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1829
Whose working lives fell in 1829. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 1829, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Antonio López de Santa Anna18 decades - 2
Alexander Griboyedov13 decades - 3
Cornelius Vanderbilt18 decades - 4
Niels Henrik Abel1 decades - 5
Matthew C. Perry9 decades - 6
Pyotr Chaadayev10 decades - 7
William Cullen Bryant20 decades - 8
William Whewell16 decades - 9
Infante Francisco de Paula of Spainnot measured- - 10
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony15 decades - 11
Edward Everett21 decades - 12
Ignaz Moscheles11 decades - 13
Józef Bem0 decades - 14
Sylvester Graham8 decades - 15
Léon Cogniet19 decades - 16
Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburgnot measured- - 17
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld17 decades - 18
Robert Listonnot measured- - 19
Aimable Pélissier0 decades - 20
Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburgnot measured- - 21
Konstantin Thonnot measured- - 22
Elias Magnus Fries0 decades - 23
Theobald Boehm2 decades - 24
Jeanne Villepreux-Powernot measured- - 25
Leopold IV of Anhalt0 decades - 26
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius4 decades - 27
Dwarkanath Tagorenot measured- - 28
Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge3 decades - 29
Jacques Collin de Plancynot measured- - 30
Eduard Rüppell11 decades - 31
François-Vincent Raspailnot measured- - 32
Prince Friedrich of Prussianot measured- - 33
Princess Maria Amalie of Saxonynot measured- - 34
George Grotenot measured- - 35
René Lesson0 decades - 36
Gerrit Schimmelpennincknot measured- - 37
Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Bergnot measured- - 38
Mizuno Tadakuninot measured- - 39
Joseph Lebeau10 decades - 40
Wei Yuannot measured- - 41
Eilhard Mitscherlich10 decades - 42
Edward Robinson22 decades - 43
George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munsternot measured- - 44
Achille Valenciennes0 decades - 45
Baysangur of Benoanot measured- - 46
Stephen W. Kearnynot measured- - 47
José Justo Corronot measured- - 48
Feargus O'Connornot measured- - 49
Leopold Zunznot measured- - 50
Valentín Canalizonot measured- - 51
Abbasgulu Bakikhanov0 decades - 52
Thomas Corwinnot measured- - 53
Gabriel Antonio Pereira14 decades - 54
Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningennot measured- - 55
Pedro Blanco Sotonot measured- - 56
Henriette d'Angevillenot measured- - 57
Johann Heinrich von Mädler0 decades - 58
María Manuela Kirkpatricknot measured- - 59
Mihail Sturdzanot measured- - 60
Jean Pierre Flourensnot measured- - 61
Wilhelm Henselnot measured- - 62
Mirza Shafi Vazehnot measured- - 63Philippe Le Basnot measured-
- 64
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IIInot measured- - 65
Anna Brownell Jamesonnot measured- - 66
Asaf Jah IV of Hyderabadnot measured- - 67
Heinrich Wilhelm Schott0 decades - 68
August von Senarclens de Grancynot measured- - 69
Jacques Babinet0 decades - 70
Charles Robert Leslienot measured- - 71
Nikolay Muravyov-Karskynot measured- - 72
Carl Joseph Begasnot measured- - 73
James B. Longacrenot measured- - 74
Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiznot measured- - 75
Friedrich Christian Diez0 decades - 76
Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandtnot measured- - 77
Charles Longleynot measured- - 78
Ami Boué15 decades - 79
Shanawdithitnot measured- - 80
Anselm Hüttenbrennernot measured- - 81
Eberhard Friedrich Walckernot measured- - 82
Ferdinand Schubertnot measured- - 83
Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendalnot measured- - 84
Valentín Ferraz y Barraunot measured- - 85
Giovanni Battista Rubininot measured- - 86
Léopold Robertnot measured- - 87
George Cathcartnot measured- - 88
Luigi Lablachenot measured- - 89
Queen Tripurasundarinot measured- - 90
Achille Richardnot measured- - 91
Christian Albrecht Bluhmenot measured- - 92
Andreas Johan Sjögrennot measured- - 93
Augustus d'Estenot measured- - 94John Biscoenot measured-
- 95
Ignaz Bösendorfernot measured- - 96
Antoine Bussynot measured- - 97
John Gibson Lockhartnot measured- - 98
Francisco Ferreranot measured- - 99
Eduard Friedrich Eversmannnot measured- - 100
Gustav Friedrich Waagennot measured-
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. 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. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.