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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 Italian books during the 1820s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists6.9
  2. 2Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists5.3
  3. 3Apostolo Zeno1668-1750 · 18th century · Writers4.0
  4. 4Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects3.7
  5. 5Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists3.5
  6. 6Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492 · 15th century · Politicians3.4
  7. 7Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers3.0
  8. 8Cimabue1240-1302 · 13th century · Artists2.5
  9. 9Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists2.5
  10. 10Paul the Deacon720-799 · 8th century · Writers2.4
  11. 11Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures2.4
  12. 12Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists2.4
  13. 13Giulio Romano1499-1546 · 16th century · Italy · Artists2.2
  14. 14Domenichino1581-1641 · 17th century · Artists2.2
  15. 15Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists2.1
  16. 16Guercino1591-1666 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.8
  17. 17Petrarch1304-1374 · 14th century · Italy · Academics1.8
  18. 18Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers1.7
  19. 19Teodato Ipato750-800 · 8th century · Politicians1.7
  20. 20Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.7
  21. 21Andrea Doria1466-1560 · 16th century · Italy · Politicians1.6
  22. 22Philip Neri1515-1595 · 16th century · Religious Figures1.6
  23. 23Cosimo de' Medici1389-1464 · 15th century · Politicians1.6
  24. 24Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.5
  25. 25Giorgio Vasari1511-1574 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.4
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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.