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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 Italian books during the 1830s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists5.8
  2. 2Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists4.0
  3. 3Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists2.9
  4. 4Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists2.6
  5. 5Andrea Doria1466-1560 · 16th century · Italy · Politicians2.6
  6. 6Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492 · 15th century · Politicians2.5
  7. 7Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects2.4
  8. 8Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists2.3
  9. 9Paul the Deacon720-799 · 8th century · Writers2.2
  10. 10Apostolo Zeno1668-1750 · 18th century · Writers2.2
  11. 11Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers2.2
  12. 12Domenichino1581-1641 · 17th century · Artists2.1
  13. 13Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.9
  14. 14Guercino1591-1666 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.9
  15. 15Philip Neri1515-1595 · 16th century · Religious Figures1.8
  16. 16Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers1.8
  17. 17Cimabue1240-1302 · 13th century · Artists1.7
  18. 18Giulio Romano1499-1546 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.7
  19. 19Prospero Colonna1452-1523 · 15th century1.5
  20. 20Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.5
  21. 21Cosimo de' Medici1389-1464 · 15th century · Politicians1.4
  22. 22Pinturicchio1454-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.4
  23. 23Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.2
  24. 24Petrarch1304-1374 · 14th century · Italy · Academics1.2
  25. 25Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists1.2
  26. 26Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · 19th century · Writers1.2
  27. 27Paolo Veronese1528-1588 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.2
  28. 28Guido Reni1575-1642 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.2
  29. 29Andrea del Sarto1486-1530 · 16th century · Artists1.2
  30. 30Teodato Ipato750-800 · 8th century · Politicians1.1
  31. 31Giorgio Vasari1511-1574 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.0
  32. 32Filippo Maria Visconti1392-1447 · 15th century · Politicians1.0
  33. 33Domenico Passignano1559-1638 · 16th century · Artists1.0
  34. 34Matteo Villani1283-1363 · 14th century · Writers0.95
  35. 35Salvator Rosa1615-1673 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.93
  36. 36Baldassare Franceschini1611-1690 · 17th century · Artists0.92
  37. 37Pietro da Cortona1596-1669 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.91
  38. 38Aloysius Gonzaga1568-1591 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.90
  39. 39Cesare Borgia1475-1507 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.88
  40. 40Giovanni Boccaccio1313-1375 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.85
  41. 41Masaccio1401-1428 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.85
  42. 42Andrea Gritti1455-1538 · 15th century · Politicians0.85
  43. 43Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei1675-1755 · 18th century · Writers0.81
  44. 44Alessandro Albani1692-1779 · 18th century · Academics0.81
  45. 45Parmigianino1503-1540 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.77
  46. 46Pietro Aretino1492-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.77
  47. 47Pietro Bembo1470-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.76
  48. 48Benvenuto Cellini1500-1571 · 16th century · France · Artists0.76
  49. 49Ennio Quirino Visconti1751-1818 · 18th century · France · Writers0.74
  50. 50Francesco Guicciardini1483-1540 · 16th century · Writers0.74
  51. 51Catherine de' Medici1519-1589 · 16th century · France · Historical Figures0.73
  52. 52Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers0.72
  53. 53Paolo Sarpi1552-1623 · 16th century · Academics0.72
  54. 54Francesco Gonzaga1444-1483 · 15th century0.72
  55. 55Francesco Sansovino1521-1583 · 16th century · Writers0.71
  56. 56Paolo Giovio1483-1552 · 16th century · Writers0.69
  57. 57Pietro Verri1728-1797 · 18th century · Academics0.69
  58. 58Guido Cavalcanti1258-1300 · 13th century · Writers0.67
  59. 59Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists0.67
  60. 60Ippolito Pindemonte1753-1828 · 18th century · Writers0.63
  61. 61Benedetto Varchi1503-1565 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.62
  62. 62Vittorio Alfieri1749-1803 · 18th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.60
  63. 63Franco Sacchetti1332-1400 · 14th century · Writers0.59
  64. 64Bernardo Tasso1493-1569 · 16th century · Writers0.59
  65. 65Paulus Manutius1512-1574 · 16th century · Writers0.58
  66. 66Carlo Maratta1625-1713 · 17th century · Artists0.57
  67. 67Antonio Canova1757-1822 · 18th century · Italy · Artists0.57
  68. 68Ottavio Farnese1524-1586 · 16th century · Politicians0.56
  69. 69Luigi Alamanni1495-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.56
  70. 70Dino Compagni1255-1324 · 13th century · Writers0.55
  71. 71Marsilio Ficino1433-1499 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.53
  72. 72Silvio Pellico1789-1854 · 19th century · Writers0.51
  73. 73Filippo Villani1325-1407 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.51
  74. 74Francesco Vettori1474-1540 · 16th century · Writers0.51
  75. 75Andrea Dandolo1306-1354 · 14th century · Politicians0.50
  76. 76Francesco Redi1626-1697 · 17th century · Doctors0.49
  77. 77Cesare Cantù1804-1895 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.49
  78. 78Niccolò Machiavelli1469-1527 · 16th century · Politicians0.48
  79. 79Gasparo Gozzi1713-1786 · 18th century · Writers0.47
  80. 80Giuliano de' Medici1453-1478 · 15th century · Politicians0.46
  81. 81Leandro Alberti1479-1552 · 16th century · Writers0.46
  82. 82Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.46
  83. 83Lucrezia Borgia1480-1519 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.46
  84. 84Bernardino of Siena1380-1444 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.44
  85. 85Leon Battista Alberti1404-1472 · 15th century · Italy · Architects0.43
  86. 86Francesco Filelfo1398-1481 · 15th century · Academics0.43
  87. 87Pope Clement VII1478-1534 · 16th century · Religious Figures0.43
  88. 88Pontormo1494-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.43
  89. 89Galeazzo Maria Sforza1444-1476 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians0.42
  90. 90Scipione Ammirato1531-1601 · 16th century · Writers0.42
  91. 91Girolamo Savonarola1452-1498 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians0.42
  92. 92Anton Maria Salvini1653-1729 · 17th century · Writers0.41
  93. 93Pietro Lombardo1435-1515 · 15th century · Artists0.41
  94. 94Luca Giordano1634-1705 · 17th century · Artists0.40
  95. 95Gaudenzio Ferrari1475-1546 · 16th century · Artists0.40
  96. 96Carlo Goldoni1707-1793 · 18th century · Italy · Writers0.40
  97. 97Galvano Fiamma1283-1344 · 14th century · Writers0.39
  98. 98Francesco Morosini1619-1694 · 17th century · Politicians0.38
  99. 99Marco Foscarini1696-1763 · 18th century · Writers0.38
  100. 100Andrea Palladio1508-1580 · 16th century · Italy · Architects0.38

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.