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1834
Whose working lives fell in 1834. 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 1834, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Alexander Pushkin21 decades - 2
Honoré de Balzac17 decades - 3
Mary Anning5 decades - 4
Oscar I of Sweden0 decades - 5
Karl Bryullov11 decades - 6
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derbynot measured- - 7
Amos Bronson Alcott2 decades - 8
Anna Atkins0 decades - 9
Dred Scott18 decades - 10
Charles II, Duke of Parma0 decades - 11
Gustav, Prince of Vasanot measured- - 12
Rodolphe Töpffer6 decades - 13
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron0 decades - 14
Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségurnot measured- - 15
Thomas Hood22 decades - 16
Fromental Halévy4 decades - 17
Almeida Garrett0 decades - 18
Manuel Bulnes21 decades - 19
Husein Gradaščevićnot measured- - 20
René Caillié19 decades - 21
Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal4 decades - 22
Ignaz von Döllinger12 decades - 23
James Prinsep8 decades - 24
Duchess Amelia of Württemberg0 decades - 25
Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgiumnot measured- - 26
Tanaka Hisashigenot measured- - 27
Pauline Jaricotnot measured- - 28
William Lassell1 decades - 29
Simon Cameronnot measured- - 30
John Lindley13 decades - 31
David Douglasnot measured- - 32
Duchess Marie of Württembergnot measured- - 33David Donnot measured-
- 34
Christian Friedrich Schönbein6 decades - 35
Eliza Acton4 decades - 36
Elisa Radziwillnot measured- - 37
Samuel George Mortonnot measured- - 38
Vincenz Priessnitznot measured- - 39
Fyodor Bruninot measured- - 40
Heinrich von Gagernnot measured- - 41
Alois Negrellinot measured- - 42
François-Auguste Biard0 decades - 43
Frederick Catherwoodnot measured- - 44
Karl Adolph von Basedownot measured- - 45
Nathaniel Palmer2 decades - 46
Avdotia Istominanot measured- - 47
Ludwig Rellstabnot measured- - 48
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander1 decades - 49
Edward Belchernot measured- - 50
Andrzej Towiańskinot measured- - 51
Petrache Poenarunot measured- - 52
Maurycy Mochnackinot measured- - 53
Mariano Gomesnot measured- - 54
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendinot measured- - 55
Alessandro Ferrero La Marmoranot measured- - 56
Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessaunot measured- - 57
Mary Howittnot measured- - 58
Omar Ali Saifuddin II of Bruneinot measured- - 59
Sol Hachuelnot measured- - 60
Stanislas Juliennot measured- - 61
Prosper Menièrenot measured- - 62
Josiah Harlannot measured- - 63George Finlaynot measured-
- 64
Barbu Dimitrie Știrbeinot measured- - 65
Rufus Choatenot measured- - 66
Richard Lemon Landernot measured- - 67
Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach0 decades - 68
Titian Pealenot measured- - 69
Joachim Barrande2 decades - 70
Princess Luise of Anhalt-Bernburgnot measured- - 71
Henry Monniernot measured- - 72
August Kopischnot measured- - 73
John Y. Masonnot measured- - 74
Terenzio, Count Mamiani della Roverenot measured- - 75
Ferdinand Reich4 decades - 76
Gabriel Valencianot measured- - 77
Yang Lu-ch'annot measured- - 78
Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburgnot measured- - 79
Maria Ann Smithnot measured- - 80
Robert von Mohlnot measured- - 81
Hanaya Yoheinot measured- - 82
Henri Drueynot measured- - 83
Felipe Poeynot measured- - 84
Alexey Verstovskynot measured- - 85
Jean Baptiste Boisduvalnot measured- - 86
Basil Moreaunot measured- - 87
Paula Montal Fornésnot measured- - 88
Suzanne Voilquinnot measured- - 89
Gu Taiqingnot measured- - 90
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georgesnot measured- - 91
August Tholucknot measured- - 92
William M. Meredithnot measured- - 93
František Čelakovskýnot measured- - 94
Petar Beronnot measured- - 95
Mikhail Mishaqanot measured- - 96
Lord Frederick FitzClarencenot measured- - 97
Andrew Jackson Donelsonnot measured- - 98
Félix Guérin-Ménevillenot measured- - 99
Olympe Pélissiernot measured- - 100
Thomas Fitzpatricknot 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.