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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 French books during the 1820s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Voltaire1694-1778 · 18th century · France · Writers46
  2. 2Louis XIV of France1638-1715 · 17th century · France · Historical Figures29
  3. 3Louis XVI of France1754-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures19
  4. 4Molière1622-1673 · 17th century · France · Writers16
  5. 5Montesquieu1689-1755 · 18th century · France · Academics9.7
  6. 6Louis XV of France1710-1774 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures9.7
  7. 7Louis XVIII of France1755-1824 · 18th century · France · Politicians7.1
  8. 8Louis XII of France1462-1515 · 15th century · France · Historical Figures6.3
  9. 9François Fénelon1651-1715 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures3.3
  10. 10Francis II of France1544-1560 · 16th century · France · Politicians2.2
  11. 11Marie Antoinette1755-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures2.1
  12. 12Marie de' Medici1575-1642 · 17th century · France · Politicians2.0
  13. 13Philip V of Spain1683-1746 · 18th century · France · Politicians2.0
  14. 14Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme1540-1614 · 16th century · France · Writers1.9
  15. 15Francis de Sales1567-1622 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures1.9
  16. 16Vincent de Paul1581-1660 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures1.8
  17. 17Benjamin Constant1767-1830 · 19th century · Switzerland · Politicians1.7
  18. 18Pope Julius II1443-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.6
  19. 19Charles X of France1757-1836 · 18th century · France · Politicians1.3
  20. 20Joan of Arc1412-1431 · 15th century · France1.3
  21. 21Pierre de Marivaux1688-1763 · 18th century · France · Writers1.2
  22. 22Firmin Didot1764-1836 · 18th century · France · Politicians1.1
  23. 23Pope John XXII1244-1334 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.90
  24. 24John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir1370-1397 · 14th century · France · Politicians0.90
  25. 25Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon1635-1719 · 17th century · France · Academics0.82
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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.