Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century0.35
  21. 21Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.33
  22. 22Aleksei Fedorovich Adashev1510-1561 · 16th century · Politicians0.33
  23. 23Mikhail of Tver1271-1318 · 14th century · Politicians0.33
  24. 24Dmitry Pozharsky1577-1642 · 17th century · Politicians0.33
  25. 25Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.32
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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.