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1869
Whose working lives fell in 1869. 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 1869, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Dmitri Mendeleev11 decades - 2
Edgar Degas11 decades - 3
William Morris19 decades - 4
Ernst Haeckel16 decades - 5
Charles Spurgeon6 decades - 6
Gottlieb Daimler11 decades - 7
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi4 decades - 8
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Actonnot measured- - 9
James Abbott McNeill Whistler12 decades - 10
John Vennnot measured- - 11
José Hernández18 decades - 12
John Wesley Powell12 decades - 13
Léon Walras16 decades - 14
Amilcare Ponchielli15 decades - 15
Hetty Green7 decades - 16
Heinrich von Treitschke16 decades - 17
August Weismann15 decades - 18
Aleksis Kivi0 decades - 19
Jan Neruda6 decades - 20
Johann Philipp Reis0 decades - 21
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Aveburynot measured- - 22
Duchess Helene in Bavarianot measured- - 23
Carl Bloch0 decades - 24
Samuel Pierpont Langleynot measured- - 25
Norodom of Cambodia0 decades - 26
Hijikata Toshizōnot measured- - 27
Gustav Hermann Nachtigal14 decades - 28
Sabine Baring-Gould0 decades - 29
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano15 decades - 30
Ludovic Halévy16 decades - 31
George du Maurier0 decades - 32
Piet Joubert1 decades - 33
Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabantnot measured- - 34
William Chester Minornot measured- - 35
Viktor Hartmannnot measured- - 36
Miguel Graunot measured- - 37
Alexine Tinne0 decades - 38
Infanta Amalia of Spainnot measured- - 39
Manuel Pardonot measured- - 40
Grigoriy Myasoyedovnot measured- - 41
Charles William Eliotnot measured- - 42
Felix Dahn16 decades - 43
Adolf Lüderitznot measured- - 44
Archduchess Maria Isabella, Countess of Trapaninot measured- - 45
Adrien Proustnot measured- - 46
James Gibbonsnot measured- - 47
Kawakami Gensainot measured- - 48
Aleksey Suvorinnot measured- - 49
Majid bin Said Al Busaidinot measured- - 50
Kapiolaninot measured- - 51
Volodymyr Antonovychnot measured- - 52
Fanny Cochrane Smithnot measured- - 53
Etō Shinpeinot measured- - 54
Gaston Planté8 decades - 55
Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippenot measured- - 56
Cirilo Antonio Rivarola Acostanot measured- - 57
Ewald Hering14 decades - 58
Todor Burmov0 decades - 59
Lev Ivanovnot measured- - 60
Marcus Renonot measured- - 61
Heinrich Caronot measured- - 62
Yuriy Fedkovychnot measured- - 63
Teresa Stolznot measured- - 64
Christopher Dressernot measured- - 65
Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohnnot measured- - 66
Edwin Klebs4 decades - 67
John G. Carlislenot measured- - 68
Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner0 decades - 69
An Dehainot measured- - 70
Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermannnot measured- - 71
Peter Benoitnot measured- - 72
Francisco García Calderónnot measured- - 73
Jadwiga Łuszczewskanot measured- - 74
Henry Spencer Ashbeenot measured- - 75
Muzaffar bin Nasrullahnot measured- - 76
Frederick Benteennot measured- - 77
Henry Haversham Godwin-Austennot measured- - 78
Hermann Snellennot measured- - 79
Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinoplenot measured- - 80
Marshall Fieldnot measured- - 81
Lyuben Karavelovnot measured- - 82
Chauncey Depewnot measured- - 83
Serafino Vannutellinot measured- - 84
Prentice Mulfordnot measured- - 85
Édouard Pailleron4 decades - 86
Kawaji Toshiyoshinot measured- - 87
Edmond Laguerrenot measured- - 88
Hermann Usenernot measured- - 89
Georg Hermann Quinckenot measured- - 90
Maurice Raynaudnot measured- - 91
Thomas François Burgersnot measured- - 92
Francis Channing Barlownot measured- - 93
Rafael Zaldívarnot measured- - 94
Frank R. Stocktonnot measured- - 95
Valtazar Bogišićnot measured- - 96
Ferdynand Radziwiłłnot measured- - 97
Hugo Schiffnot measured- - 98
Franz Steindachner6 decades - 99
Mustafa Riad Paşanot measured- - 100
Thomas Sutherlandnot 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.