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1847
Whose working lives fell in 1847. 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 1847, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Charles Dickens20 decades - 2
Robert Browning19 decades - 3
Alexander Herzen16 decades - 4
Ivan Goncharov17 decades - 5
Henry Wilsonnot measured- - 6
Louise of Orléansnot measured- - 7
Natalia Pushkina9 decades - 8
Moses Hess10 decades - 9
Alexander H. Stephens18 decades - 10
Abbas I of Egyptnot measured- - 11
Truganini2 decades - 12
Johann Gottfried Galle0 decades - 13
Augustus Puginnot measured- - 14
Théodore Rousseau17 decades - 15
Samuel Smiles17 decades - 16
Empress Amélie of Brazil1 decades - 17
Mirza Fatali Akhundov6 decades - 18
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canningnot measured- - 19
James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousienot measured- - 20
Zuo Zongtang7 decades - 21
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poenot measured- - 22
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen0 decades - 23
Edward Lear15 decades - 24
Cochise16 decades - 25
Zygmunt Krasiński0 decades - 26
Ascanio Sobrero17 decades - 27
Berthold Auerbach18 decades - 28
Luigi Carlo Farini19 decades - 29
Alfred Krupp15 decades - 30
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski0 decades - 31
Hendrik Conscience1 decades - 32
Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthèsnot measured- - 33
Rudolf von Alt10 decades - 34
Sigismond Thalberg1 decades - 35
Ignacio Comonfort18 decades - 36
Marie Duplessisnot measured- - 37Pertevniyal Sultan0 decades
- 38
George Grey21 decades - 39
Melchora Aquinonot measured- - 40
Robert Fortunenot measured- - 41
Antoine Pateknot measured- - 42
Friedrich von Flotownot measured- - 43
Paul Abadie6 decades - 44
Duke Peter of Oldenburgnot measured- - 45
Buenaventura Báeznot measured- - 46
Stephen Mallory0 decades - 47
Yevgeny Grebyonkanot measured- - 48
Ilija Garašanin0 decades - 49
Louis Leroynot measured- - 50
Nikolay Zininnot measured- - 51
Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazilnot measured- - 52
Charlotte Guest10 decades - 53
Emilie Mayernot measured- - 54
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernstnot measured- - 55
Walthère Frère-Orbannot measured- - 56
Charles Lewis Tiffanynot measured- - 57
Édouard Séguinnot measured-
- 58
Ludwig Windthorstnot measured- - 59
Kirkpatrick Macmillannot measured- - 60
Aleardo Aleardinot measured- - 61
Archduke Friedrich of Austrianot measured- - 62
Izmail Sreznevskynot measured- - 63
Martin R. Delanynot measured- - 64
Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donatonot measured- - 65
Veerangana Uda Devi Pasinot measured- - 66William Shanksnot measured-
- 67
Fernando Woodnot measured- - 68
Henry Mayhewnot measured- - 69
Ivan Panaevnot measured- - 70
James Speednot measured- - 71
Filippo Pacininot measured- - 72
John B. Wellernot measured- - 73
Francisco Coll Guitarnot measured- - 74
John Alexander McClernandnot measured- - 75
Samuel Wells Williamsnot measured- - 76
Grace Aguilar7 decades - 77
George Rawlinsonnot measured- - 78
Bertalan Szemerenot measured- - 79
Ambrose of Optinanot measured- - 80
Empress Xiaojingchengnot measured- - 81
Jérôme Napoléon Charles Bonapartenot measured- - 82
Shō Ikunot measured- - 83
Agenor Romuald Gołuchowskinot measured- - 84
Fyodor Trepovnot measured- - 85
Gabriel Aivazovskynot measured- - 86
Nino Chavchavadzenot measured- - 87
Nathaniel de Rothschildnot measured- - 88
Herschel V. Johnsonnot measured- - 89
Eduard van der Nüllnot measured- - 90
Bruno Hildebrandnot measured- - 91
Aaron Bernsteinnot measured- - 92
James "Grizzly" Adamsnot measured- - 93
Adolphe Braunnot measured- - 94
Carl Christian Hallnot measured- - 95
Nicolae Crețulescunot measured- - 96
Stephen Pearl Andrewsnot measured- - 97
Auguste Dumérilnot measured- - 98
Thomas Lanier Clingmannot measured- - 99
Agostino Bertaninot measured- - 100
Hermann von Fehling1 decades
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.