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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 Russian books during the 1860s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures11
  2. 2Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers3.6
  3. 3Maximus the Greek1475-1556 · 16th century · Writers1.5
  4. 4Grigory Potemkin1739-1791 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians1.2
  5. 5Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century1.0
  6. 6Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.79
  7. 7Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.73
  8. 8Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.70
  9. 9Grigory Orlov1734-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.69
  10. 10Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians0.57
  11. 11Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.50
  12. 12Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.46
  13. 13Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.46
  14. 14Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures0.45
  15. 15Alexis of Russia1629-1676 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.43
  16. 16Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia1690-1718 · 18th century · Politicians0.42
  17. 17Elizabeth of Russia1709-1761 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.41
  18. 18Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.41
  19. 19Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.41
  20. 20Ivan the Terrible1530-1584 · 16th century · Politicians0.40
  21. 21Konstantin Aksakov1817-1860 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.36
  22. 22Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia1783-1801 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.34
  23. 23Stefan Yavorsky1658-1722 · 17th century · Russia · Academics0.32
  24. 24Catherine Pavlovna of Russia1788-1819 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.29
  25. 25Nikita Panin1718-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.28
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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.