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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 Russian books during the 1850s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures9.0
  2. 2Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers4.9
  3. 3Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century1.6
  4. 4Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians1.4
  5. 5Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century1.3
  6. 6Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia1783-1801 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.3
  7. 7Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures1.2
  8. 8Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.90
  9. 9Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.88
  10. 10Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.72
  11. 11Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.70
  12. 12Maximus the Greek1475-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.63
  13. 13Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.63
  14. 14Dimitry of Rostov1651-1709 · 17th century · Writers0.48
  15. 15Paul I of Russia1754-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.42
  16. 16Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn1643-1714 · 17th century · Politicians0.41
  17. 17Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.39
  18. 18Grigory Orlov1734-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.37
  19. 19Ivan Mazepa1639-1709 · 17th century · Politicians0.35
  20. 20Stefan Yavorsky1658-1722 · 17th century · Russia · Academics0.34
  21. 21Mykhailo Maksymovych1804-1873 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.30
  22. 22Kirill Razumovsky1728-1803 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.26
  23. 23Nikolay Dobrolyubov1836-1861 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.25
  24. 24Elizabeth of Russia1709-1761 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.22
  25. 25Alexis of Russia1629-1676 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.21
  26. 26Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia1690-1718 · 18th century · Politicians0.20
  27. 27Dmitry Pozharsky1577-1642 · 17th century · Politicians0.20
  28. 28Alexander Suvorov1730-1800 · 18th century · Russia0.19
  29. 29Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827-1892 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.18
  30. 30Sergey Aksakov1791-1859 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.16
  31. 31Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.16
  32. 32Grigory Potemkin1739-1791 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.14
  33. 33Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia1825-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.14
  34. 34Paul of Kolomna1600-1656 · 17th century · Writers0.14
  35. 35Oleg I of Chernigov1052-1115 · 11th century · Historical Figures0.13
  36. 36Symeon of Polotsk1629-1680 · 17th century · Writers0.13
  37. 37Aleksey Pisemsky1821-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.12
  38. 38Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov1727-1797 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.11
  39. 39Boris of Tver1400-1461 · 15th century0.11
  40. 40Leo Tolstoy1828-1910 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.11
  41. 41Konstantin of Rostov1185-1218 · 13th century · Politicians0.11
  42. 42Nikita Panin1718-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.11
  43. 43Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.10
  44. 44Boris Sheremetev1652-1719 · 17th century · Politicians0.10
  45. 45Vsevolod Mstislavich of Volhynia1150-1195 · 12th century0.09
  46. 46Ivan the Terrible1530-1584 · 16th century · Politicians0.09
  47. 47Mikhail Lazarev1788-1851 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.09
  48. 48Mikhail Vorontsov1782-1856 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.08
  49. 49Joseph Volotsky1440-1515 · 15th century · Writers0.08
  50. 50Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia1858-1915 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.08
  51. 51Catherine Pavlovna of Russia1788-1819 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.08
  52. 52Alexander Menshikov1673-1729 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.07
  53. 53Alexander Radishchev1749-1802 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.07
  54. 54Catherine I of Russia1684-1727 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.07
  55. 55Nikolay Karamzin1766-1826 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  56. 56Faddey Bulgarin1789-1859 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  57. 57Nicholas I of Russia1796-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Models0.06
  58. 58Kuzma Minindied 1616 · 17th century · Politicians0.06
  59. 59Ivan Goncharov1812-1891 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  60. 60Basil Fool for Christ1468-1552 · 16th century0.06
  61. 61Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy1645-1729 · 17th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  62. 62Michael of Russia1596-1645 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.05
  63. 63Konstantin Aksakov1817-1860 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  64. 64Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.05
  65. 65Peter III of Russia1728-1762 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures0.05
  66. 66Nikolai Gogol1809-1852 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  67. 67Aleksei Fedorovich Adashev1510-1561 · 16th century · Politicians0.05
  68. 68Ivan Fyodorov1510-1583 · 16th century0.04
  69. 69Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov1787-1869 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.04
  70. 70Alexander Ostrovsky1823-1886 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  71. 71Dmitry Grigorovich1822-1899 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  72. 72Mikhail Bakunin1814-1876 · 19th century · Israel · Activists0.04
  73. 73Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov1711-1762 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.04
  74. 74Mikhail Speransky1772-1839 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.03
  75. 75Ivan Dmitriev1760-1837 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  76. 76Stepan Rumovsky1734-1812 · 18th century · Russia · Academics0.03
  77. 77Fyodor Dostoevsky1821-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  78. 78Theophanes the Greek1335-1410 · 14th century · Artists0.03
  79. 79Peter Shafirov1669-1739 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  80. 80Pavel Nakhimov1802-1855 · 19th century · Russia0.03
  81. 81Lavrentii Zyzanii1550-1634 · 16th century · Educators0.03
  82. 82Alexander Shishkov1754-1841 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  83. 83Alexander Sumarokov1717-1777 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  84. 84Konstantin Leontiev1831-1891 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.03
  85. 85Otto Wilhelm von Struve1819-1905 · 19th century · Russia · Scientists0.03
  86. 86Artamon Matveyev1625-1682 · 17th century · Politicians0.03
  87. 87Pyotr Panin1721-1789 · 18th century · Russia0.02
  88. 88Dmitry Shuisky1560-1612 · 16th century0.02
  89. 89Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia1857-1905 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.02
  90. 90Alexander Herzen1812-1870 · 19th century · Switzerland · Writers0.02
  91. 91Antiochus Kantemir1708-1744 · 18th century · Russia · Academics0.02
  92. 92Konstantin of Uglich1389-1434 · 15th century0.02
  93. 93Mikhail of Tver1271-1318 · 14th century · Politicians0.02
  94. 94Jacob Bruce1669-1735 · 18th century · Russia · Scientists0.02
  95. 95Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy1817-1875 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.02
  96. 96Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.02
  97. 97Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin1605-1680 · 17th century · Writers0.02
  98. 98Vasily Tatishchev1686-1750 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.02
  99. 99Yemelyan Pugachev1742-1775 · 18th century · Russia · Activists0.02
  100. 100Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia1657-1704 · 17th century · Politicians0.02

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.