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The 1850s

Whose names filled the books of the 1850s - 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 Hebrew books during the 1850s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Rav Ashi352-427 · 4th century28
  2. 2Habakkuk626 BC-600 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures15
  3. 3Haggaiborn 550 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures15
  4. 4Simeon ben Gamliel IIborn 100 · 2nd century13
  5. 5Nathan the Babylonianborn 101 · 2nd century11
  6. 6Johanan ben Zakai50 BC-70 · 1st millennium BC6.3
  7. 7Simeon ben Zomadied 200 · 2nd century6.2
  8. 8Saadia Gaon882-942 · 10th century · Academics4.5
  9. 9Hillel the Elder50 BC-100 · 1st millennium BC4.1
  10. 10Samuel ibn Naghrillah993-1055 · 11th century · Writers3.1
  11. 11Hai Gaon939-1038 · 10th century · Writers2.7
  12. 12Isaac Abrabanel1437-1508 · 15th century · Academics1.5
  13. 13Hanina ben Dosa40-75 · 1st century1.5
  14. 14Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg1150-1217 · 12th century · Academics1.3
  15. 15Dunash ben Labrat920-990 · 10th century · Morocco · Writers1.1
  16. 16Ahad Ha'am1856-1927 · 19th century · Russia · Writers1.0
  17. 17Eleazar ben Killir600-700 · 7th century · Writers0.99
  18. 18Azariah dei Rossi1513-1578 · 16th century · Writers0.96
  19. 19Zerachiah haLevi of Girona1130-1186 · 12th century · France · Writers0.95
  20. 20Abraham bar Hiyya1070-1136 · 12th century · Academics0.93
  21. 21Eliezer ben Hurcanus100-200 · 2nd century0.82
  22. 22Yehuda Alharizi1165-1225 · 13th century · Writers0.82
  23. 23Hayyim ben Joseph Vital1542-1620 · 16th century · Turkey · Musicians0.81
  24. 24Yanaiborn 600 · 7th century · Writers0.78
  25. 25Joseph Kimhi1105-1170 · 12th century · France · Writers0.74
  26. 26Moses Kimhi1127-1190 · 12th century · France0.72
  27. 27Joseph Albo1380-1444 · 15th century · Academics0.69
  28. 28Eleazar ben Arach100-200 · 2nd century0.67
  29. 29Josephus37-100 · 1st century · Writers0.65
  30. 30Menasseh Ben Israel1604-1657 · 17th century · Netherlands · Academics0.64
  31. 31Sabbatai Zevi1626-1676 · 17th century · Turkey · Religious Figures0.58
  32. 32Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz1505-1576 · 16th century · Turkey · Writers0.57
  33. 33Shabbethai Donnoloborn 913 · 10th century · Scientists0.47
  34. 34Chaim Joseph David Azulai1724-1806 · 18th century · Turkey · Historical Figures0.44
  35. 35Hasdai Crescas1340-1410 · 14th century · Academics0.40
  36. 36Moshe Alshich1508-1593 · 16th century · Turkey0.40
  37. 37Shimon bar Yochai100-160 · 2nd century0.39
  38. 38Menaḥem ben Shelomoh Meʾiri1249-1306 · 13th century · France · Musicians0.39
  39. 39Abraham ben Mordecai Farissol1451-1525 · 15th century · Musicians0.24
  40. 40Yonah Gerondi1210-1263 · 13th century · Academics0.24
  41. 41Menahem ben Aaron ibn Zerah1310-1385 · 14th century · Writers0.23
  42. 42Jacob Emden1697-1776 · 18th century · Germany0.21
  43. 43Profiat Duran1350-1415 · 14th century · Musicians0.20
  44. 44Amram Gaon810-875 · 9th century0.19
  45. 45Isaac ben Moses Arama1420-1494 · 15th century0.19
  46. 46Mordecai Yoffe1530-1612 · 16th century · Poland0.13
  47. 47Solomon Molcho1500-1532 · 16th century · Academics0.12
  48. 48Joseph Caspi1280-1345 · 14th century · France · Academics0.12
  49. 49Moses ben Joshua1300-1362 · 14th century · Academics0.11
  50. 50Moses ben Jacob Cordovero1522-1570 · 16th century · Turkey · Actors0.10
  51. 51Chaim ibn Attar1696-1743 · 18th century · Morocco0.10
  52. 52Rashbam1080-1158 · 12th century0.09
  53. 53Isaac the Blind1160-1235 · 12th century · France · Writers0.09
  54. 54Isaac Albalag1300-1300 · 14th century · Academics0.08
  55. 55Bahya ben Asher1255-1340 · 13th century · Writers0.08
  56. 56Rabbeinu Tam1100-1171 · 12th century · France · Writers0.07
  57. 57Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi1270-1340 · 14th century · France · Academics0.07
  58. 58Jonathan Eybeschutz1690-1764 · 18th century · Germany0.07
  59. 59Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno1470-1549 · 16th century · Doctors0.07
  60. 60Moses Sofer1762-1839 · 18th century0.07
  61. 61Nathan of Gaza1644-1680 · 17th century · Turkey · Writers0.07
  62. 62Jacob ben Asher1269-1343 · 14th century · Writers0.06
  63. 63Herod Archelaus23 BC-18 · 1st century · Models0.05
  64. 64Isaac ben Moses of Vienna1180-1250 · 13th century · Writers0.03
  65. 65Baruch Spinoza1632-1677 · 17th century · Netherlands · Academics0.03
  66. 66Berechiah ha-Nakdan1200-1300 · 13th century · France · Writers0.02
  67. 67Judas Maccabeus500 BC-160 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures0.02
  68. 68Jacob ibn Habib1450-1516 · 15th century0.02
  69. 69Paul the Apostle5-66 · 1st century · Turkey · Writers0.02
  70. 70Eliezer ben Nathan1090-1170 · 12th century · Writers0.01
  71. 71Israel ben Moses Najara1555-1628 · 16th century · Turkey · Writers0.01
  72. 72Shneur Zalman of Liadi1745-1812 · 18th century · Russia · Academics0.01
  73. 73Shemariah of Negropont1275-1352 · 14th century · Academics0.01
  74. 74Levi ben Abraham ben Hayyimborn 1245 · 13th century · Writers0.01
  75. 75Ishtori Haparchi1280-1337 · 14th century · Scientists<0.01
  76. 76Nissim ben Jacob990-1062 · 11th century · Writers<0.01
  77. 77Joseph Nasi1524-1579 · 16th century · Turkey · Writers<0.01
  78. 78Benjamin of Tudela1130-1174 · 12th century · Spain · Historical Figures<0.01

Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1850s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Karl Marx1818-1883 · Germany · Academics17 decades
  2. 2Fyodor Dostoevsky1821-1881 · Russia · Writers17 decades
  3. 3Queen Victoria1819-1901 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  4. 4Otto von Bismarck1815-1898 · Germany · Politicians16 decades
  5. 5Ulysses S. Grant1822-1885 · United States · Politicians16 decades
  6. 6Florence Nightingale1820-1910 · Writers17 decades
  7. 7Louis Pasteur1822-1895 · France · Scientists14 decades
  8. 8Ada Lovelace1815-1852 · Academics3 decades
  9. 9Rutherford B. Hayes1822-1893 · United States · Politicians16 decades
  10. 10Charlotte Brontë1816-1855 · United Kingdom · Writers17 decades
  11. 11Friedrich Engels1820-1895 · United Kingdom · Academics17 decades
  12. 12Henry David Thoreau1817-1862 · United States · Writers13 decades
  13. 13Walt Whitman1819-1892 · United States · Writers17 decades
  14. 14Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · Russia · Historical Figures17 decades
  15. 15Harriet Tubman1821-1913 · United States · Writers9 decades
  16. 16Charles Baudelaire1821-1867 · France · Writers17 decades
  17. 17George Eliot1819-1880 · United Kingdom · Writers19 decades
  18. 18Herman Melville1819-1891 · United States · Writers18 decades
  19. 19Frederick Douglass1818-1895 · United States · Writers18 decades
  20. 20Gregor Mendel1822-1884 · Scientists12 decades
  21. 21Gustave Flaubert1821-1880 · France · Writers17 decades
  22. 22John Ruskin1819-1900 · United Kingdom · Writers18 decades
  23. 23Susan B. Anthony1820-1906 · United States · Activists16 decades
  24. 24Rani of Jhansi1828-1858 · India · Activists8 decades
  25. 25William Tecumseh Sherman1820-1891 · United States · Writers14 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.