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1851
Whose working lives fell in 1851. 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 1851, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Charlotte Brontë17 decades - 2
Werner von Siemens13 decades - 3
Arthur de Gobineau12 decades - 4
Carl Zeiss13 decades - 5
Ferdinand II of Portugalnot measured- - 6
Paul Reuter0 decades - 7
Gustav Freytag18 decades - 8
Eugène Pottier12 decades - 9
Priscilla Cooper Tyler0 decades - 10
Jubal Early12 decades - 11
Emanuel Leutze0 decades - 12
Paul Féval18 decades - 13
George Henry Thomas0 decades - 14
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Teschennot measured- - 15
Elihu B. Washburne10 decades - 16
Dmitry Milyutin6 decades - 17
Nathaniel P. Banks17 decades - 18
Antoine Béchampnot measured- - 19
Sir William Gull, 1st Baronetnot measured- - 20
Malwida Freiin von Meysenbug12 decades - 21
Morrison Waitenot measured- - 22
Charles Denis Bourbakinot measured- - 23
Stephen Allen Benson0 decades - 24
Franz Sachernot measured- - 25
John Frederick Kensett0 decades - 26
Charles Frédéric Gerhardt5 decades - 27
John Charles Rylenot measured- - 28
Friedrich Wilhelm Chrlstiam Gerstäckernot measured- - 29
Charlotte Cushmannot measured- - 30
August Karl von Goebennot measured- - 31
William Sterndale Bennett1 decades - 32
Giovanni Morellinot measured- - 33
Moritz Steinschneidernot measured- - 34
Carl Ludwignot measured- - 35
Manuel Murillo Toronot measured- - 36
Henri Dupuy de Lôme0 decades - 37
Matías Ramón Mellanot measured- - 38
Ferdinand Ritter von Hebranot measured- - 39
Henry Hopkins Sibleynot measured- - 40
Paul Gervais14 decades - 41Gülcemal Kadinnot measured-
- 42
Ion Ghica0 decades - 43
Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlinnot measured- - 44
Antoine-François Marmontel0 decades - 45
Marie Lafargenot measured- - 46
Frederic William Burtonnot measured- - 47
Richard Leach Maddoxnot measured- - 48
Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronetnot measured- - 49
Yoshida Tōyōnot measured- - 50
Johan Sverdrupnot measured- - 51
Stephen Johnson Fieldnot measured- - 52
Alfred Rethelnot measured- - 53
Peter von Uslarnot measured- - 54
Luke Pryor Blackburnnot measured- - 55
Macarius Bulgakovnot measured- - 56
Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalosnot measured- - 57
Louis Wigfallnot measured- - 58
Charles-Eugène Delaunay0 decades - 59
Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagennot measured- - 60
Princess Leonilla Bariatinskayanot measured- - 61
Edward Johnsonnot measured- - 62
Rudolf von Gneistnot measured- - 63
Philip James Baileynot measured- - 64
José Santos Guardiolanot measured- - 65
C. A. Rosettinot measured- - 66
Charles Lasèguenot measured- - 67
Jean Cabanisnot measured- - 68Samuel Rowbothamnot measured-
- 69
Ekaterine Chavchavadzenot measured- - 70
Henry Laurens Dawesnot measured- - 71
Amedeo Preziosinot measured- - 72
Pope Cyril IV of Alexandrianot measured- - 73
Andrei Mureșanunot measured- - 74
Nils Blommérnot measured- - 75
Francisco Bolognesinot measured- - 76
Daniel Goochnot measured- - 77Jean Frédéric Frenetnot measured-
- 78
Charles Thomas Newtonnot measured- - 79
Kawatake Mokuaminot measured- - 80
Rudolf Wolf17 decades - 81
Ernst Litfaßnot measured- - 82
Sir Lowthian Bell, 1st Baronetnot measured- - 83
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Hermann Goedschenot measured- - 84
Friedrich Gottlob Kellernot measured- - 85
Charles Gavan Duffynot measured- - 86
Russell Sagenot measured- - 87
Princess Marie, Countess of Neippergnot measured- - 88
Denis Vrain-Lucasnot measured- - 89
John Palmer Ushernot measured- - 90
James L. Alcornnot measured- - 91
Antonio Salviatinot measured- - 92
Jan Arnošt Smoler0 decades - 93
Samuel Freeman Millernot measured- - 94
Lewis Morris Rutherfurdnot measured- - 95
Clement Claiborne Claynot measured- - 96
Constantin Daniel Rosenthalnot measured- - 97
John Godfrey Saxenot measured- - 98
Carl Olof Roseniusnot measured- - 99
Paola Elisabetta Ceriolinot measured- - 100
Sarah Fairbrothernot 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.