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The 1830s

Whose names filled the books of the 1830s - 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 Spanish books during the 1830s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers7.0
  2. 2Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures5.9
  3. 3John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal4.2
  4. 4John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians3.7
  5. 5Ambrosio de Morales1513-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers3.7
  6. 6Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers2.7
  7. 7John I of France1316-1316 · 14th century · France · Historical Figures2.1
  8. 8Lope de Rueda1505-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers2.0
  9. 9Wittiza686-710 · 8th century · Historical Figures1.6
  10. 10Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians1.6
  11. 11Rodrigo Caro1573-1647 · 17th century · Spain · Writers1.2
  12. 12Pope Alexander VI1431-1503 · 15th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.2
  13. 13Manuel Godoy1767-1851 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians1.1
  14. 14Hernando del Pulgar1436-1492 · 15th century · Spain · Writers1.1
  15. 15Isidore of Seville560-636 · 6th century · Spain · Academics1.0
  16. 16Vicente Guerrero1782-1831 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.97
  17. 17Tirso de Molina1583-1648 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.94
  18. 18Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén1758-1852 · 18th century · Spain · Politicians0.87
  19. 19Vincent Ferrer1350-1419 · 14th century · Spain · Religious Figures0.85
  20. 20Garcilaso de la Vega1503-1536 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.79
  21. 21Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain1549-1580 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians0.77
  22. 22Francisco Quevedo1584-1645 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.75
  23. 23Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.75
  24. 24Juan de Mariana1536-1624 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.74
  25. 25Bartolomé de las Casas1484-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.72
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1830s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · Russia · Writers21 decades
  2. 2Victor Hugo1802-1885 · France · Writers22 decades
  3. 3Alexandre Dumas1802-1870 · France · Writersnot measured-
  4. 4Mary Shelley1797-1851 · United Kingdom · Writers16 decades
  5. 5James K. Polk1795-1849 · United States · Politicians20 decades
  6. 6George Sand1804-1876 · France · Writers20 decades
  7. 7Honoré de Balzac1799-1850 · France · Writers17 decades
  8. 8Millard Fillmore1800-1874 · United States · Politicians19 decades
  9. 9Franklin Pierce1804-1869 · United States · Politicians20 decades
  10. 10Ralph Waldo Emerson1803-1882 · United States · Academics19 decades
  11. 11Nicholas I of Russia1796-1855 · Russia · Models19 decades
  12. 12Benjamin Disraeli1804-1881 · Politicians18 decades
  13. 13Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · Italy · Writers22 decades
  14. 14Heinrich Heine1797-1856 · France · Writers21 decades
  15. 15Nathaniel Hawthorne1804-1864 · United States · Writers19 decades
  16. 16William I, German Emperor1797-1888 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17Eugène Delacroix1798-1863 · France · Artists20 decades
  18. 18Napoleon II1811-1832 · France · Designersnot measured-
  19. 19Hector Berlioz1803-1869 · France · Musicians19 decades
  20. 20Thomas Carlyle1795-1881 · United Kingdom · Writers20 decades
  21. 21Auguste Comte1798-1857 · France · Academics22 decades
  22. 22John Brown1800-1859 · United States · Foundersnot measured-
  23. 23Sojourner Truth1797-1883 · United States · Writers13 decades
  24. 24Adolphe Thiers1797-1877 · France · Politicians15 decades
  25. 25Pedro I of Brazil1798-1834 · Portugal · Historical Figures0 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.