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1865
Whose working lives fell in 1865. 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 1865, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Emily Dickinson13 decades - 2
Franz Joseph I of Austria18 decades - 3
Porfirio Díaz16 decades - 4
Isabella II of Spain11 decades - 5
John Wilkes Booth16 decades - 6
Camille Pissarro13 decades - 7
Louise Michel15 decades - 8
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisburynot measured- - 9
Christina Rossetti16 decades - 10
Eadweard Muybridge7 decades - 11
Frédéric Mistral17 decades - 12
Élisée Reclus16 decades - 13
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach14 decades - 14
Albert Bierstadt6 decades - 15
Paul Heyse17 decades - 16
Frederic Leighton5 decades - 17
Hans von Bülow17 decades - 18
Alexei Savrasov3 decades - 19
Harriet Lane16 decades - 20
Abdülaziznot measured- - 21
Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russianot measured- - 22
Shoqan Walikhanov7 decades - 23
Carmine Crocco8 decades - 24
Hector Malot16 decades - 25
Samori Ture0 decades - 26
Isabella Beeton0 decades - 27
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburgnot measured- - 28
Étienne-Jules Marey3 decades - 29
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges0 decades - 30
Julius Lothar Meyer17 decades - 31
Aga Khan II0 decades - 32
Mary Harris Jones0 decades - 33
Kamehameha V3 decades - 34
James G. Blaine16 decades - 35
Ōkubo Toshimichi0 decades - 36
Albert Günther0 decades - 37
Jules de Goncourt17 decades - 38
Princess Eugénie of Swedennot measured- - 39
Oliver Otis Howard4 decades - 40
Theodor Leschetizky0 decades - 41
Guido Gezelle0 decades - 42
Karl Goldmark8 decades - 43
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoanot measured- - 44
Emily Davies11 decades - 45
Adèle Hugonot measured- - 46
Henry Morrison Flaglernot measured- - 47
Mehmed Said Paşanot measured- - 48
Antônio Conselheironot measured- - 49
Helen Hunt Jackson14 decades - 50
Clements Markham16 decades - 51
Belva Ann Lockwood0 decades - 52
William Quantrillnot measured- - 53
Kálmán Tisza0 decades - 54
Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhinenot measured- - 55
Lewis Powellnot measured- - 56
Hendrik Witbooinot measured- - 57
Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffetnot measured- - 58
Gouverneur Kemble Warrennot measured- - 59
David Heroldnot measured- - 60
Luiz Gamanot measured- - 61
Ezra Meekernot measured- - 62
Abraham Jacobinot measured- - 63
Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astornot measured- - 64
Michel Croznot measured- - 65
Harriet Hosmernot measured- - 66
Mikhail Dragomirovnot measured- - 67
Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningennot measured- - 68
Zebulon Baird Vancenot measured- - 69
Juan Manuel Blanesnot measured- - 70
Miguel Iglesiasnot measured- - 71
Luigi Cremona17 decades - 72
Julius Bahnsennot measured- - 73
Henry Birdnot measured- - 74
Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenachnot measured- - 75
Robert Hamerling16 decades - 76
Henry Peach Robinsonnot measured- - 77
Alfred Waterhousenot measured- - 78
George Atzerodtnot measured- - 79
François-Marie Raoult0 decades - 80
Clémence Royer15 decades - 81
Nain Singh Rawatnot measured- - 82
Anthony Durnfordnot measured- - 83
Lars Hertervignot measured- - 84
Charles Wyville Thomsonnot measured- - 85
al-Zubayr Rahma Mansurnot measured- - 86
Nikolai Nevrevnot measured- - 87
Horace Tabornot measured- - 88
Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausennot measured- - 89
John Moresbynot measured- - 90
Karl Klindworthnot measured- - 91
Joseph O. Shelbynot measured- - 92
Ivan Larionovnot measured- - 93
Ranbir Singh I of Kashmirnot measured- - 94
Manuel Ezequiel Bruzualnot measured- - 95Okada Izōnot measured-
- 96
Adolph Sutronot measured- - 97
Lina Morgensternnot measured- - 98
George Graham Vestnot measured- - 99
M'sirinot measured- - 100
Liu Kunyinot 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.