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1844
Whose working lives fell in 1844. 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 1844, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Abraham Lincoln22 decades - 2
Edgar Allan Poe17 decades - 3
Charles Darwin21 decades - 4
Nikolai Gogol19 decades - 5
Felix Mendelssohn18 decades - 6
Alfred Tennyson19 decades - 7
William Ewart Gladstone18 decades - 8
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon8 decades - 9
Louis Braille14 decades - 10
Georges-Eugène Haussmann0 decades - 11
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.not measured- - 12
Albert Pike18 decades - 13
Bruno Bauer19 decades - 14
Joseph Jenkins Roberts0 decades
- 15
Bettino Ricasoli22 decades - 16
Hermann Grassmann4 decades - 17
Cyrus McCormick12 decades - 18
Joseph Liouville0 decades - 19
Edward FitzGerald13 decades - 20
Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia19 decades - 21
Khachatur Abovian0 decades - 22
Juliusz Słowacki0 decades - 23
Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan18 decades - 24
Kit Carson18 decades - 25
Hannibal Hamlin18 decades - 26
Ljudevit Gaj7 decades - 27
Juan Donoso Cortés19 decades - 28
Robert Cornelius2 decades - 29
Manuel Montt20 decades - 30
Prince Albert of Prussia20 decades - 31
James Glaisher7 decades - 32
Ajayi Crowther0 decades - 33
Luigi Federico Menabreanot measured- - 34
Sterling Price18 decades - 35
Frances Anne Kemble4 decades - 36
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky1 decades - 37
Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhinenot measured- - 38
Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust0 decades - 39
Louis Charles Delescluzenot measured- - 40
Santiago Derqui19 decades - 41
François Certain de Canrobertnot measured- - 42
Benjamin Peirce19 decades - 43
Jules Favre19 decades - 44
Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffelnot measured- - 45
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle10 decades - 46
Giuseppe Giusti22 decades - 47
Hippolyte Flandrinnot measured- - 48
Sebastián Iradiernot measured- - 49
Franz Wilhelm Junghuhnnot measured- - 50
Rutherford Alcocknot measured- - 51
Robert M. T. Hunternot measured- - 52
Shimazu Nariakiranot measured- - 53
Fredrik Pacius0 decades - 54
Matsumura Sōkonnot measured- - 55
George Engelmannnot measured- - 56
Nestor Kukolniknot measured- - 57
Miguel García Granadosnot measured- - 58
Karl Bodmernot measured- - 59
Raphael Semmesnot measured- - 60
Maria Micaela Desmaisieresnot measured- - 61
Armand Barbesnot measured- - 62
Juan Antonio Pezetnot measured- - 63
Edmond Le Bœufnot measured- - 64
Petrus Borelnot measured- - 65
Bénédict Morelnot measured- - 66
Wilhelm Wolffnot measured- - 67
James David Forbes1 decades - 68
William N. Pendletonnot measured- - 69
Francis Walkernot measured- - 70
Benjamin Robbins Curtisnot measured- - 71
Columbus Delanonot measured- - 72
Abel Douaynot measured- - 73
Paula Frassinettinot measured- - 74
Theodor Benfeynot measured- - 75
Felipe Pardo y Aliaganot measured- - 76
Svend Foynnot measured- - 77
Jan Krzeptowskinot measured- - 78
Constantin von Alvenslebennot measured- - 79
Peter Dondersnot measured- - 80
Philipp von Jollynot measured- - 81
Malbimnot measured- - 82
Marie Durochernot measured- - 83
Eugène Flandinnot measured- - 84
Juan Bautista Alvaradonot measured- - 85
Oswald Heer17 decades
- 86
Manuel Blanco Romasantanot measured- - 87
Guglielmo Massaianot measured- - 88
Léon Rochesnot measured- - 89
Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenbergnot measured- - 90
Samuel Morton Petonot measured- - 91
Veer Surendra Sainot measured- - 92
Robert Charles Winthropnot measured- - 93
Ippolito Caffinot measured- - 94
Prince Antasarinot measured- - 95
Nicolaas Pienemannot measured- - 96
Otto Lindbladnot measured- - 97
Elizabeth Eastlakenot measured- - 98
Minna Planernot measured- - 99
John Kirk Townsendnot measured- - 100
Fernando Fernández de Córdova, 2nd Marquis of Mendigorríanot 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.