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1864
Whose working lives fell in 1864. 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 1864, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Chester A. Arthur15 decades - 2
Geronimonot measured- - 3
George Boolenot measured- - 4
Levi Strauss11 decades - 5
John Everett Millais13 decades - 6
Oscar II of Sweden0 decades - 7
Anton Rubinstein15 decades - 8
August Kekulé4 decades - 9
Allan Hume0 decades - 10
William Boothnot measured- - 11
J. E. B. Stuart16 decades - 12
Ivan Sechenov0 decades - 13
John of Kronstadt13 decades - 14
Carl Schurz16 decades - 15
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov10 decades - 16
Theodor Billroth17 decades - 17
Asaph Hall7 decades - 18
Anselm Feuerbach20 decades - 19
Konstanty Kalinowski2 decades - 20
Alfred Brehm17 decades - 21
Tự Đức0 decades - 22
Ranavalona II1 decades - 23
Antonio Guzmán Blanco15 decades - 24
Konrad Duden10 decades - 25
Adolf Fick9 decades - 26
José de Alencar0 decades - 27
Jean-Jacques Henner5 decades - 28
Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holsteinnot measured- - 29
William T. Andersonnot measured- - 30
Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrailnot measured- - 31
Louis Moreau Gottschalknot measured- - 32
Roscoe Conklingnot measured- - 33Hong Tianguifunot measured-
- 34
Laura Bridgmannot measured- - 35
Maurice Jolynot measured- - 36
Auguste Beernaert12 decades - 37
Graziadio Isaia Ascoli14 decades - 38
Prince William of Badennot measured- - 39
Ferdinand Vandeveer Haydennot measured- - 40
Elwin Bruno Christoffel0 decades - 41
Robert Nobelnot measured- - 42
William Michael Rossettinot measured- - 43
Philip Sclater0 decades - 44
Edmond Albiusnot measured- - 45
Catherine Boothnot measured- - 46
Laurence Oliphantnot measured- - 47
Ziya Pashanot measured- - 48
Franz Reuleaux10 decades - 49
Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburgnot measured- - 50
August Malmströmnot measured- - 51
Frederick Sandysnot measured- - 52
Charles Brookenot measured- - 53
Ludvig Lorenz0 decades - 54
Surendra of Nepalnot measured- - 55
Suzanne Manetnot measured- - 56
Newton Knightnot measured- - 57
Isaac Robertsnot measured- - 58
Moritz Cantor6 decades - 59
Otto Goldschmidtnot measured- - 60
J. N. Andrewsnot measured- - 61
William W. Belknapnot measured- - 62
Jean Dufresnenot measured- - 63
Mikael Nalbandian0 decades - 64
Charles Dudley Warnernot measured- - 65Ah Toynot measured-
- 66
Rashid Ahmad Gangohinot measured- - 67
Marie Luise Anna von Preußennot measured- - 68
N. R. Pogson0 decades - 69
Edwin Longnot measured- - 70
Edward Bensonnot measured- - 71
Auguste Toulmouchenot measured- - 72
Honorat Koźmińskinot measured- - 73
Giuseppe Mengoninot measured- - 74
Takechi Hanpeitanot measured- - 75
Black Bartnot measured- - 76
Lester Allan Peltonnot measured- - 77
Adolfo Alsinanot measured- - 78
Ferdinand von Hochstetternot measured- - 79Inoue Genzaburōnot measured-
- 80Eduard von Lewinskinot measured-
- 81
Alfred Newton12 decades - 82
Carl Heinrich von Siemensnot measured- - 83
Grigory Danilevskynot measured- - 84
Samuel Rawson Gardinernot measured- - 85
Włodzimierz Spasowicznot measured- - 86
James Fitzjames Stephennot measured- - 87
Henri de Saussurenot measured- - 88
Théodore Aubanelnot measured- - 89
Joseph Jeffersonnot measured- - 90
William B. Allisonnot measured- - 91
Emil Oskar Nobelnot measured- - 92
Richard Cokenot measured- - 93
Tommaso Salvininot measured- - 94Berthold Woltzenot measured-
- 95
Jean-Antoine Carrelnot measured- - 96
Victor Cherbulieznot measured- - 97
Robert E. Rodesnot measured- - 98
Yousef al-Khalidinot measured- - 99
William Odlingnot measured- - 100
Emilio Visconti Venostanot 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.