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1830
Whose working lives fell in 1830. 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 1830, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
James K. Polk20 decades - 2
Thomas Carlyle20 decades - 3
Antonio José de Sucre21 decades - 4
Frederick William IV of Prussia21 decades - 5
Leopold von Ranke16 decades - 6
Anna Pavlovna of Russia0 decades - 7
Johns Hopkins21 decades - 8
Thomas Arnold22 decades - 9
Ernst Heinrich Weber15 decades - 10
Ary Scheffer19 decades - 11
Dingane kaSenzangakhona0 decades - 12
Gabriel Lamé0 decades - 13
George Peabody19 decades - 14
Saverio Mercadante20 decades - 15
Charles Barry19 decades - 16
Antoine-Louis Barye2 decades - 17
Hadji Murad5 decades - 18
James Braid7 decades - 19
Rowland Hill22 decades - 20
Charles Sturt11 decades - 21
Yagannot measured- - 22Maria Schicklgrubernot measured-
- 23
Prince Karl Theodor of Bavarianot measured- - 24Ghazi Muhammadnot measured-
- 25
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg7 decades - 26
José Gregorio Monagas0 decades - 27
Pavel Jozef Šafáriknot measured- - 28
Heinrich August Marschner0 decades - 29
Vincent Pallottinot measured- - 30
Augustin Thierry21 decades - 31
Luis José de Orbegosonot measured- - 32
Anton Schindlernot measured- - 33
William Lyon Mackenzienot measured- - 34
José María Obandonot measured- - 35
José Miguel de Velasconot measured- - 36
Frances Wright20 decades - 37
Andrew Dung-Lacnot measured- - 38
Robert F. Stocktonnot measured- - 39
Pedro María de Anayanot measured- - 40
Vasily Perovskynot measured- - 41
Zvi Hirsch Kalischernot measured- - 42
Henry Havelocknot measured- - 43
John P. Kennedynot measured- - 44
Anselme Payen0 decades - 45
Heinrich Rose17 decades - 46
James Gordon Bennett Sr.not measured- - 47
Robert Moffatnot measured- - 48
Nikita Muravievnot measured- - 49
Crown Prince Hyomyeongnot measured- - 50
John Francis Davisnot measured- - 51
Joanna Grudzińskanot measured- - 52
Adolf Bernhard Marxnot measured- - 53
Benjamin Morrell1 decades - 54Paul Chong Hasangnot measured-
- 55
Achille Baraguey d'Hilliersnot measured- - 56
Joseph Böhmnot measured- - 57
Adélina Lévêquenot measured- - 58
Francisco Manuel da Silvanot measured- - 59
Sebastián Ágredanot measured- - 60
Alexander Stroganovnot measured- - 61
Jakob von Hartmannnot measured- - 62
Olinde Rodriguesnot measured- - 63
Jacques Louis Randonnot measured- - 64
Bernt Michael Holmboenot measured- - 65
Charles von Hügelnot measured- - 66
Líbero Badarónot measured- - 67
Matthias W. Baldwinnot measured- - 68
Peter Jan Beckxnot measured- - 69
Narciso Clavería y Zaldúanot measured- - 70
Alexandre Dechetnot measured- - 71
Peter Andreas Hansen3 decades - 72
Nikolaos Mantzarosnot measured- - 73
Mihr 'Alinot measured- - 74
Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeiranot measured- - 75
Joseph Bienaimé Caventounot measured- - 76
Ernst Ludwig von Gerlachnot measured- - 77
Karl Eichwaldnot measured- - 78
Silas Wrightnot measured- - 79
Joseph Wolffnot measured- - 80
Moritz Heinrich Rombergnot measured- - 81
Arthur Morin3 decades - 82
Narcisse-Achille de Salvandynot measured- - 83Carl Anton von Meyernot measured-
- 84
José María Luis Moranot measured- - 85
Princess Amalie of Badennot measured- - 86
Anthony Norris Grovesnot measured- - 87
Gabriele Ferrettinot measured- - 88
Wilhelm Waiblingernot measured- - 89
Edwin Beard Buddingnot measured- - 90
Anton von Prokesch-Ostennot measured- - 91
William Dunn Moseleynot measured- - 92
François Nicholas Madeleine Morlotnot measured- - 93
George Tyler Woodnot measured- - 94
Aaron V. Brownnot measured- - 95
Nathaniel P. Tallmadgenot measured- - 96
Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminsternot measured- - 97
Heinrich Hübschnot measured- - 98
Anders Fryxellnot measured- - 99
Luigi Caninanot measured- - 100
Georg Heinrich Pertznot 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.