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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 French books during the 1830s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Voltaire1694-1778 · 18th century · France · Writers36
  2. 2Louis XIV of France1638-1715 · 17th century · France · Historical Figures32
  3. 3Louis XVI of France1754-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures16
  4. 4Louis XV of France1710-1774 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures9.2
  5. 5Molière1622-1673 · 17th century · France · Writers9.1
  6. 6Louis XVIII of France1755-1824 · 18th century · France · Politicians8.4
  7. 7Charles X of France1757-1836 · 18th century · France · Politicians7.4
  8. 8Montesquieu1689-1755 · 18th century · France · Academics7.3
  9. 9Louis XII of France1462-1515 · 15th century · France · Historical Figures6.7
  10. 10François Fénelon1651-1715 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures3.0
  11. 11Philip V of Spain1683-1746 · 18th century · France · Politicians2.6
  12. 12Francis II of France1544-1560 · 16th century · France · Politicians2.1
  13. 13Francis de Sales1567-1622 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures2.1
  14. 14Marie Antoinette1755-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures2.0
  15. 15Victor Hugo1802-1885 · 19th century · France · Writers1.9
  16. 16Pope Julius II1443-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.9
  17. 17Benjamin Constant1767-1830 · 19th century · Switzerland · Politicians1.8
  18. 18Marie de' Medici1575-1642 · 17th century · France · Politicians1.8
  19. 19Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme1540-1614 · 16th century · France · Writers1.7
  20. 20Joan of Arc1412-1431 · 15th century · France1.6
  21. 21Vincent de Paul1581-1660 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures1.2
  22. 22Camille Desmoulins1760-1794 · 18th century · France · Journalists1.0
  23. 23Anne of Brittany1477-1514 · 16th century · France0.82
  24. 24Pope John XXII1244-1334 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.81
  25. 25Firmin Didot1764-1836 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.80
  26. 26Joseph Bonaparte1768-1844 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.69
  27. 27Pope Clement V1264-1314 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.66
  28. 28Louis XVII of France1785-1795 · 18th century · France0.65
  29. 29Pierre de Marivaux1688-1763 · 18th century · France · Writers0.63
  30. 30Mary of Burgundy1457-1482 · 15th century · France · Politicians0.63
  31. 31Claude Michel1738-1814 · 18th century · France · Artists0.62
  32. 32Charles Dupin1784-1873 · 19th century · France · Academics0.61
  33. 33Casimir Delavigne1793-1843 · 19th century · France · Writers0.60
  34. 34Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712-1778 · 18th century · Switzerland · Academics0.59
  35. 35Odilon Barrot1791-1873 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.57
  36. 36Louis Bonaparte1778-1846 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.57
  37. 37André Chénier1762-1794 · 18th century · France · Writers0.56
  38. 38Pierre Corneille1606-1684 · 17th century · France · Writers0.55
  39. 39Nostradamus1503-1566 · 16th century · France · Academics0.55
  40. 40Vincent of Beauvais1190-1264 · 13th century · Educators0.53
  41. 41Jacques de Guyse1334-1399 · 14th century · Writers0.52
  42. 42Margaret of Valois1553-1615 · 16th century · France · Writers0.52
  43. 43John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir1370-1397 · 14th century · France · Politicians0.52
  44. 44Gustav III of Sweden1746-1792 · 18th century · Sweden · Politicians0.51
  45. 45Jean Bart1650-1702 · 17th century0.51
  46. 46Jacques Clément1567-1589 · 16th century · France0.51
  47. 47Lucien Bonaparte1775-1840 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.49
  48. 48La Grange1635-1692 · 17th century · France · Actors0.49
  49. 49Charles Nodier1780-1844 · 19th century · France · Writers0.48
  50. 50Charles of France, Duke of Berry1686-1714 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures0.47
  51. 51Charles, Count of Soissons1566-1612 · 17th century · France0.47
  52. 52Ambroise Paré1510-1590 · 16th century · France · Doctors0.46
  53. 53Diane de Poitiers1499-1566 · 16th century · France0.45
  54. 54Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy1480-1530 · 16th century · Spain · Artists0.45
  55. 55Horace Vernet1789-1863 · 19th century · France · Artists0.43
  56. 56Jean de Vienne1340-1396 · 14th century · Politicians0.43
  57. 57Charlotte Corday1768-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures0.40
  58. 58Jean Goujon1510-1567 · 16th century · France · Architects0.40
  59. 59Quatremère de Quincy1755-1849 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.38
  60. 60Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon1635-1719 · 17th century · France · Academics0.37
  61. 61Blanche of Castile1188-1252 · 13th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.37
  62. 62Jeanne d'Albret1528-1572 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.36
  63. 63Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours1489-1512 · 16th century · France0.35
  64. 64Godfrey of Bouillon1060-1100 · 11th century · France · Historical Figures0.35
  65. 65Philip I, Count of Flanders1142-1191 · 12th century · Politicians0.34
  66. 66Philip of Burgundy1323-1346 · 14th century · France0.34
  67. 67Olivier de Serres1539-1619 · 16th century · Writers0.33
  68. 68George Sand1804-1876 · 19th century · France · Writers0.33
  69. 69Rutebeuf1245-1285 · 13th century · France · Writers0.32
  70. 70Pope Clement IV1190-1268 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.31
  71. 71Pope Gregory XI1329-1378 · 14th century · France · Religious Figures0.31
  72. 72Augustin Thierry1795-1856 · 19th century · France · Writers0.31
  73. 73Drogo801-855 · 9th century · France · Religious Figures0.31
  74. 74Charles the Bold1433-1477 · 15th century · France · Politicians0.30
  75. 75Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart1801-1876 · 19th century · France · Scientists0.29
  76. 76John of Burgundy1231-1267 · 13th century · France0.29
  77. 77Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville1746-1795 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.29
  78. 78Antoine of Navarre1518-1562 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.28
  79. 79Pope Urban V1310-1370 · 14th century · France · Religious Figures0.28
  80. 80Louis Racine1692-1763 · 18th century · France · Writers0.27
  81. 81Bernard de Jussieu1699-1777 · 18th century · France · Scientists0.26
  82. 82Mathieu Dumas1753-1837 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.26
  83. 83Robert Estienne1503-1559 · 16th century · France0.26
  84. 84Isabeau of Bavaria1370-1435 · 15th century · France · Historical Figures0.26
  85. 85Charles, Duke of Orléans1394-1465 · 15th century · France · Writers0.26
  86. 86Eugène Sue1804-1857 · 19th century · France · Writers0.25
  87. 87Anne de Montmorency1493-1567 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.24
  88. 88Alfred de Vigny1797-1863 · 19th century · France · Writers0.24
  89. 89Augustin Saint-Hilaire1779-1853 · 19th century · France · Scientists0.23
  90. 90Thomas Corneille1625-1709 · 17th century · France · Writers0.22
  91. 91Gabrielle d'Estrées1573-1599 · 16th century · France0.22
  92. 92Madame de Pompadour1721-1764 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.21
  93. 93Jean de Montfort-Castres1250-1300 · 13th century · France0.21
  94. 94Louis of Toulouse1274-1297 · 13th century · France0.20
  95. 95Eustache Deschamps1340-1406 · 14th century · France · Writers0.20
  96. 96Maine de Biran1766-1824 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.19
  97. 97Frédéric Cuvier1773-1838 · 19th century · France · Scientists0.19
  98. 98Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor1500-1558 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.19
  99. 99Charles Paul de Kock1793-1871 · 19th century · France · Writers0.19
  100. 100Guillaume Cale1310-1358 · 14th century · France · Activists0.19

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.