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1845
Whose working lives fell in 1845. 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 1845, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Frédéric Chopin16 decades - 2
Pope Leo XIII15 decades - 3
P. T. Barnum17 decades - 4
Robert Schumann19 decades - 5
Alfred de Musset19 decades - 6
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour10 decades - 7
Elizabeth Gaskell7 decades - 8
Nikolai Pirogov15 decades - 9
Margaret Fuller18 decades - 10
Éliphas Lévi6 decades - 11
Ferdinand II of the Two Siciliesnot measured- - 12
Theodor Schwann16 decades - 13
Eliza McCardle Johnson0 decades - 14
Asa Gray19 decades - 15
Howard Staunton4 decades - 16
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski0 decades - 17
Ernst Kummer1 decades - 18
Juan Bautista Alberdi19 decades - 19
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrongnot measured- - 20
Akbar Khan18 decades - 21
Karl Richard Lepsius4 decades - 22
Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre12 decades - 23
Fritz Reuter17 decades - 24
Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronetnot measured- - 25
Fanny Elssler19 decades - 26
Ferdinand Freiligrath19 decades - 27
Otto Nicolai19 decades - 28
Ole Bull19 decades - 29
Princess Marianne of the Netherlands0 decades - 30
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie0 decades - 31
Francesco Maria Piave15 decades - 32
Jaime Balmes18 decades - 33
Alexandre Herculano0 decades - 34
Charles de Montalembert17 decades - 35
Princess Pauline of Württembergnot measured- - 36
Horatio Seymournot measured- - 37
Theodore Parker18 decades - 38
Abraham Geiger21 decades - 39
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russianot measured- - 40
Alphonso Taftnot measured- - 41
Oliver Winchesternot measured- - 42
Cassius M. Claynot measured- - 43
Giovanni Lanza17 decades - 44
Louise Coletnot measured- - 45
Thaóyate Dútanot measured- - 46
Philip Henry Gosse3 decades - 47
Ferenc Erkel1 decades - 48
Nísia Florestanot measured- - 49
Constant Troyon2 decades - 50
Paul Kane12 decades - 51
L. L. Langstroth3 decades - 52
Robert Toombsnot measured- - 53
James W. Marshallnot measured- - 54
Ferdinand Davidnot measured- - 55
Nikoloz Baratashvili1 decades - 56
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdalanot measured- - 57
Jules Perrot2 decades - 58
Jeremiah S. Black12 decades - 59
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Leanot measured- - 60
Wilhelm, Duke of Urachnot measured- - 61
Hermann Heinrich Gossen3 decades - 62
Lorenzo Batlle y Graunot measured- - 63
Pierre Bosquetnot measured- - 64
Henri Victor Regnault7 decades - 65
Edward Blyth3 decades - 66
Ernestine Rose0 decades - 67
Grigory Gagarinnot measured- - 68
John McCloskeynot measured- - 69
Johann Ludwig Krapfnot measured- - 70
Leonhard Graf von Blumenthalnot measured- - 71
Julian Fontananot measured- - 72
David Levy Yuleenot measured- - 73
August Willichnot measured- - 74
Alexandre Calamenot measured- - 75
Ernest Courtot de Cissey0 decades - 76
Christen Købke0 decades - 77
Eugène Belgrandnot measured- - 78
Andrew Scott Waughnot measured- - 79
Johann Löwenthalnot measured- - 80
William Froudenot measured- - 81
Andrés Piconot measured- - 82
Ogata Kōannot measured- - 83
Peter Andreas Munchnot measured- - 84
Louis Gallaitnot measured- - 85
Hans Christian Lumbyenot measured- - 86
Israel Salanternot measured- - 87
Vladimir Istominnot measured- - 88
Félix Pyatnot measured- - 89
Wilhelm Marstrand0 decades - 90
Alexis Soyernot measured- - 91
James Freeman Clarkenot measured- - 92
Robert Malletnot measured- - 93
Henri Martinnot measured- - 94
Samuel Sebastian Wesleynot measured- - 95
José María de Achánot measured- - 96
Félicien-César Davidnot measured- - 97
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberlandnot measured- - 98
Morning Starnot measured- - 99
Nissage Sagetnot measured- - 100
Sarah Elmira Roysternot 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.