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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 Hebrew books during the 1860s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Haggaiborn 550 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures16
  2. 2Rav Ashi352-427 · 4th century13
  3. 3Simeon ben Gamliel IIborn 100 · 2nd century12
  4. 4Nathan the Babylonianborn 101 · 2nd century10
  5. 5Habakkuk626 BC-600 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures6.3
  6. 6Johanan ben Zakai50 BC-70 · 1st millennium BC5.2
  7. 7Simeon ben Zomadied 200 · 2nd century3.4
  8. 8Hillel the Elder50 BC-100 · 1st millennium BC2.8
  9. 9Hai Gaon939-1038 · 10th century · Writers2.5
  10. 10Saadia Gaon882-942 · 10th century · Academics2.3
  11. 11Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg1150-1217 · 12th century · Academics1.9
  12. 12Ahad Ha'am1856-1927 · 19th century · Russia · Writers1.7
  13. 13Hanina ben Dosa40-75 · 1st century1.5
  14. 14Abraham bar Hiyya1070-1136 · 12th century · Academics1.2
  15. 15Isaac Abrabanel1437-1508 · 15th century · Academics0.93
  16. 16Menasseh Ben Israel1604-1657 · 17th century · Netherlands · Academics0.89
  17. 17Samuel ibn Naghrillah993-1055 · 11th century · Writers0.87
  18. 18Sabbatai Zevi1626-1676 · 17th century · Turkey · Religious Figures0.85
  19. 19Yanaiborn 600 · 7th century · Writers0.71
  20. 20Azariah dei Rossi1513-1578 · 16th century · Writers0.70
  21. 21Josephus37-100 · 1st century · Writers0.66
  22. 22Chaim Joseph David Azulai1724-1806 · 18th century · Turkey · Historical Figures0.63
  23. 23Hayyim ben Joseph Vital1542-1620 · 16th century · Turkey · Musicians0.57
  24. 24Eliezer ben Hurcanus100-200 · 2nd century0.55
  25. 25Isaac the Blind1160-1235 · 12th century · France · Writers0.54
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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.