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1858
Whose working lives fell in 1858. 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 1858, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Rani of Jhansi8 decades - 2
Alfred Russel Wallace15 decades - 3
Alexander Ostrovsky18 decades - 4
Ernest Renan17 decades - 5
Abdulmejid I0 decades - 6
Phineas Gage2 decades - 7
Max Müller5 decades - 8
Li Hongzhang10 decades - 9
Alexandre Cabanel6 decades - 10
Gyula Andrássy0 decades - 11
Leopold Kronecker5 decades - 12
John Sherman20 decades - 13
Jean-Henri Fabre7 decades - 14
Konstantin Ushinsky9 decades - 15
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada14 decades - 16
Théodore de Banville17 decades - 17
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine0 decades - 18
Karl I of Württembergnot measured- - 19
Édouard Lalo1 decades - 20
Pyotr Lavrov10 decades - 21
Mackenzie Bowell4 decades - 22
Mihailo Obrenović IIInot measured- - 23
Tokugawa Iesada0 decades - 24
Schuyler Colfax17 decades - 25
Frederick Francis II14 decades - 26
Katsu Kaishū0 decades - 27
Ante Starčević0 decades - 28
José María Iglesias Inzárruga17 decades - 29
Simon Bolivar Buckner1 decades - 30
Sophie Gengembre Andersonnot measured- - 31
Archduchess Margaretha, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austrianot measured- - 32
Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Badennot measured- - 33
Francis Parkman20 decades - 34
Princess Adelgunde of Bavarianot measured- - 35
Carl Wilhelm Siemens0 decades - 36
Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowskanot measured- - 37
Thomas Francis Meaghernot measured- - 38
Henry Wirznot measured- - 39
Gonçalves Diasnot measured- - 40
Ivan Aksakov17 decades - 41
George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyllnot measured- - 42
Władysław Syrokomlanot measured- - 43
Ahmed Vefik Pasha0 decades - 44
Joseph Leidy13 decades - 45
Kurmangazy Sagyrbaevnot measured- - 46
Jhalkaribainot measured- - 47
James L. Kempernot measured- - 48
Avantibainot measured- - 49
Spencer Fullerton Baird3 decades - 50
Charlotte Mary Yonge0 decades - 51
Imre Madách0 decades - 52
Infante Enrique of Spainnot measured- - 53
Ramalinga Swamigalnot measured- - 54
Thomas Wentworth Higginsonnot measured- - 55
Friedrich von Esmarchnot measured- - 56
Mary Boykin Chesnutnot measured- - 57
Mary Ann Shaddnot measured- - 58
Domenico Morellinot measured- - 59
Joseph Moniernot measured- - 60
Robert Whiteheadnot measured- - 61
Giuseppe Fiorellinot measured- - 62
Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereaunot measured- - 63
Spotted Tailnot measured- - 64
Enrico Betti16 decades - 65
Zeenat Mahalnot measured- - 66
Coventry Patmorenot measured- - 67
Jasper Francis Cropseynot measured- - 68
Maurice Sandnot measured- - 69
Alfred Stevensnot measured- - 70
Paul Janetnot measured- - 71
Edward Augustus Freemannot measured- - 72
Ludwig Bambergernot measured- - 73
Sanford Robinson Giffordnot measured- - 74
Julius Reubkenot measured- - 75
Gregorio Pacheconot measured- - 76
Oliver P. Mortonnot measured- - 77
Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austrianot measured- - 78
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandosnot measured- - 79
Lascăr Catarginot measured- - 80
Antoine Chanzynot measured- - 81
Servetseza Kadınnot measured- - 82
Francisco Asenjo Barbierinot measured- - 83
Xavier de Montépinnot measured- - 84
Nikolay Bungenot measured- - 85
Kornel Ujejskinot measured- - 86
Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingfürstnot measured- - 87
Li Xiuchengnot measured- - 88Jacques-Nicolas Lemmensnot measured-
- 89
Jean Auguste Marguerittenot measured- - 90
Prilidiano Pueyrredónnot measured- - 91
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenachnot measured- - 92
Ali Mubaraknot measured- - 93
Sophie Adlersparre0 decades - 94
Margaret Garnernot measured- - 95
George Henry Williamsnot measured- - 96
Manuel Baquedanonot measured- - 97
Bethel Henry Strousbergnot measured- - 98
Hu Xueyannot measured- - 99
William B. Franklinnot measured- - 100
Guillermo Tell Villegasnot 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.