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The 1860s

Whose names filled the books of the 1860s - 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 Spanish books during the 1860s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers8.0
  2. 2John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal6.7
  3. 3Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures6.3
  4. 4Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures6.2
  5. 5John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians5.1
  6. 6Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians3.6
  7. 7John I of France1316-1316 · 14th century · France · Historical Figures2.5
  8. 8Pedro de Valdivia1497-1553 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians2.1
  9. 9Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.0
  10. 10Wittiza686-710 · 8th century · Historical Figures2.0
  11. 11Teresa of Ávila1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.7
  12. 12Vincent Ferrer1350-1419 · 14th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.6
  13. 13Rodrigo de Quiroga1512-1580 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.5
  14. 14Ambrosio de Morales1513-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.4
  15. 15Juan López de Padilla1490-1521 · 16th century · Activists1.4
  16. 16Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan1809-1867 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians1.4
  17. 17Pope Alexander VI1431-1503 · 15th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.4
  18. 18Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.4
  19. 19Ignatius of Loyola1491-1556 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.4
  20. 20Antonio de Zamora1660-1727 · 17th century · Spain · Writers1.4
  21. 21Francisco de Villagra1511-1563 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.3
  22. 22Juan Bravo1483-1521 · 16th century · Politicians1.3
  23. 23Francisco Pacheco1564-1644 · 16th century · Artists1.2
  24. 24Luis de Mendoza1500-1520 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.2
  25. 25Francisco Quevedo1584-1645 · 17th century · Spain · Writers1.2
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1860s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Leo Tolstoy1828-1910 · Russia · Writers18 decades
  2. 2James A. Garfield1831-1881 · United States · Politicians16 decades
  3. 3Jules Verne1828-1905 · France · Writers16 decades
  4. 4Chester A. Arthur1829-1886 · United States · Politicians15 decades
  5. 5Alfred Nobel1833-1896 · Sweden · Scientists13 decades
  6. 6Lewis Carroll1832-1898 · United Kingdom · Writers16 decades
  7. 7Emily Dickinson1830-1886 · United States · Writers13 decades
  8. 8Benjamin Harrison1833-1901 · United States · Politicians19 decades
  9. 9Dmitri Mendeleev1834-1907 · Russia · Scientists11 decades
  10. 10Franz Joseph I of Austria1830-1916 · Austria · Historical Figures18 decades
  11. 11Johannes Brahms1833-1897 · Germany · Musicians17 decades
  12. 12James Clerk Maxwell1831-1879 · United Kingdom · Scientists14 decades
  13. 13Henrik Ibsen1828-1906 · Norway · Writers14 decades
  14. 14Sitting Bull1831-1890 · United States15 decades
  15. 15Louisa May Alcott1832-1888 · United States · Writers14 decades
  16. 16Gustave Eiffel1832-1923 · France · Scientists10 decades
  17. 17Édouard Manet1832-1883 · France · Artists15 decades
  18. 18Porfirio Díaz1830-1915 · Mexico · Politicians16 decades
  19. 19Edgar Degas1834-1917 · France · Artists11 decades
  20. 20Frederick III, German Emperor1831-1888 · Germany · Politiciansnot measured-
  21. 21Johann Strauss II1825-1899 · Austria · Musicians16 decades
  22. 22Geronimo1829-1909 · United States · Actorsnot measured-
  23. 23Isabella II of Spain1830-1904 · Spain · Models11 decades
  24. 24Maximilian I of Mexico1832-1867 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  25. 25William Morris1834-1896 · United Kingdom · Artists19 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.