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1853
Whose working lives fell in 1853. 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 1853, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Karl Marx17 decades - 2
Alexander II of Russia17 decades - 3
Frederick Douglass18 decades - 4
Ignaz Semmelweis6 decades - 5
Ivan Turgenev6 decades - 6
Mary Todd Lincoln10 decades - 7
Christian IX of Denmark16 decades - 8
James Prescott Joule3 decades - 9
Charles Gounod17 decades - 10
Maria II of Portugal0 decades - 11
Francesco Crispi18 decades - 12
Jacob Burckhardt17 decades
- 13
P. G. T. Beauregardnot measured- - 14
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gothanot measured- - 15
Tewodros II0 decades - 16
Marius Petipa7 decades - 17
Adolf Anderssen0 decades - 18
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle17 decades - 19
Lewis H. Morgan15 decades - 20
Lucy Stone17 decades - 21
Maria Mitchell17 decades - 22
Sophie of Württembergnot measured- - 23
Angelica Singleton Van Buren0 decades - 24
Thomas Mayne Reid0 decades - 25
Richard Jordan Gatling0 decades - 26
Charles III, Prince of Monaco0 decades - 27
Benjamin Franklin Butler0 decades - 28
Amalia of Oldenburg0 decades - 29
Marco Minghetti18 decades - 30
August Wilhelm von Hofmann5 decades - 31
Rudolf von Jhering9 decades - 32
Amelia Bloomer6 decades - 33
Angelo Secchi17 decades - 34
Princess Maria Amélia of Brazilnot measured- - 35
Zachris Topelius0 decades - 36
Emil du Bois-Reymond16 decades - 37
Carlos Luis de Borbón y Bragançanot measured- - 38
François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinvillenot measured- - 39
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg0 decades - 40
Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria0 decades - 41
Irvin McDowell10 decades - 42
Max Joseph von Pettenkofer14 decades - 43
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen8 decades - 44
Artúr Görgeynot measured- - 45
Louis de Geer the Eldernot measured- - 46
Prince August, 3rd Prince of Koháry7 decades - 47
Carl Alexander I, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenachnot measured- - 48
Nathaniel Lyon13 decades - 49
Mikhail Katkov4 decades - 50
James Anthony Froude16 decades - 51
Louis Faidherbe2 decades - 52
Don Carlos Buellnot measured- - 53
Konstantin von Kaufmannot measured- - 54
Eduard Totlebennot measured- - 55
Wade Hampton IIInot measured- - 56
William M. Evarts12 decades - 57
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe10 decades - 58Tirimüjgan Kadınnot measured-
- 59
José María Castro Madriz0 decades - 60
Alexander Bain19 decades - 61
Heinrich Göbelnot measured- - 62
Joaquin Murrietanot measured- - 63
Thomas Francis Wadenot measured- - 64
Elizabeth F. Elletnot measured- - 65
Petar Preradović0 decades - 66
Elisabeth Baumann0 decades - 67
Şihabetdin Märcani1 decades - 68
Carlo Pisacanenot measured- - 69
Ibrahim Edhem Pashanot measured- - 70
Josh Billings16 decades - 71
John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutlandnot measured- - 72
Gustave Aimard14 decades - 73
Franciscus Donders0 decades - 74
George S. Boutwellnot measured- - 75
Mahmud Nedim Pashanot measured- - 76
Ignacio Ramíreznot measured- - 77
Antonio Bazzini17 decades - 78
Pavel Ivanovich Melnikovnot measured- - 79
George Brownnot measured- - 80
Juana Manuela Gorritinot measured- - 81
Nikolay Milyutinnot measured- - 82
Date Munenarinot measured- - 83
Cecil Frances Alexandernot measured- - 84
William Fargonot measured- - 85
John Henninger Reagannot measured- - 86
Eliza Cooknot measured- - 87
John Albion Andrewnot measured- - 88
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmondnot measured- - 89
Joseph Weydemeyernot measured- - 90
Manuelitonot measured- - 91
Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville13 decades - 92
Henry Litolffnot measured- - 93
Johann Jakob von Tschudi1 decades - 94
Branko Radičević0 decades - 95
Josip Filipovićnot measured- - 96
Gaetano Alimondanot measured- - 97
Theodor Kullaknot measured- - 98
Michele Novaronot measured- - 99
Wilhelm Camphausennot measured- - 100
John Mason Nealenot 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.