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← Fame through time1820-1829

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
  26. 26La Grange1635-1692 · 17th century · France · Actors0.80
  27. 27Louis XVII of France1785-1795 · 18th century · France0.79
  28. 28Anne of Brittany1477-1514 · 16th century · France0.75
  29. 29Pope Clement V1264-1314 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.67
  30. 30Nostradamus1503-1566 · 16th century · France · Academics0.65
  31. 31Joseph Bonaparte1768-1844 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.64
  32. 32Gustav III of Sweden1746-1792 · 18th century · Sweden · Politicians0.64
  33. 33Margaret of Valois1553-1615 · 16th century · France · Writers0.61
  34. 34Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712-1778 · 18th century · Switzerland · Academics0.59
  35. 35Pierre Corneille1606-1684 · 17th century · France · Writers0.59
  36. 36Charles of France, Duke of Berry1686-1714 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures0.57
  37. 37Charles, Count of Soissons1566-1612 · 17th century · France0.56
  38. 38Claude Michel1738-1814 · 18th century · France · Artists0.54
  39. 39Diane de Poitiers1499-1566 · 16th century · France0.53
  40. 40Jacques Clément1567-1589 · 16th century · France0.53
  41. 41Camille Desmoulins1760-1794 · 18th century · France · Journalists0.50
  42. 42Lucien Bonaparte1775-1840 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.48
  43. 43Louis Racine1692-1763 · 18th century · France · Writers0.46
  44. 44Thomas Corneille1625-1709 · 17th century · France · Writers0.44
  45. 45Ambroise Paré1510-1590 · 16th century · France · Doctors0.43
  46. 46Philip of Burgundy1323-1346 · 14th century · France0.43
  47. 47Jeanne d'Albret1528-1572 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.40
  48. 48Charles Dupin1784-1873 · 19th century · France · Academics0.39
  49. 49John of Burgundy1231-1267 · 13th century · France0.38
  50. 50Jean de Vienne1340-1396 · 14th century · Politicians0.38
  51. 51Mary of Burgundy1457-1482 · 15th century · France · Politicians0.37
  52. 52Olivier de Serres1539-1619 · 16th century · Writers0.37
  53. 53Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours1489-1512 · 16th century · France0.35
  54. 54Drogo801-855 · 9th century · France · Religious Figures0.35
  55. 55Quatremère de Quincy1755-1849 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.34
  56. 56Antoine of Navarre1518-1562 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.33
  57. 57Jean de Montfort-Castres1250-1300 · 13th century · France0.33
  58. 58Louis Bonaparte1778-1846 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.32
  59. 59Louise Labé1524-1566 · 16th century · France · Writers0.31
  60. 60Pope Gregory XI1329-1378 · 14th century · France · Religious Figures0.31
  61. 61Charlotte Corday1768-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures0.31
  62. 62Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan1640-1707 · 17th century · France0.31
  63. 63Pope Clement IV1190-1268 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.30
  64. 64Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy1480-1530 · 16th century · Spain · Artists0.30
  65. 65Madame de Pompadour1721-1764 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.28
  66. 66Casimir Delavigne1793-1843 · 19th century · France · Writers0.28
  67. 67Joachim Murat1767-1815 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.27
  68. 68Pope Urban V1310-1370 · 14th century · France · Religious Figures0.27
  69. 69Louis of Toulouse1274-1297 · 13th century · France0.27
  70. 70Vincent of Beauvais1190-1264 · 13th century · Educators0.27
  71. 71Jean Châtel1575-1594 · 16th century · France0.27
  72. 72Frédéric Cuvier1773-1838 · 19th century · France · Scientists0.27
  73. 73Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor1500-1558 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.26
  74. 74Bernard de Jussieu1699-1777 · 18th century · France · Scientists0.26
  75. 75Gabrielle d'Estrées1573-1599 · 16th century · France0.25
  76. 76Horace Vernet1789-1863 · 19th century · France · Artists0.25
  77. 77Mathieu Dumas1753-1837 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.24
  78. 78Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville1746-1795 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.23
  79. 79André Chénier1762-1794 · 18th century · France · Writers0.22
  80. 80Charles Perrault1628-1703 · 17th century · France · Writers0.22
  81. 81Blanche of Castile1188-1252 · 13th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.22
  82. 82Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart1801-1876 · 19th century · France · Scientists0.22
  83. 83Anne de Montmorency1493-1567 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.21
  84. 84Francis, Count of Enghien1519-1546 · 16th century · France0.20
  85. 85Godfrey of Bouillon1060-1100 · 11th century · France · Historical Figures0.20
  86. 86Richard Simon1638-1712 · 17th century · Actors0.20
  87. 87Henrietta of England1644-1670 · 17th century · France0.20
  88. 88Jean Goujon1510-1567 · 16th century · France · Architects0.20
  89. 89La Clairon1723-1803 · 18th century · France · Actors0.20
  90. 90Augustin Saint-Hilaire1779-1853 · 19th century · France · Scientists0.19
  91. 91John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond1266-1334 · 14th century · France · Politicians0.19
  92. 92Claude of France1499-1524 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.18
  93. 93Charles Nodier1780-1844 · 19th century · France · Writers0.18
  94. 94Peter the Hermit1050-1115 · 11th century · France · Religious Figures0.17
  95. 95Pope Martin IV1220-1285 · 13th century · France · Politicians0.17
  96. 96Margaret of Lorraine1463-1521 · 15th century · France · Historical Figures0.17
  97. 97Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet1746-1825 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.17
  98. 98Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth1760-1829 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.17
  99. 99Isabeau of Bavaria1370-1435 · 15th century · France · Historical Figures0.16
  100. 100Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise1496-1550 · 16th century · France0.16

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.