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1857
Whose working lives fell in 1857. 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 1857, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Ulysses S. Grant16 decades - 2
Louis Pasteur14 decades - 3
Rutherford B. Hayes16 decades - 4
Gregor Mendel12 decades - 5
Heinrich Schliemann15 decades - 6
Francis Galton17 decades - 7
Rosa Bonheur18 decades - 8
César Franck15 decades - 9
Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz5 decades - 10
Frederick Law Olmsted16 decades - 11
Mangal Pandey0 decades - 12
Rudolf Clausius8 decades - 13
Dominic Savio11 decades - 14
Red Cloud16 decades - 15
Mathew Benjamin Bradynot measured- - 16
Prince Napoléon-Jérôme, Prince Napoléon0 decades - 17
Charles Hermite7 decades - 18
Teresa Cristina of the Two Siciliesnot measured- - 19
Edmond de Goncourt15 decades - 20
Frédéric Passy17 decades - 21
Sa'id of Egypt0 decades - 22
Archduchess Sophie of Austria0 decades - 23
Étienne Lenoir0 decades - 24
Nikolay Danilevsky4 decades - 25
Midhat Pasha15 decades - 26
Matthew Arnold17 decades - 27
Princess Augusta of Cambridgenot measured- - 28
Olga Nikolaevna of Russianot measured- - 29
Ignacy Łukasiewicz0 decades - 30
Henri Murger16 decades - 31
Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumalenot measured- - 32
Luis Sáenz-Peñanot measured- - 33
Dmitry Grigorovich9 decades - 34
Thomas Hughes20 decades - 35
Edward Everett Hale16 decades - 36
Joachim Raff16 decades - 37
John Popenot measured- - 38
Juan de Borbón y Bragança0 decades - 39
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Nemoursnot measured- - 40
Ahmet Cevdet Pasha0 decades - 41
Alexander Mackenzienot measured- - 42
John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlboroughnot measured- - 43
Januária, Countess of Aquilanot measured- - 44
Henry James Sumner Maine0 decades - 45
Joseph Bertrand19 decades - 46
Princess Maria Carolina, Duchess of Aumalenot measured- - 47
Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritznot measured- - 48
Gardiner Greene Hubbardnot measured- - 49
George Crumnot measured- - 50
James Pierpontnot measured- - 51
Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhinot measured- - 52
Fritz Müller16 decades - 53
Maxime Du Campnot measured- - 54
George Stonemannot measured- - 55
Adolf Kußmaulnot measured- - 56
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayonot measured- - 57
Albrecht Ritschlnot measured- - 58
Dion Boucicaultnot measured- - 59
Regine Olsennot measured- - 60
Alfred Józef Potockinot measured- - 61
Apollon Grigoryevnot measured- - 62Hong Rengannot measured-
- 63
Robert Luther4 decades - 64
Frances Power Cobbe10 decades - 65
Hayreddin Pashanot measured- - 66
Wajid Ali Shahnot measured- - 67
John Strong Newberrynot measured- - 68
Zygmunt Szczęsny Felińskinot measured- - 69
Fitz John Porternot measured- - 70
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest0 decades - 71
Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowskinot measured- - 72
Julius von Haastnot measured- - 73
Gerson von Bleichrödernot measured- - 74
Apollonie Sabatiernot measured- - 75
Wilhelm Bauernot measured- - 76
Edward Oxfordnot measured- - 77
Jules Antoine Lissajousnot measured- - 78
Sano Tsunetaminot measured- - 79
Lev Meinot measured- - 80
Paul Boglenot measured- - 81
Jorge Córdovanot measured- - 82
William Hayden Englishnot measured- - 83
Adelaide Ristorinot measured- - 84
August Heinrich Petermannnot measured- - 85
Jacob Moleschottnot measured- - 86
Teofil Lenartowicznot measured- - 87
Marie-Jean-Léon d'Hervey de Saint Denysnot measured- - 88
Franz Straussnot measured- - 89
Angus MacAskillnot measured- - 90
Robert William Thomsonnot measured- - 91
Willem Roelofsnot measured- - 92
Pyotr Vannovskiynot measured- - 93
Abram Stevens Hewittnot measured- - 94
Adolph Streckernot measured- - 95
Nikolay Ilminskynot measured- - 96
George Sykesnot measured- - 97
Joseph B. Kershawnot measured- - 98
Alfredo Piattinot measured- - 99
Victor Massénot measured- - 100
Francis Frithnot 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.