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1863
Whose working lives fell in 1863. 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 1863, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Leo Tolstoy18 decades - 2
Jules Verne16 decades - 3
Henrik Ibsen14 decades - 4
Dante Gabriel Rossetti15 decades - 5
Henry Dunant13 decades - 6
Nikolay Chernyshevsky11 decades - 7
Saigō Takamori0 decades - 8
Charbel Makhlouf0 decades - 9
Hippolyte Taine13 decades - 10
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo17 decades - 11
Shyama Charan Lahiri0 decades - 12
John Langdon Down0 decades - 13
George Meredith17 decades - 14
Cheoljong of Joseonnot measured- - 15
Albert I of Saxonynot measured- - 16
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain0 decades - 17
Joseph Swannot measured- - 18
Alexander Butlerov10 decades - 19
Josephine Butler14 decades - 20
Louise of the Netherlands0 decades - 21
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia16 decades - 22
Kamehameha IV11 decades - 23
Robert Gould Shaw12 decades - 24
Effie Gray0 decades - 25
Meyer Guggenheim0 decades - 26
Edmond François Valentin About17 decades - 27
Paul Gachet5 decades - 28
Charles de Freycinet8 decades - 29
Radama II2 decades - 30
Lalla Fatma N'Soumernot measured- - 31
Viktor Rydberg0 decades - 32
Margaret Oliphant6 decades - 33
Iosif Vladimirovich Gurkonot measured- - 34
George Crooknot measured- - 35
Joseph Dietzgen6 decades - 36
Friedrich Albert Lange15 decades - 37
Thomas F. Bayard11 decades - 38
Andrew Murraynot measured- - 39
Prince Adalbert of Bavarianot measured- - 40
Rainilaiarivonynot measured- - 41
Ferdinand Cohn0 decades - 42
Andrew Taylor Stillnot measured- - 43
Dora d'Istria5 decades - 44
Randal Cremer2 decades - 45
Herman Grimmnot measured- - 46
Boris Chicherinnot measured- - 47
Harry Smith Parkesnot measured- - 48
Étienne Carjatnot measured- - 49
Maria Deraismes9 decades - 50
Władysław Czartoryskinot measured- - 51
Mathilde Wesendoncknot measured- - 52
Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudrynot measured- - 53
Charles Floquet15 decades - 54
Antoinette de Mérodenot measured- - 55
James B. McPhersonnot measured- - 56
Lucien Louis Joseph Napoleon Bonapartenot measured- - 57
Mikhail Chernyayevnot measured- - 58
Frank Calvertnot measured- - 59
Ignacio de Veintemillanot measured- - 60
August Friedrich Schenknot measured- - 61
Kanō Hōgainot measured- - 62
Albrecht von Graefenot measured-
- 63
Ely S. Parkernot measured- - 64
J. Johnston Pettigrewnot measured- - 65
Florvil Hyppolitenot measured- - 66
Edward Mitchell Bannisternot measured- - 67
Johannes von Miquelnot measured- - 68
Soejima Taneominot measured- - 69
Leonardo Murialdonot measured- - 70
René Goblet15 decades - 71
Charles Allston Collinsnot measured- - 72
Hanna Barvinoknot measured- - 73
Jonathan Hutchinsonnot measured- - 74
Nikolay Strakhovnot measured- - 75
Heinrich von Ferstelnot measured- - 76
Prince Felix of Salm-Salmnot measured- - 77
Friedrich Sorgenot measured- - 78
Jean Danjounot measured- - 79
Duke Wilhelm of Württembergnot measured- - 80
Thomas C. Hindmannot measured- - 81
Nikolai Pomyalovskynot measured- - 82
Clémence de Grandvalnot measured- - 83
Giovanni Nicoteranot measured- - 84
Emma Livrynot measured- - 85
Horatio Spaffordnot measured- - 86
Samuel J. Randallnot measured- - 87
Mina Karadžićnot measured- - 88
Shi Dakainot measured- - 89
Robert von Puttkamernot measured- - 90
Mór Than0 decades - 91Antonio Rotta0 decades
- 92
Jefferson C. Davisnot measured- - 93
Roberto Ardigònot measured- - 94
Charles Fosternot measured- - 95
Dragan Tsankovnot measured- - 96
Ernest Hellonot measured- - 97
John T. Hoffmannot measured- - 98
Julián Trujillo Largachanot measured- - 99
William Alexander Hammondnot measured- - 100
Woldemar Bargielnot 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.