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1867
Whose working lives fell in 1867. 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 1867, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Lewis Carroll16 decades - 2
Louisa May Alcott14 decades - 3
Gustave Eiffel10 decades - 4
Édouard Manet15 decades - 5
Maximilian I of Mexiconot measured- - 6
Gustave Doré17 decades - 7
Wilhelm Wundt15 decades - 8
Wilhelm Busch15 decades - 9
Jules Ferry16 decades - 10
Sakamoto Ryōma0 decades - 11
Lucretia Garfield0 decades - 12
José Echegaray19 decades - 13
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson0 decades - 14
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia19 decades - 15
Mary Edwards Walker0 decades - 16
William Crookes16 decades - 17
Edward Burnett Tylor1 decades - 18
Nikolaus Ottonot measured- - 19
Pavel Tretyakov9 decades - 20
Yaa Asantewaa1 decades - 21
Felice Beato2 decades - 22
Jules Vallès16 decades - 23
Horatio Alger16 decades - 24
Georg I of Saxony0 decades - 25
Caroline Harrison0 decades - 26
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld0 decades - 27
Emilio Castelar17 decades - 28
Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier2 decades - 29
Henry Steel Olcott0 decades - 30
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Robertsnot measured- - 31
Alfred von Waldersee0 decades - 32
Osman Nuri Pasha0 decades - 33
Émile Gaboriau3 decades - 34
Ármin Vámbérynot measured- - 35
Michel Bréal16 decades - 36
Charles Boycott0 decades - 37
Miguel Miramón14 decades - 38
Andrew Dickson White13 decades - 39
Hudson Taylor14 decades - 40
Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev3 decades - 41
William Le Baron Jenney0 decades - 42
Juan Montalvo19 decades - 43
Rudolf Lipschitz0 decades - 44
Arthur Hughes17 decades - 45
Mary Everest Boole0 decades - 46
Leslie Stephen16 decades - 47
Princess Sophie of Saxony14 decades - 48
Mary Ann Cottonnot measured- - 49
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha0 decades - 50
Archduchess Mathilda of Austrianot measured- - 51
Takasugi Shinsakunot measured- - 52
Turki bin Said Al Busaidinot measured- - 53
Boston Corbettnot measured- - 54
Kıbrıslı Kamil Paşanot measured- - 55
Sergey Petrovich Botkinnot measured- - 56
Edward Wilmot Blyden4 decades - 57
Harilaos Trikoupisnot measured- - 58
Edwin Arnold17 decades - 59
John B. Gordonnot measured- - 60
Pavel Chistyakov0 decades - 61
Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburgnot measured- - 62
Artur Grottgernot measured- - 63
Walter Quintin Gresham0 decades - 64
Khurshidbanu Natavannot measured- - 65
Carl Neumann0 decades - 66
Octave Chanutenot measured- - 67
Vassili Vladimirovich Pukiryovnot measured- - 68
Colin Archernot measured- - 69
Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayesnot measured- - 70
Lina Sandellnot measured- - 71
Victor Meirellesnot measured- - 72
Charles Friedel7 decades - 73
Eugenio Montero Ríosnot measured- - 74
Julius Sterling Mortonnot measured- - 75
John Owen Dominisnot measured- - 76
Julius von Sachs16 decades - 77
Marcelo Azcárraga Palmeronot measured- - 78
Narcisa de Jesúsnot measured- - 79
Đura Jakšićnot measured- - 80
Charles Lecocqnot measured- - 81
José Eduvigis Díaznot measured- - 82
Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassaunot measured- - 83
Isaac Israel Hayesnot measured- - 84
Larin Paraskenot measured- - 85
Prince Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzinonot measured- - 86
Mary Fieldsnot measured- - 87
Lizardo Montero Floresnot measured- - 88
G. A. Hentynot measured- - 89
José María Campo Serranonot measured- - 90
Juan León Meranot measured-
- 91
Ōki Takatōnot measured- - 92
Herbert Vaughannot measured- - 93
Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss of Geranot measured- - 94
Samuel Colmannot measured- - 95
Muhammad Qasim Nanautawinot measured- - 96Tōdō Heisukenot measured-
- 97
Ivan Zajc0 decades - 98
George Washington Custis Leenot measured- - 99
Benjamin Helm Bristownot measured- - 100
Karsandas Muljinot 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.