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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
  26. 26Dino Compagni1255-1324 · 13th century · Writers1.2
  27. 27Cimabue1240-1302 · 13th century · Artists1.1
  28. 28Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.1
  29. 29Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists1.1
  30. 30Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers1.1
  31. 31Giordano Bruno1548-1600 · 16th century · Italy · Academics1.1
  32. 32Cesare Borgia1475-1507 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.1
  33. 33Cosimo de' Medici1389-1464 · 15th century · Politicians1.0
  34. 34Bettino Ricasoli1809-1880 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians1.0
  35. 35Domenichino1581-1641 · 17th century · Artists1.0
  36. 36Guercino1591-1666 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.0
  37. 37Paolo Sarpi1552-1623 · 16th century · Academics0.96
  38. 38Francesco Guicciardini1483-1540 · 16th century · Writers0.91
  39. 39Filippo Maria Visconti1392-1447 · 15th century · Politicians0.91
  40. 40Giulio Romano1499-1546 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.90
  41. 41Guido Cavalcanti1258-1300 · 13th century · Writers0.88
  42. 42Pietro Aretino1492-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.86
  43. 43Benvenuto Cellini1500-1571 · 16th century · France · Artists0.83
  44. 44Catherine de' Medici1519-1589 · 16th century · France · Historical Figures0.83
  45. 45Masaccio1401-1428 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.81
  46. 46Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.81
  47. 47Urbano Rattazzi1808-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians0.80
  48. 48Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists0.80
  49. 49Apostolo Zeno1668-1750 · 18th century · Writers0.80
  50. 50Aloysius Gonzaga1568-1591 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.76
  51. 51Felice Orsini1819-1858 · 19th century · Writers0.75
  52. 52Andrea del Sarto1486-1530 · 16th century · Artists0.74
  53. 53Niccolò Machiavelli1469-1527 · 16th century · Politicians0.73
  54. 54Paolo Veronese1528-1588 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.70
  55. 55Guido Reni1575-1642 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.70
  56. 56Giuseppe Giusti1809-1850 · 19th century · Writers0.68
  57. 57Giovanni Boccaccio1313-1375 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.67
  58. 58Francesca da Rimini1259-1285 · 13th century · Italy · Writers0.65
  59. 59Lucrezia Borgia1480-1519 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.61
  60. 60Salvator Rosa1615-1673 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.60
  61. 61Pietro Verri1728-1797 · 18th century · Academics0.59
  62. 62Franco Sacchetti1332-1400 · 14th century · Writers0.59
  63. 63Vittoria Colonna1492-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.58
  64. 64Prospero Colonna1452-1523 · 15th century0.58
  65. 65Alessandro Cagliostro1743-1795 · 18th century · France · Doctors0.58
  66. 66Bernardino of Siena1380-1444 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.58
  67. 67Baldassare Franceschini1611-1690 · 17th century · Artists0.55
  68. 68Francesco Gonzaga1444-1483 · 15th century0.55
  69. 69Giorgio Vasari1511-1574 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.55
  70. 70Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei1675-1755 · 18th century · Writers0.53
  71. 71Benedetto Varchi1503-1565 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.53
  72. 72Francesco Redi1626-1697 · 17th century · Doctors0.52
  73. 73Pope Clement VII1478-1534 · 16th century · Religious Figures0.52
  74. 74Antonio Rosmini1797-1855 · 19th century · Academics0.52
  75. 75Pietro Bembo1470-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.52
  76. 76Marsilio Ficino1433-1499 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.50
  77. 77Paolo Giovio1483-1552 · 16th century · Writers0.49
  78. 78Teodato Ipato750-800 · 8th century · Politicians0.49
  79. 79Niccolò Tommaseo1802-1874 · 19th century · Italy · Academics0.49
  80. 80Marco Minghetti1818-1886 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians0.47
  81. 81Matteo Villani1283-1363 · 14th century · Writers0.46
  82. 82Pietro Lombardo1435-1515 · 15th century · Artists0.46
  83. 83Ottavio Farnese1524-1586 · 16th century · Politicians0.45
  84. 84Filippo Villani1325-1407 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.45
  85. 85Bernardo Tasso1493-1569 · 16th century · Writers0.44
  86. 86Scipione Ammirato1531-1601 · 16th century · Writers0.43
  87. 87Giuliano de' Medici1453-1478 · 15th century · Politicians0.43
  88. 88Pietro Giannone1676-1748 · 18th century · Academics0.41
  89. 89Luigi Alamanni1495-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.41
  90. 90Michelangelo1475-1564 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.41
  91. 91Francesco Foscari1373-1457 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians0.40
  92. 92Cesare Beccaria1738-1794 · 18th century · Italy · Academics0.40
  93. 93Federico Borromeo1564-1631 · 16th century · Religious Figures0.40
  94. 94Andrea Dandolo1306-1354 · 14th century · Politicians0.40
  95. 95Leon Battista Alberti1404-1472 · 15th century · Italy · Architects0.39
  96. 96Pope Leo X1475-1521 · 16th century · Religious Figures0.38
  97. 97Giambattista Vico1668-1744 · 18th century · Italy · Academics0.37
  98. 98Antonio Canova1757-1822 · 18th century · Italy · Artists0.37
  99. 99Pisanello1395-1455 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.36
  100. 100Pinturicchio1454-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.36

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.