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1861
Whose working lives fell in 1861. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 1861, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Bernhard Riemann12 decades - 2
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin10 decades - 3
Carlo Collodi8 decades - 4
Eugénie de Montijo17 decades - 5
George Brinton McClellan0 decades - 6
Xianfeng Emperor0 decades - 7
Gustave Moreau16 decades - 8
Francisco Solano López18 decades - 9
Wilhelm Liebknecht13 decades - 10
Stephen Foster18 decades - 11
Charles XV of Sweden0 decades - 12
Julia Grant2 decades - 13
Frederic Edwin Church3 decades - 14
Nikolay Dobrolyubov14 decades - 15
Pedro V of Portugal0 decades - 16
Alexander Afanasyev5 decades - 17
Walter Bagehot16 decades - 18
Matilda Joslyn Gage5 decades - 19
Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Badennot measured- - 20
Cetshwayo kaMpande0 decades - 21
Henry Graynot measured- - 22
Giuseppe Zanardelli16 decades - 23
Stanislao Cannizzaro16 decades - 24
Ippolito Nievo17 decades - 25
Ludwig Minkus0 decades - 26
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Avanot measured- - 27
Armand David8 decades - 28
George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningennot measured- - 29
Joseph Victor von Scheffel5 decades - 30
Richard Christopher Carrington0 decades - 31
Zénobe Gramme0 decades - 32
Varina Davisnot measured- - 33
Princess Alexandra of Bavarianot measured- - 34
John Bufordnot measured- - 35
Rahime Perestu Sultannot measured- - 36
Romuald Trauguttnot measured- - 37
Hormuzd Rassamnot measured- - 38
Spotted Elknot measured- - 39
Mariano Ignacio Pradonot measured- - 40
Karl von Piloty0 decades - 41
Adolf Bastian16 decades - 42
İbrahim Şinasinot measured- - 43
Gustave Moyniernot measured- - 44
Henri Mouhot8 decades - 45
George Johnstone Stoney0 decades - 46
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburgnot measured- - 47
William Henry Waddington0 decades - 48
Richard Taylornot measured- - 49
William Smith Clarknot measured- - 50
John A. Logannot measured- - 51
Mohamed Sherif Pashanot measured- - 52Albert Niemannnot measured-
- 53
Silvestro Leganot measured- - 54
William Mahonenot measured- - 55
Lea Ahlbornnot measured- - 56
Infante João, Duke of Bejanot measured- - 57
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derbynot measured- - 58
Anthony Joseph Drexelnot measured- - 59
Gülistü Kadinnot measured- - 60
Johann Kölernot measured- - 61
Dinah Craik0 decades - 62
Marietta Alboninot measured- - 63
Antonio Raimondinot measured- - 64
Joseph Whartonnot measured- - 65
Princess Augusta of Württembergnot measured- - 66
Julius von Fickernot measured- - 67
Louis Favrenot measured- - 68
Manuel Antônio de Almeidanot measured- - 69
Benjamin B. Hotchkissnot measured- - 70
Emily Blackwellnot measured- - 71
Andrew Jackson Davisnot measured- - 72
Sylvain Salnavenot measured- - 73
Infante Fernando of Portugalnot measured- - 74
Sheikh Ubeydullahnot measured- - 75
Alfred Ely Beachnot measured- - 76
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrooknot measured- - 77
Mary Ann Brown Pattennot measured- - 78Serizawa Kamonot measured-
- 79
Théophane Vénardnot measured- - 80
Svetozar Miletićnot measured- - 81
Mariano Escobedonot measured- - 82
B. Gratz Brownnot measured- - 83
William John Willsnot measured- - 84
Carl Gegenbaur8 decades - 85
Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann0 decades - 86
Lucyna Ćwierczakiewiczowanot measured- - 87
Charles Hugonot measured- - 88
Edmund G. Rossnot measured- - 89
Utagawa Hiroshige IInot measured- - 90
Franz Grashofnot measured- - 91
Nathalie Lemelnot measured- - 92
Julie Hausmannnot measured- - 93
Christian Almernot measured- - 94
Soledad Torres Acostanot measured- - 95
Juan Pablo Rojas Paúlnot measured- - 96
Martha Costonnot measured- - 97
William Crowninshield Endicottnot measured- - 98
George Frisbie Hoarnot measured- - 99
Carlos de Haesnot measured- - 100
Marie Pasteurnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. 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. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.