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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
  26. 26Vladimir Odoevsky1803-1869 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.13
  27. 27Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.12
  28. 28Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures0.12
  29. 29Nikolay Karamzin1766-1826 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.12
  30. 30Ivan the Young1458-1490 · 15th century · Historical Figures0.11
  31. 31Alexis of Russia1629-1676 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.09
  32. 32Catherine Pavlovna of Russia1788-1819 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.09
  33. 33Cyril of White Lake1337-1427 · 14th century0.07
  34. 34Nicholas I of Russia1796-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Models0.07
  35. 35Boris Sheremetev1652-1719 · 17th century · Politicians0.07
  36. 36Alexander Sumarokov1717-1777 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  37. 37Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov1727-1797 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  38. 38Marfa Boretskaya1450-1503 · 15th century · Politicians0.06
  39. 39Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy1645-1729 · 17th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  40. 40Alexander Shishkov1754-1841 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  41. 41Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov1711-1762 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.05
  42. 42Paul I of Russia1754-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.05
  43. 43Elizabeth of Russia1709-1761 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.05
  44. 44Aleksandr Aleksandrov1783-1866 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  45. 45Symeon of Polotsk1629-1680 · 17th century · Writers0.05
  46. 46Yevgeny Baratynsky1800-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  47. 47Gavrila Derzhavin1743-1816 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  48. 48Ivan Fyodorov1510-1583 · 16th century0.05
  49. 49Konstantin Aksakov1817-1860 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  50. 50Ivan Dmitriev1760-1837 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  51. 51Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov1737-1807 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.04
  52. 52Nicholas Repnin1734-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  53. 53Peter III of Russia1728-1762 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures0.04
  54. 54Ivan Mazepa1639-1709 · 17th century · Politicians0.04
  55. 55Hyacinth1777-1853 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.04
  56. 56Denis Davydov1784-1839 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  57. 57Alexander Ivanov1806-1858 · 19th century · Russia · Artists0.04
  58. 58Luka Zhidiatadied 1059 · 11th century0.03
  59. 59Pyotr Bagration1765-1812 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.03
  60. 60Dimitry of Rostov1651-1709 · 17th century · Writers0.03
  61. 61Ivan the Terrible1530-1584 · 16th century · Politicians0.03
  62. 62Konstantin Batyushkov1787-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  63. 63Ivan III of Russia1440-1505 · 15th century · Politicians0.02
  64. 64Mikhail Lazarev1788-1851 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.02
  65. 65Vasily I of Moscow1371-1425 · 15th century · Politicians0.02
  66. 66Konstantin of Uglich1389-1434 · 15th century0.02
  67. 67Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827-1892 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.02
  68. 68Konstantin of Rostov1185-1218 · 13th century · Politicians0.02
  69. 69Joseph Volotsky1440-1515 · 15th century · Writers0.02
  70. 70Yakov Kulnev1763-1812 · 18th century · Russia0.02
  71. 71Johann von Michelsohnen1740-1807 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.02
  72. 72Fyodor Romodanovsky1640-1717 · 17th century · Politicians0.02
  73. 73Jacob Bruce1669-1735 · 18th century · Russia · Scientists0.02
  74. 74Grigory Potemkin1739-1791 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.02
  75. 75Boris Kurakin1676-1727 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  76. 76Pyotr Vyazemsky1792-1878 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  77. 77Mikhail Lomonosov1711-1765 · 18th century · Russia · Scientists0.02
  78. 78Faddey Bulgarin1789-1859 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  79. 79Tikhon of Zadonsk1724-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Religious Figures0.02
  80. 80Mikhail Glinka1804-1857 · 19th century · Russia · Musicians0.02
  81. 81Vasili III of Russia1479-1533 · 16th century · Politicians0.02
  82. 82Alexander Menshikov1673-1729 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.02
  83. 83Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov1787-1869 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.02
  84. 84Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia1657-1704 · 17th century · Politicians0.02
  85. 85Vasily Zhukovsky1783-1852 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.01
  86. 86Vladimir Atlasov1661-1711 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.01
  87. 87Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov1733-1811 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.01
  88. 88Boris of Tver1400-1461 · 15th century0.01
  89. 89Peter Shafirov1669-1739 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.01
  90. 90Paul of Kolomna1600-1656 · 17th century · Writers0.01
  91. 91Michael of Russia1596-1645 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.01
  92. 92Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.01
  93. 93Antiochus Kantemir1708-1744 · 18th century · Russia · Academics<0.01
  94. 94Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy1817-1875 · 19th century · Russia · Writers<0.01
  95. 95Vasily Kapnist1758-1823 · 18th century · Russia · Writers<0.01
  96. 96Grigory Orlov1734-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures<0.01
  97. 97Otto Wilhelm von Struve1819-1905 · 19th century · Russia · Scientists<0.01
  98. 98Mikhail Kutuzov1747-1813 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians<0.01
  99. 99Catherine I of Russia1684-1727 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures<0.01
  100. 100Dmitry Pozharsky1577-1642 · 17th century · Politicians<0.01

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.