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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 French books during the 1860s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Louis XIV of France1638-1715 · 17th century · France · Historical Figures35
  2. 2Voltaire1694-1778 · 18th century · France · Writers34
  3. 3Molière1622-1673 · 17th century · France · Writers15
  4. 4Louis XVI of France1754-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures14
  5. 5Louis XV of France1710-1774 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures11
  6. 6François Fénelon1651-1715 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures8.9
  7. 7Montesquieu1689-1755 · 18th century · France · Academics7.2
  8. 8Louis XVIII of France1755-1824 · 18th century · France · Politicians5.8
  9. 9Victor Hugo1802-1885 · 19th century · France · Writers4.2
  10. 10Louis XII of France1462-1515 · 15th century · France · Historical Figures3.9
  11. 11Marie Antoinette1755-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures3.9
  12. 12Francis de Sales1567-1622 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures3.8
  13. 13Napoleon III1808-1873 · 19th century · France · Politicians3.7
  14. 14Charles X of France1757-1836 · 18th century · France · Politicians3.1
  15. 15Vincent de Paul1581-1660 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures3.0
  16. 16Francis II of France1544-1560 · 16th century · France · Politicians2.6
  17. 17Benjamin Constant1767-1830 · 19th century · Switzerland · Politicians2.5
  18. 18Joan of Arc1412-1431 · 15th century · France2.4
  19. 19Marie de' Medici1575-1642 · 17th century · France · Politicians2.0
  20. 20Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme1540-1614 · 16th century · France · Writers1.9
  21. 21Jules Favre1809-1880 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.9
  22. 22Jules Simon1814-1896 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.8
  23. 23Louis Blanc1811-1882 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians1.8
  24. 24Philip V of Spain1683-1746 · 18th century · France · Politicians1.6
  25. 25Camille Desmoulins1760-1794 · 18th century · France · Journalists1.4
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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.