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1831
Whose working lives fell in 1831. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 1831, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Nicholas I of Russia19 decades - 2
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnotnot measured- - 3
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot7 decades - 4
Horace Mann22 decades - 5
Nat Turner17 decades - 6
James Bowie18 decades - 7
Napoléon Louis Bonaparte0 decades - 8
Ferdinand von Wrangel1 decades - 9
George Catlin18 decades - 10
Adolphe Quetelet14 decades - 11
Philipp Franz von Siebold6 decades - 12
Anton Delvig6 decades - 13
Fernán Caballero18 decades - 14
Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburgnot measured- - 15
August von Platen-Hallermünde0 decades - 16
Emilia Plater0 decades - 17
Jakob Steiner16 decades - 18
Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnaisnot measured- - 19
Prince Alois II, Prince of Liechtensteinnot measured- - 20
Franz Berwald0 decades - 21
William Hickling Prescott8 decades - 22
David Roberts22 decades - 23
Caroline Amalie of Augustenburgnot measured- - 24
Jedediah Smithnot measured- - 25
Carl Loewe15 decades - 26
Peter Fendi7 decades - 27
Michael Thonet0 decades - 28
Ang Duongnot measured- - 29
Francis Croziernot measured- - 30
Phan Thanh Giannot measured- - 31
Mariana de Pineda Muñoznot measured- - 32
Asher Brown Durand0 decades - 33
Charles Cousin-Montauban0 decades - 34
Manto Mavrogeninot measured- - 35
Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxonynot measured- - 36
Karl Friedrich von Steinmetznot measured- - 37
Walter Huntnot measured- - 38
Mikhail Muravyov-Vilenskynot measured- - 39
Giovanni Pacini22 decades - 40
Adolphe Crémieuxnot measured- - 41
John M. Clayton15 decades - 42
George, Duke of Saxe-Altenburgnot measured- - 43
Jean-Gaspard Deburaunot measured- - 44
Princess Marie of Hesse-Kasselnot measured- - 45
Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussianot measured- - 46
Matteo Carcassinot measured- - 47
François Mignet0 decades - 48
Juan Esteban Pederneranot measured- - 49
Thomas Bulfinchnot measured- - 50
Henry De la Beche5 decades - 51
Henry Louis Vivian Derozionot measured- - 52
Karl Leberecht Immermann20 decades - 53
Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantinnot measured- - 54
Mary Euphrasia Pelletiernot measured- - 55
John Stevens Henslow0 decades - 56
Frederick William Beecheynot measured- - 57
Karl Ernst Clausnot measured- - 58
Edward Gibbon Wakefieldnot measured- - 59
Leopold II, Prince of Lippenot measured- - 60
George Backnot measured- - 61
Junius Brutus Boothnot measured- - 62
Anton Pannnot measured- - 63
Tomasz Zannot measured- - 64
James Mathesonnot measured- - 65
Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeldnot measured- - 66
Franz von Schobernot measured- - 67
Alexandru II Ghicanot measured- - 68Hacıye Hoşyar Kadınnot measured-
- 69
Immanuel Hermann Fichtenot measured- - 70
Antun Mihanovićnot measured- - 71
Ciro Menottinot measured- - 72
Pyotr Anjounot measured- - 73
Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbertnot measured- - 74
Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmontnot measured- - 75
Jan Czeczotnot measured- - 76
Francesco Zolanot measured- - 77
Reverdy Johnsonnot measured- - 78
Lilburn Boggsnot measured- - 79
Walter Henry Medhurstnot measured- - 80
Andreas von Ettingshausennot measured- - 81
Philippe Bucheznot measured- - 82
Antonios Kriezisnot measured- - 83
Stefano Franscininot measured- - 84
Carl Ludwig Blume0 decades - 85
John Torreynot measured- - 86
Leopold Kupelwiesernot measured- - 87
Andrew Butlernot measured- - 88
Joseph Meyernot measured- - 89
Agnes Stricklandnot measured- - 90
Karl Egon II von Fürstenbergnot measured- - 91
Countess Louise Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøenot measured- - 92
Ottilie von Goethenot measured- - 93
Johann Christian Poggendorff1 decades - 94
Thomas Chandler Haliburtonnot measured- - 95
François-Louis Caillernot measured- - 96
Sangolli Rayannanot measured- - 97
Eugénie Niboyetnot measured- - 98
Nikolai Polevoynot measured- - 99
Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudleynot measured- - 100
Israel Friedman of Ruzhynnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. 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. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.