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1849
Whose working lives fell in 1849. 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 1849, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Taras Shevchenko13 decades - 2
Anne Brontë1 decades - 3
Mikhail Bakunin16 decades - 4
Samuel Colt18 decades - 5
Adolphe Sax13 decades - 6
Eugène Viollet-le-Ducnot measured- - 7
Jean-François Millet13 decades - 8
Hong Xiuquan10 decades - 9
Sándor Petőfi0 decades - 10
Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos18 decades - 11
Sheridan Le Fanu8 decades - 12
Jenny von Westphalen9 decades - 13
Henri Nestlé0 decades - 14
Edwin Stanton16 decades - 15
Kamehameha III18 decades - 16
Alexander Cunninghamnot measured- - 17
Joseph Hooker18 decades - 18
Anita Garibaldi15 decades - 19
Samuel J. Tilden16 decades - 20
Heonjong of Joseonnot measured- - 21
Tatya Tope1 decades - 22
Anders Jonas Ångström0 decades - 23
James Joseph Sylvester0 decades - 24
Julius von Mayer15 decades - 25
Goffredo Mameli18 decades - 26
Eugène Charles Catalannot measured- - 27
Jules Simon18 decades - 28
Prince Louis, Duke of Nemoursnot measured- - 29
Charles Mackay18 decades - 30
Jules Hetzel6 decades - 31
Lorenzo Snow15 decades - 32
Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerinnot measured- - 33
Rasoherina I of Madagascarnot measured- - 34
Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Siciliesnot measured- - 35
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Estenot measured- - 36
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Couttsnot measured- - 37
Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgnot measured- - 38
John C. Pembertonnot measured- - 39
Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russianot measured- - 40
Mehmed Fuad Paşanot measured- - 41
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda17 decades - 42
George-Étienne Cartiernot measured- - 43
Eduard Zeller17 decades - 44
Ernst Curtius18 decades - 45
Oskar Kolbergnot measured- - 46
Bhanubhakta Acharya0 decades - 47
James Paget18 decades - 48
Charles Reade17 decades - 49
Princess Theodolinde de Beauharnais of Leuchtenbergnot measured- - 50
Auguste Clésingernot measured- - 51
Ludwik Mierosławskinot measured- - 52
Juan Rafael Mora Porrasnot measured- - 53
Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kasselnot measured- - 54
Frederick William Fabernot measured- - 55
Gustav Fabergénot measured- - 56
Adolf von Henselt0 decades - 57
Conrad of Parzhamnot measured- - 58
Joseph Cinquénot measured- - 59
Johann Georg Halskenot measured- - 60
Auguste Chapdelainenot measured- - 61
Nicolaas Beets0 decades - 62
William Wells Brownnot measured- - 63
Melchor Ocamponot measured- - 64
Narsinh Mehtanot measured- - 65
Robert Caldwellnot measured- - 66
Adolph Tidemand0 decades - 67
Josif Pančić0 decades - 68
August Cieszkowskinot measured- - 69
Ivan Mažuranić0 decades - 70
John Lothrop Motleynot measured- - 71
José Baltanot measured- - 72
Girolamo de Radanot measured- - 73
Arsène Houssayenot measured- - 74
Mirza Shirazinot measured- - 75
Miklós Ybl0 decades - 76
Charles de Lorenceznot measured- - 77
Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonnenot measured- - 78
Mary Ellen Pleasantnot measured- - 79
Alexander John Ellisnot measured- - 80
Ludwig Schläflinot measured- - 81
Henri Tresca1 decades - 82
Prince Hermann, 4th Prince of Wiednot measured- - 83
Yakiv Holovatskynot measured- - 84
Glelenot measured- - 85
Ellen Woodnot measured- - 86
Henri Lehmannnot measured- - 87
Raffaele Pirianot measured- - 88
James Henry Lanenot measured- - 89
Luise Astonnot measured- - 90
Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ghaffarinot measured- - 91
Hermann Gundertnot measured- - 92Abdullah II Al-Sabahnot measured-
- 93
Heinrich Geißler4 decades - 94
Thomas Crawfordnot measured- - 95
Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourgnot measured- - 96
Saffet Paşanot measured- - 97
Wilmer McLeannot measured- - 98Quddúsnot measured-
- 99
Prince Karl, 8th Prince of Auerspergnot measured- - 100
Sekhukhune Inot 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.