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The 1840s

Whose names filled the books of the 1840s - 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 Italian books during the 1840s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists5.8
  2. 2Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists4.3
  3. 3Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures2.8
  4. 4Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists2.8
  5. 5Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects2.7
  6. 6Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492 · 15th century · Politicians2.6
  7. 7Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers2.5
  8. 8Philip Neri1515-1595 · 16th century · Religious Figures2.4
  9. 9Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists2.2
  10. 10Guercino1591-1666 · 17th century · Italy · Artists2.2
  11. 11Domenichino1581-1641 · 17th century · Artists2.2
  12. 12Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists2.2
  13. 13Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists1.9
  14. 14Paul the Deacon720-799 · 8th century · Writers1.9
  15. 15Cimabue1240-1302 · 13th century · Artists1.9
  16. 16Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.8
  17. 17Andrea Doria1466-1560 · 16th century · Italy · Politicians1.8
  18. 18Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers1.8
  19. 19Giulio Romano1499-1546 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.8
  20. 20Cosimo de' Medici1389-1464 · 15th century · Politicians1.5
  21. 21Masaccio1401-1428 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.5
  22. 22Guido Reni1575-1642 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.5
  23. 23Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.5
  24. 24Andrea del Sarto1486-1530 · 16th century · Artists1.4
  25. 25Cesare Borgia1475-1507 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.3
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1840s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Abraham Lincoln1809-1865 · United States · Politicians22 decades
  2. 2Edgar Allan Poe1809-1849 · United States · Writers17 decades
  3. 3Charles Dickens1812-1870 · United Kingdom · Writers20 decades
  4. 4Charles Darwin1809-1882 · United Kingdom · Scientists21 decades
  5. 5Frédéric Chopin1810-1849 · France · Musicians16 decades
  6. 6Richard Wagner1813-1883 · Germany · Musicians19 decades
  7. 7Hans Christian Andersen1805-1875 · Denmark · Writers18 decades
  8. 8Andrew Johnson1808-1875 · United States · Politicians22 decades
  9. 9Nikolai Gogol1809-1852 · Russia · Writers19 decades
  10. 10Napoleon III1808-1873 · France · Politicians21 decades
  11. 11Pope Leo XIII1810-1903 · Italy · Religious Figures15 decades
  12. 12Søren Kierkegaard1813-1855 · Denmark · Academics3 decades
  13. 13Emily Brontë1818-1848 · United Kingdom · Writers14 decades
  14. 14Giuseppe Garibaldi1807-1882 · France11 decades
  15. 15Joseph Smith1805-1844 · United States · Politicians22 decades
  16. 16Mikhail Lermontov1814-1841 · Russia · Writers15 decades
  17. 17Robert E. Lee1807-1870 · United States16 decades
  18. 18Giuseppe Verdi1813-1901 · Italy · Musicians18 decades
  19. 19Franz Liszt1811-1886 · Austria · Musicians19 decades
  20. 20John Stuart Mill1806-1873 · United Kingdom · Academics18 decades
  21. 21Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847 · Musicians18 decades
  22. 22P. T. Barnum1810-1891 · United States · Politicians17 decades
  23. 23Robert Schumann1810-1856 · Germany · Musicians19 decades
  24. 24Jefferson Davis1808-1889 · United States · Politicians20 decades
  25. 25Taras Shevchenko1814-1861 · Russia · Writers13 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.