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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 Hebrew books during the 1830s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Haggaiborn 550 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures15
  2. 2Nathan the Babylonianborn 101 · 2nd century10
  3. 3Simeon ben Gamliel IIborn 100 · 2nd century9.7
  4. 4Habakkuk626 BC-600 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures7.6
  5. 5Rav Ashi352-427 · 4th century4.5
  6. 6Johanan ben Zakai50 BC-70 · 1st millennium BC3.6
  7. 7Simeon ben Zomadied 200 · 2nd century2.4
  8. 8Hanina ben Dosa40-75 · 1st century1.7
  9. 9Hillel the Elder50 BC-100 · 1st millennium BC1.4
  10. 10Eliezer ben Hurcanus100-200 · 2nd century1.1
  11. 11Isaac Abrabanel1437-1508 · 15th century · Academics0.80
  12. 12Saadia Gaon882-942 · 10th century · Academics0.63
  13. 13Hai Gaon939-1038 · 10th century · Writers0.55
  14. 14Eleazar ben Arach100-200 · 2nd century0.54
  15. 15Yanaiborn 600 · 7th century · Writers0.49
  16. 16Josephus37-100 · 1st century · Writers0.46
  17. 17Jacob Emden1697-1776 · 18th century · Germany0.45
  18. 18Menasseh Ben Israel1604-1657 · 17th century · Netherlands · Academics0.33
  19. 19Eleazar ben Killir600-700 · 7th century · Writers0.29
  20. 20Joseph Albo1380-1444 · 15th century · Academics0.24
  21. 21Sabbatai Zevi1626-1676 · 17th century · Turkey · Religious Figures0.24
  22. 22Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg1150-1217 · 12th century · Academics0.24
  23. 23Samuel ibn Naghrillah993-1055 · 11th century · Writers0.21
  24. 24Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi1270-1340 · 14th century · France · Academics0.18
  25. 25Herod Archelaus23 BC-18 · 1st century · Models0.17
  26. 26Dunash ben Labrat920-990 · 10th century · Morocco · Writers0.17
  27. 27Mordecai Yoffe1530-1612 · 16th century · Poland0.14
  28. 28Joseph Caspi1280-1345 · 14th century · France · Academics0.14
  29. 29Zerachiah haLevi of Girona1130-1186 · 12th century · France · Writers0.12
  30. 30Rabbeinu Tam1100-1171 · 12th century · France · Writers0.09
  31. 31Isaac ben Moses Arama1420-1494 · 15th century0.09
  32. 32Shimon bar Yochai100-160 · 2nd century0.07
  33. 33Moshe Alshich1508-1593 · 16th century · Turkey0.06
  34. 34Azariah dei Rossi1513-1578 · 16th century · Writers0.05
  35. 35Isaac the Blind1160-1235 · 12th century · France · Writers0.05
  36. 36Menahem ben Aaron ibn Zerah1310-1385 · 14th century · Writers0.04
  37. 37Moses ben Joshua1300-1362 · 14th century · Academics0.04
  38. 38Moses ben Jacob Cordovero1522-1570 · 16th century · Turkey · Actors0.04
  39. 39Hayyim ben Joseph Vital1542-1620 · 16th century · Turkey · Musicians0.04
  40. 40Tzvi Ashkenazi1660-1718 · 17th century0.03
  41. 41Joseph Nasi1524-1579 · 16th century · Turkey · Writers0.03
  42. 42Bahya ben Asher1255-1340 · 13th century · Writers0.02
  43. 43Chaim Joseph David Azulai1724-1806 · 18th century · Turkey · Historical Figures0.02
  44. 44Abraham bar Hiyya1070-1136 · 12th century · Academics0.02
  45. 45Moses Kimhi1127-1190 · 12th century · France0.02
  46. 46Moses Sofer1762-1839 · 18th century0.02

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.