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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
  26. 26Apostolo Zeno1668-1750 · 18th century · Writers1.3
  27. 27Paolo Veronese1528-1588 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.3
  28. 28Francesco Guicciardini1483-1540 · 16th century · Writers1.3
  29. 29Giorgio Vasari1511-1574 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.3
  30. 30Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers1.2
  31. 31Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · 19th century · Writers1.1
  32. 32Baldassare Franceschini1611-1690 · 17th century · Artists1.1
  33. 33Matteo Villani1283-1363 · 14th century · Writers1.1
  34. 34Vincenzo Gioberti1801-1852 · 19th century · Italy · Academics1.1
  35. 35Aloysius Gonzaga1568-1591 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.1
  36. 36Prospero Colonna1452-1523 · 15th century1.0
  37. 37Filippo Maria Visconti1392-1447 · 15th century · Politicians1.0
  38. 38Domenico Passignano1559-1638 · 16th century · Artists0.95
  39. 39Benedetto Varchi1503-1565 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.94
  40. 40Petrarch1304-1374 · 14th century · Italy · Academics0.92
  41. 41Teodato Ipato750-800 · 8th century · Politicians0.91
  42. 42Salvator Rosa1615-1673 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.91
  43. 43Lucrezia Borgia1480-1519 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.91
  44. 44Cesare Balbo1789-1853 · 19th century · Politicians0.89
  45. 45Benvenuto Cellini1500-1571 · 16th century · France · Artists0.86
  46. 46Vittorio Alfieri1749-1803 · 18th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.83
  47. 47Francesco Gonzaga1444-1483 · 15th century0.82
  48. 48Cesare Cantù1804-1895 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.81
  49. 49Guido Cavalcanti1258-1300 · 13th century · Writers0.80
  50. 50Pietro da Cortona1596-1669 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.79
  51. 51Giovanni Boccaccio1313-1375 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.78
  52. 52Catherine de' Medici1519-1589 · 16th century · France · Historical Figures0.78
  53. 53Luca Giordano1634-1705 · 17th century · Artists0.77
  54. 54Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists0.75
  55. 55Dino Compagni1255-1324 · 13th century · Writers0.73
  56. 56Scipione Ammirato1531-1601 · 16th century · Writers0.72
  57. 57Silvio Pellico1789-1854 · 19th century · Writers0.71
  58. 58Paolo Sarpi1552-1623 · 16th century · Academics0.71
  59. 59Niccolò Machiavelli1469-1527 · 16th century · Politicians0.70
  60. 60Pontormo1494-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.67
  61. 61Girolamo Savonarola1452-1498 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians0.66
  62. 62Giuliano de' Medici1453-1478 · 15th century · Politicians0.66
  63. 63Paolo Giovio1483-1552 · 16th century · Writers0.66
  64. 64Bernardino of Siena1380-1444 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.64
  65. 65Pietro Bembo1470-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.63
  66. 66Francesco Vettori1474-1540 · 16th century · Writers0.62
  67. 67Parmigianino1503-1540 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.62
  68. 68Pietro Aretino1492-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.59
  69. 69Filippo Villani1325-1407 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.58
  70. 70Andrea Palladio1508-1580 · 16th century · Italy · Architects0.58
  71. 71Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei1675-1755 · 18th century · Writers0.57
  72. 72Pinturicchio1454-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.57
  73. 73Pope Clement VII1478-1534 · 16th century · Religious Figures0.56
  74. 74Francesco Redi1626-1697 · 17th century · Doctors0.56
  75. 75Marsilio Ficino1433-1499 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.55
  76. 76Luigi Alamanni1495-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.55
  77. 77Franco Sacchetti1332-1400 · 14th century · Writers0.53
  78. 78Andrea Dandolo1306-1354 · 14th century · Politicians0.53
  79. 79Francesco Foscari1373-1457 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians0.51
  80. 80Pietro Lombardo1435-1515 · 15th century · Artists0.50
  81. 81Andrea Gritti1455-1538 · 15th century · Politicians0.49
  82. 82Pietro Verri1728-1797 · 18th century · Academics0.48
  83. 83Leon Battista Alberti1404-1472 · 15th century · Italy · Architects0.47
  84. 84Antonio Canova1757-1822 · 18th century · Italy · Artists0.47
  85. 85Bernardo Tasso1493-1569 · 16th century · Writers0.47
  86. 86Michelangelo1475-1564 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.46
  87. 87Marco Foscarini1696-1763 · 18th century · Writers0.45
  88. 88Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.45
  89. 89Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.44
  90. 90Vittoria Colonna1492-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.44
  91. 91Leandro Alberti1479-1552 · 16th century · Writers0.44
  92. 92Carlo Maratta1625-1713 · 17th century · Artists0.44
  93. 93Francesco Barberini1597-1679 · 17th century · Religious Figures0.44
  94. 94Ottavio Farnese1524-1586 · 16th century · Politicians0.43
  95. 95Jacopo Nardi1476-1563 · 16th century · Writers0.42
  96. 96Antonio Colonna1408-1471 · 15th century0.42
  97. 97Luca della Robbia1399-1482 · 15th century · Artists0.41
  98. 98Federico Borromeo1564-1631 · 16th century · Religious Figures0.41
  99. 99Pope Leo X1475-1521 · 16th century · Religious Figures0.41
  100. 100Ennio Quirino Visconti1751-1818 · 18th century · France · Writers0.40

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.