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1868
Whose working lives fell in 1868. 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 1868, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Alfred Nobel13 decades - 2
Benjamin Harrison19 decades - 3
Johannes Brahms17 decades - 4
Alexander Borodin8 decades - 5
Charles George Gordon5 decades - 6
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria16 decades - 7
Vasily Perov8 decades - 8
Alfred von Schlieffen0 decades - 9
Edward Burne-Jones13 decades - 10
Wilhelm Dilthey14 decades - 11
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge0 decades - 12
Robert Green Ingersoll0 decades - 13
Félicien Rops15 decades - 14
Andrés Avelino Cáceres14 decades - 15
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta11 decades - 16
Dmitry Pisarev10 decades - 17
Prince Gongnot measured- - 18
Léon Bonnat14 decades - 19
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón14 decades - 20
Ferdinand von Richthofen14 decades - 21
Carlos Juan Finlay0 decades - 22
Manuel González Floresnot measured- - 23
Eugen Dühring14 decades - 24
Edwin Booth16 decades - 25
Kido Takayoshi0 decades - 26
Charles Bradlaugh15 decades - 27
Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseleynot measured- - 28
Kondō Isaminot measured- - 29
Okita Sōjinot measured- - 30
Ricardo Palma16 decades - 31
Marko Vovchok1 decades - 32
Melville Fullernot measured- - 33
Nakano Takekonot measured- - 34
Carola of Vasanot measured- - 35
Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessaunot measured- - 36
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austrianot measured- - 37
Paul Bertnot measured- - 38
Jonas Lie9 decades - 39
Manuel Amador Guerrero12 decades - 40
José María de Pereda16 decades - 41
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj0 decades - 42
Rosa Vercellananot measured- - 43
Élie Ducommun0 decades - 44
Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe4 decades - 45
John S. Mosbynot measured- - 46
Abu Bakar of Johornot measured- - 47
John Houldingnot measured- - 48
Benedykt Dybowskinot measured- - 49
Rafael Pombonot measured- - 50
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshirenot measured- - 51
Adah Isaacs Menkennot measured- - 52
Samuel Muddnot measured- - 53
James B. Weavernot measured- - 54
Félix Bracquemondnot measured- - 55
Eugen Langennot measured- - 56
Yosef Hayyimnot measured- - 57
Mirza Melkum Khannot measured- - 58
Hortense Schneidernot measured- - 59
Manuel Ruiz Zorrillanot measured- - 60
Princess Florestine of Monaconot measured- - 61
Walter Clopton Wingfieldnot measured- - 62
Alfred Clebsch4 decades - 63
Henriette Mendelnot measured- - 64
Nikolai Zverevnot measured- - 65
Ōtori Keisukenot measured- - 66
Marko Miljanovnot measured- - 67
Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausennot measured- - 68
Daniel Dunglas Homenot measured- - 69
Carl Hiltynot measured- - 70
Artur Hazeliusnot measured- - 71Harada Sanosukenot measured-
- 72
Louis Paulsen2 decades - 73
John S. Marmadukenot measured- - 74
Izrael Poznańskinot measured- - 75
André Theuriet15 decades - 76
Kate Warnenot measured- - 77
Theodor Meynertnot measured- - 78
Giuseppe Abbatinot measured- - 79
Luis Cordero Cresponot measured- - 80
Eugène Manetnot measured- - 81
Édouard Riounot measured- - 82
Fredrik von Otternot measured- - 83
Elisabet Neynot measured- - 84
J. Donald Cameronnot measured- - 85
Gustaf Åkerhielmnot measured- - 86
Antonio Flores Jijónnot measured- - 87
Roman Nosenot measured- - 88
Dimitrie Sturdza0 decades - 89
Alexander Karatheodori Pashanot measured- - 90
Ramón Blanco y Erenasnot measured- - 91
Stepan Rudanskyinot measured- - 92
Soledad Acostanot measured- - 93
Utagawa Yoshiikunot measured- - 94
Ferdinand von Saarnot measured- - 95
Thomas C. Plattnot measured- - 96
Duncan Stewartnot measured- - 97
William C. Oatesnot measured- - 98
Benedetto Brinnot measured- - 99
Cándido Bareironot measured- - 100
Adam Lindsay Gordonnot 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.