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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 Russian books during the 1830s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures2.9
  2. 2Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians1.7
  3. 3Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures1.2
  4. 4Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians1.0
  5. 5Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia1690-1718 · 18th century · Politicians0.79
  6. 6Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers0.76
  7. 7Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century0.59
  8. 8Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.58
  9. 9Alexander Bestuzhev1797-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.56
  10. 10Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.56
  11. 11Mikhail Lermontov1814-1841 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.50
  12. 12Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.42
  13. 13Vissarion Belinsky1811-1848 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.41
  14. 14Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia1783-1801 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.26
  15. 15Yemelyan Pugachev1742-1775 · 18th century · Russia · Activists0.23
  16. 16Stefan Yavorsky1658-1722 · 17th century · Russia · Academics0.21
  17. 17Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.20
  18. 18Pyotr Panin1721-1789 · 18th century · Russia0.19
  19. 19Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.18
  20. 20Nikita Panin1718-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.17
  21. 21Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.14
  22. 22Nikolai Gogol1809-1852 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.14
  23. 23Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn1643-1714 · 17th century · Politicians0.14
  24. 24Basil Fool for Christ1468-1552 · 16th century0.14
  25. 25Maximus the Greek1475-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.14
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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.