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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 Russian books during the 1840s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures6.8
  2. 2Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers3.0
  3. 3Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians1.6
  4. 4Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century1.0
  5. 5Pyotr Panin1721-1789 · 18th century · Russia0.98
  6. 6Vissarion Belinsky1811-1848 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.92
  7. 7Stefan Yavorsky1658-1722 · 17th century · Russia · Academics0.71
  8. 8Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.67
  9. 9Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.65
  10. 10Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.60
  11. 11Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.54
  12. 12Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.51
  13. 13Konstantin Aksakov1817-1860 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.48
  14. 14Dimitry of Rostov1651-1709 · 17th century · Writers0.46
  15. 15Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.45
  16. 16Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.43
  17. 17Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn1643-1714 · 17th century · Politicians0.40
  18. 18Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures0.38
  19. 19Symeon of Polotsk1629-1680 · 17th century · Writers0.37
  20. 20Grigory Orlov1734-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.35
  21. 21Paul I of Russia1754-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.35
  22. 22Nikita Panin1718-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.35
  23. 23Ivan Mazepa1639-1709 · 17th century · Politicians0.35
  24. 24Boris of Tver1400-1461 · 15th century0.33
  25. 25Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov1733-1811 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.33
  26. 26Maximus the Greek1475-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.32
  27. 27Nikolay Karamzin1766-1826 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.27
  28. 28Alexander Sumarokov1717-1777 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.27
  29. 29Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia1690-1718 · 18th century · Politicians0.25
  30. 30Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov1727-1797 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.25
  31. 31Grigory Potemkin1739-1791 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.20
  32. 32Vladimir Odoevsky1803-1869 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.18
  33. 33Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia1825-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.17
  34. 34Alexander Suvorov1730-1800 · 18th century · Russia0.17
  35. 35Konstantin of Rostov1185-1218 · 13th century · Politicians0.17
  36. 36Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827-1892 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.15
  37. 37Alexander Menshikov1673-1729 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.15
  38. 38Dmitry Pozharsky1577-1642 · 17th century · Politicians0.14
  39. 39Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov1787-1869 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.13
  40. 40Alexander Ivanov1806-1858 · 19th century · Russia · Artists0.13
  41. 41Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy1645-1729 · 17th century · Russia · Writers0.12
  42. 42Catherine Pavlovna of Russia1788-1819 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.12
  43. 43Alexis of Russia1629-1676 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.11
  44. 44Luka Zhidiatadied 1059 · 11th century0.11
  45. 45Boris Sheremetev1652-1719 · 17th century · Politicians0.11
  46. 46Nicholas I of Russia1796-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Models0.11
  47. 47Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov1711-1762 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.10
  48. 48Nicholas Repnin1734-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.09
  49. 49Elizabeth of Russia1709-1761 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.09
  50. 50Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.08
  51. 51Daniil Zatochnik1101-1299 · 12th century · Writers0.08
  52. 52Kirill Razumovsky1728-1803 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.08
  53. 53Fyodor Dostoevsky1821-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.08
  54. 54Ivan Krylov1769-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.08
  55. 55Ivan the Terrible1530-1584 · 16th century · Politicians0.07
  56. 56Mikhail Vorontsov1782-1856 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.07
  57. 57Paul of Kolomna1600-1656 · 17th century · Writers0.07
  58. 58Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia1657-1704 · 17th century · Politicians0.07
  59. 59Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia1783-1801 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.06
  60. 60Konstantin of Uglich1389-1434 · 15th century0.05
  61. 61Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.05
  62. 62Peter II of Russia1715-1730 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.05
  63. 63Mikhail Lermontov1814-1841 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  64. 64Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy1817-1875 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  65. 65Dmitry Grigorovich1822-1899 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  66. 66Faddey Bulgarin1789-1859 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  67. 67Nikolai Gogol1809-1852 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  68. 68Ivan Dmitriev1760-1837 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  69. 69Michael of Russia1596-1645 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.04
  70. 70Mykhailo Maksymovych1804-1873 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  71. 71Vasily Trediakovsky1703-1768 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  72. 72Alexander Shishkov1754-1841 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  73. 73Nikolay Rumyantsev1754-1826 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  74. 74Alexander Ostrovsky1823-1886 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  75. 75Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  76. 76Alexander von Benckendorff1781-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.03
  77. 77Mikhail Speransky1772-1839 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.03
  78. 78Mikhail Lomonosov1711-1765 · 18th century · Russia · Scientists0.03
  79. 79Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov1737-1807 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.03
  80. 80Catherine I of Russia1684-1727 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.03
  81. 81Ivan Pavlov1849-1936 · 19th century · Russia · Scientists0.02
  82. 82Mikhail of Tver1271-1318 · 14th century · Politicians0.02
  83. 83Denis Davydov1784-1839 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  84. 84Vladimir Dal1801-1872 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.02
  85. 85Mikhail Kamensky1738-1809 · 18th century · Russia0.02
  86. 86Sergey Uvarov1786-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  87. 87Matvey Ivanovich Platov1753-1818 · 18th century · Russia0.02
  88. 88Alexey Andreevich Arakcheyev1769-1834 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.02
  89. 89Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia1847-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.02
  90. 90Vasily Kapnist1758-1823 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  91. 91Kuzma Minindied 1616 · 17th century · Politicians0.02
  92. 92Gavrila Derzhavin1743-1816 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  93. 93Taras Shevchenko1814-1861 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  94. 94Xenia Shestova1560-1631 · 16th century0.02
  95. 95Ivan Goncharov1812-1891 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  96. 96Aleksey Koltsov1809-1842 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  97. 97Hyacinth1777-1853 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.02
  98. 98Antiochus Kantemir1708-1744 · 18th century · Russia · Academics0.01
  99. 99Artamon Matveyev1625-1682 · 17th century · Politicians0.01
  100. 100Maria Feodorovna1847-1928 · 19th century · Denmark · Historical Figures0.01

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.