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1862
Whose working lives fell in 1862. 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 1862, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Joseph Lister18 decades - 2
Ellen G. White6 decades - 3
Johanna Spyri11 decades
- 4
Arnold Böcklin14 decades - 5
Lew Wallace16 decades - 6
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia20 decades - 7
William Holman Hunt5 decades - 8
Konstantin Pobedonostsev9 decades - 9
Marcellin Berthelot15 decades - 10
John Hanning Speke1 decades - 11
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskynot measured- - 12
Jyotirao Phule0 decades - 13
Sandford Fleming15 decades - 14
Elizabeth Siddal2 decades - 15
Josef Strauss0 decades - 16
Ignacio Zaragoza16 decades - 17
Jules Breton16 decades - 18
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux5 decades - 19
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff6 decades - 20
Deodoro da Fonseca1 decades - 21
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows13 decades - 22
Charles De Coster13 decades - 23
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Riponnot measured- - 24
Hiram Rhodes Revelsnot measured- - 25
Kusumoto Inenot measured- - 26
Mihály Zichy0 decades - 27
William Burges5 decades - 28
Pierre Cuypers0 decades - 29
Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg0 decades - 30
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russianot measured- - 31
Honinbo Shusakunot measured- - 32
Mary Ward19 decades - 33
Paul de Lagarde16 decades - 34
Quintino Sellanot measured- - 35
Nakahama Manjirōnot measured- - 36
Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsfordnot measured- - 37
Ramón Emeterio Betancesnot measured- - 38
Manuel Marroquínnot measured- - 39
Richard Morris Huntnot measured- - 40
Alphonse James de Rothschildnot measured- - 41
Frederick Townsend Wardnot measured- - 42
Barbara Bodichon3 decades - 43
Augustus Pitt Riversnot measured- - 44
Amédée Courbetnot measured- - 45
Oswald Achenbach13 decades - 46
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austrianot measured- - 47
Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austrianot measured- - 48
Prince Francis, Count of Trapaninot measured- - 49
Nikolay Beketovnot measured- - 50
John Gibbonnot measured- - 51
Mehmed Ali Pashanot measured- - 52
Alula Engidanot measured- - 53
Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalovnot measured- - 54
Henry Warner Slocum Sr.not measured- - 55
William Wallace Lincolnnot measured- - 56
Duke Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Schwerinnot measured- - 57
Lev Lagorionot measured- - 58
Marian Langiewicznot measured- - 59
Lydia Becker2 decades - 60
Asaf Jah V of Hyderabadnot measured- - 61
William Dwight Whitney7 decades - 62
Milton Lathamnot measured- - 63
Halil Rifat Pashanot measured- - 64
Gisela von Arnimnot measured- - 65
Karl Maximovichnot measured- - 66
Cynthia Ann Parkernot measured- - 67
Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerquenot measured- - 68
Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmontnot measured- - 69
Debsirindranot measured- - 70
Leonid Hlibovnot measured- - 71
Martin Tovar y Tovarnot measured- - 72
Charles Eliot Nortonnot measured- - 73
Fitz James O'Briennot measured- - 74
Frederick Abel5 decades - 75
Valentine Bakernot measured- - 76
Pierre Tirard0 decades - 77
Heinrich Karl Brugsch15 decades - 78
Manuel Alonso Martíneznot measured- - 79
Yamauchi Toyoshigenot measured- - 80
Ankō Azatonot measured- - 81
Petko Slaveykov0 decades - 82
Nikolai Severtzov2 decades - 83
Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozanonot measured- - 84
John G. Downeynot measured- - 85
Infanta Josefa Fernanda of Spainnot measured- - 86
Antonio Borreronot measured- - 87
Lizzie Burnsnot measured- - 88
Zygmunt Sierakowskinot measured- - 89
Edmund J. Davisnot measured- - 90
Étienne Léopold Trouvelotnot measured- - 91
Hugh Childersnot measured- - 92
Maria Francesca Rossettinot measured- - 93
Charles Lennox Richardsonnot measured- - 94
St. George Jackson Mivartnot measured- - 95
Ahmadi Donishnot measured- - 96
William Vernon Harcourtnot measured- - 97
Turner Ashbynot measured- - 98
Joseph Halévynot measured- - 99Münire Sultannot measured-
- 100
Frederic George Stephensnot 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.