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1836
Whose working lives fell in 1836. 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 1836, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
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Brigham Young19 decades - 2
John Henry Newman19 decades - 3
William H. Seward19 decades - 4
Vladimir Dal10 decades - 5
Frédéric Bastiat18 decades - 6
Thomas Colenot measured- - 7
Justo José de Urquiza20 decades - 8
Johann I of Saxonynot measured- - 9
Josip Jelačić0 decades - 10
Gustav Fechner20 decades - 11
Johann Nestroy13 decades - 12
Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria0 decades - 13
Emily Donelson0 decades - 14
George Biddell Airy6 decades - 15
Mikhail Ostrogradsky3 decades - 16
Albert Lortzing16 decades - 17
Johannes Peter Müller0 decades - 18
Marie Laveau3 decades - 19
Joseph Plateau7 decades - 20
Maria Malibran7 decades - 21
Maria Cristina of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies0 decades - 22
Julius Plücker3 decades - 23
Princess Sophie of Sweden0 decades - 24
Amalie Auguste of Bavaria0 decades - 25
Antoine Augustin Cournot0 decades - 26
Fredrika Bremer16 decades - 27
Vincenzo Gioberti20 decades - 28
David Farragut4 decades - 29
Prince Charles of Prussia15 decades - 30
Émile Littré7 decades - 31
Karel Hynek Mácha0 decades - 32
Moritz von Jacobi0 decades - 33
William B. Travisnot measured- - 34
Immanuel Nobel0 decades - 35
Rifa'a at-Tahtawi0 decades - 36
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesburynot measured- - 37
Isabel Maria of Portugalnot measured- - 38
Zénaïde Bonapartenot measured- - 39
Pedro Santananot measured- - 40
Charles Elliotnot measured- - 41
Christian Dietrich Grabbe12 decades - 42
Ludwig Bechstein19 decades - 43
Joseph Lanner5 decades - 44
Robert J. Walkernot measured- - 45
Kharak Singhnot measured- - 46
Edward William Lane1 decades - 47
Hippolyte Bayardnot measured- - 48
Pierre François Lacenairenot measured- - 49
Karl Baedekernot measured- - 50
Samuel Gridley Howenot measured- - 51
José Joaquín Pérez16 decades - 52
Peter Wilhelm Lundnot measured- - 53
Coenraad Johannes van Houtennot measured- - 54
Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingennot measured- - 55
John Batmannot measured- - 56
Pierre-Jean De Smetnot measured- - 57
Heinrich Leberecht Fleischernot measured- - 58
Felipe Santiago Salaverrynot measured- - 59
George Perkins Marshnot measured- - 60
Armand Trousseaunot measured- - 61
Atanasio Aguirrenot measured- - 62
Hippolyte Carnotnot measured- - 63
Amjad Ali Shahnot measured- - 64
Henri Labroustenot measured- - 65
John Cadburynot measured- - 66
Kitsos Tzavelasnot measured- - 67
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault0 decades - 68
Joseph Lanenot measured- - 69
Norbert Burgmüllernot measured- - 70
Salvadore Cammarano5 decades - 71
Claude Tilliernot measured- - 72
Seweryn Goszczyńskinot measured- - 73
Jan Kalivodanot measured- - 74
Zecharias Frankelnot measured- - 75
Eugène Burnouf20 decades - 76
Kenesary Khannot measured- - 77
Adolf Fredrik Lindbladnot measured- - 78
Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paranánot measured- - 79
Augustin-Alexandre Dumontnot measured- - 80
Gail Bordennot measured- - 81
Robert Dale Owennot measured- - 82
Carl Jakob Sundevallnot measured- - 83
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart17 decades - 84
Thierry Hermèsnot measured- - 85
Carl August von Steinheilnot measured- - 86
Nunzio Sulprizionot measured- - 87
Pío Piconot measured- - 88
Charles La Trobenot measured- - 89
Jane Welsh Carlylenot measured- - 90
Hermann von Meyernot measured- - 91
William Procternot measured- - 92
Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairnnot measured- - 93
Édouard Lartetnot measured- - 94
Tymko Paduranot measured- - 95
František Škroupnot measured- - 96
Ugo Bassinot measured- - 97Christian Hermann Weissenot measured-
- 98
Henri de Brouckèrenot measured- - 99
Momin Khan Mominnot measured- - 100
Félix Dujardinnot 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.