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The 1820s

Whose names filled the books of the 1820s - 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 Spanish books during the 1820s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures5.8
  2. 2John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal4.6
  3. 3Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures4.3
  4. 4Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers2.4
  5. 5Juan de Herrera1530-1597 · 16th century · Spain · Architects2.4
  6. 6John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians2.3
  7. 7Pedro de Alvarado1486-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.1
  8. 8Diego de Almagro1475-1538 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.6
  9. 9Gonzalo de Sandoval1497-1528 · 16th century · Historical Figures1.6
  10. 10Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.5
  11. 11Bartolomé de las Casas1484-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.3
  12. 12Vincent Ferrer1350-1419 · 14th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.3
  13. 13Francisco de Carvajal1464-1548 · 15th century · Spain · Politicians1.3
  14. 14Pope Alexander VI1431-1503 · 15th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.2
  15. 15Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians1.2
  16. 16Hernando de Soto1500-1542 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.1
  17. 17Ambrosio de Morales1513-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.1
  18. 18John I of France1316-1316 · 14th century · France · Historical Figures1.1
  19. 19Melchor Cano1509-1560 · 16th century · Spain · Academics1.1
  20. 20Garcilaso de la Vega1503-1536 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.1
  21. 21Diego de Ordaz1480-1532 · 16th century · Spain · Scientists0.92
  22. 22Juan Bautista de Toledo1515-1567 · 16th century · Spain · Architects0.83
  23. 23Francisco de Mora1552-1610 · 16th century · Spain · Architects0.83
  24. 24Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.77
  25. 25Hernando Pizarro1502-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.77
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1820s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Lord Byron1788-1824 · United Kingdom · Writers22 decades
  2. 2Arthur Schopenhauer1788-1860 · Academics20 decades
  3. 3James Buchanan1791-1868 · United States · Politicians22 decades
  4. 4John Tyler1790-1862 · United States · Politicians22 decades
  5. 5Percy Bysshe Shelley1792-1822 · Switzerland · Writers21 decades
  6. 6Franz Schubert1797-1828 · Austria · Musicians22 decades
  7. 7Michael Faraday1791-1867 · United Kingdom · Scientists20 decades
  8. 8John Keats1795-1821 · United Kingdom · Writers21 decades
  9. 9Pope Pius IX1792-1878 · Italy · Religious Figures18 decades
  10. 10Charles Babbage1791-1871 · United Kingdom · Academics20 decades
  11. 11Shaka1787-1828 · Historical Figures22 decades
  12. 12Gioachino Rossini1792-1868 · Italy · Musicians20 decades
  13. 13Leopold I of Belgium1790-1865 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  14. 14Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · Italy · Writers22 decades
  15. 15Antonio López de Santa Anna1794-1876 · Mexico · Politicians18 decades
  16. 16Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma1791-1847 · France · Historical Figures18 decades
  17. 17Ferdinand I of Austria1793-1875 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  18. 18Robert Peel1788-1850 · United Kingdom · Politicians22 decades
  19. 19Samuel Morse1791-1872 · United States · Scientists0 decades
  20. 20Mahmud II1785-1839 · Turkey · Historical Figures14 decades
  21. 21James Fenimore Cooper1789-1851 · United States · Writers18 decades
  22. 22Alphonse de Lamartine1790-1869 · France · Writers20 decades
  23. 23Sam Houston1793-1863 · United States · Politicians20 decades
  24. 24Jean-François Champollion1790-1832 · France · Academics6 decades
  25. 25Davy Crockett1786-1836 · United States · Politicians19 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.