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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 Russian books during the 1820s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures7.2
  2. 2Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers2.8
  3. 3Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers1.6
  4. 4Ivan Mazepa1639-1709 · 17th century · Politicians1.5
  5. 5Alexander Bestuzhev1797-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers1.3
  6. 6Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century1.3
  7. 7Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures0.98
  8. 8Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians0.98
  9. 9Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.96
  10. 10Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.81
  11. 11Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.79
  12. 12Boris of Tver1400-1461 · 15th century0.70
  13. 13Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.48
  14. 14Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.43
  15. 15Faddey Bulgarin1789-1859 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.40
  16. 16Pavel Fedotov1815-1852 · 19th century · Russia · Artists0.36
  17. 17Alexis of Russia1629-1676 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.34
  18. 18Fyodor Alekseyev1755-1824 · 18th century · Russia · Artists0.34
  19. 19Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia1825-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.32
  20. 20Leo Tolstoy1828-1910 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.32
  21. 21Hyacinth1777-1853 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.31
  22. 22Tikhon of Zadonsk1724-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Religious Figures0.29
  23. 23Nicholas Repnin1734-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.22
  24. 24Alexander Griboyedov1795-1829 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.21
  25. 25Nikolay Alexandrovich Lvov1753-1803 · 18th century · Russia · Academics0.18
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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.