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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 Italian books during the 1860s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists4.9
  2. 2Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers4.1
  3. 3Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists3.5
  4. 4Cesare Balbo1789-1853 · 19th century · Politicians2.2
  5. 5Andrea Doria1466-1560 · 16th century · Italy · Politicians2.0
  6. 6Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers2.0
  7. 7Vincenzo Gioberti1801-1852 · 19th century · Italy · Academics1.9
  8. 8Giuseppe Mazzini1805-1872 · 19th century · Italy · Activists1.9
  9. 9Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.9
  10. 10Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492 · 15th century · Politicians1.9
  11. 11Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · 19th century · Writers1.8
  12. 12Massimo d'Azeglio1798-1866 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians1.7
  13. 13Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.7
  14. 14Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects1.7
  15. 15Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.5
  16. 16Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.4
  17. 17Philip Neri1515-1595 · 16th century · Religious Figures1.3
  18. 18Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.3
  19. 19Paul the Deacon720-799 · 8th century · Writers1.3
  20. 20Cesare Cantù1804-1895 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.2
  21. 21Silvio Pellico1789-1854 · 19th century · Writers1.2
  22. 22Vittorio Alfieri1749-1803 · 18th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.2
  23. 23Petrarch1304-1374 · 14th century · Italy · Academics1.2
  24. 24Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.2
  25. 25Girolamo Savonarola1452-1498 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians1.2
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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.