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The 1870s

Whose names filled the books of the 1870s - anyone at all, however long dead - counted as mentions per million words printed, so a period that simply published more does not inflate anyone.

Talked about then

Whose names appeared most in Spanish books during the 1870s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal6.5
  2. 2Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures5.8
  3. 3Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers4.6
  4. 4Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures4.3
  5. 5Hernando Pizarro1502-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures3.6
  6. 6Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures3.3
  7. 7Francisco Verdugo1537-1595 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians3.2
  8. 8John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians3.1
  9. 9John I of France1316-1316 · 14th century · France · Historical Figures2.6
  10. 10Diego de Almagro1475-1538 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.9
  11. 11Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians1.9
  12. 12Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.8
  13. 13Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon1401-1458 · 15th century1.6
  14. 14Antonio Cánovas del Castillo1828-1897 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians1.5
  15. 15Bartolomé de las Casas1484-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.5
  16. 16Pedro de Valdivia1497-1553 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.4
  17. 17Pope Alexander VI1431-1503 · 15th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.3
  18. 18Vincent Ferrer1350-1419 · 14th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.2
  19. 19Antonio de Leyva1480-1536 · 16th century · Politicians1.2
  20. 20Melchor Cano1509-1560 · 16th century · Spain · Academics1.2
  21. 21Alonso de Alvarado1500-1556 · 16th century · Historical Figures1.1
  22. 22Francisco Quevedo1584-1645 · 17th century · Spain · Writers1.1
  23. 23Emilio Castelar1832-1899 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians1.1
  24. 24Ambrosio de Morales1513-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.95
  25. 25Pedro de Alvarado1486-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.94
  26. 26Ignatius of Loyola1491-1556 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures0.94
  27. 27Garcilaso de la Vega1503-1536 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.94
  28. 28Práxedes Mateo Sagasta1825-1903 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.91
  29. 29Francisco Pacheco1564-1644 · 16th century · Artists0.86
  30. 30Teresa of Ávila1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.85
  31. 31José Echegaray1832-1916 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.77
  32. 32Tirso de Molina1583-1648 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.76
  33. 33Juan López de Padilla1490-1521 · 16th century · Activists0.76
  34. 34Lope de Rueda1505-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.75
  35. 35Wittiza686-710 · 8th century · Historical Figures0.74
  36. 36John of the Cross1542-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.70
  37. 37Rodrigo Caro1573-1647 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.68
  38. 38Juan Bravo1483-1521 · 16th century · Politicians0.64
  39. 39Nicolás Bravo1786-1854 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.63
  40. 40Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas1791-1865 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.63
  41. 41Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos1814-1870 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.62
  42. 42Fernando de Herrera1534-1597 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.61
  43. 43Estanislao Figueras1819-1882 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.61
  44. 44Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians0.61
  45. 45Manuel Godoy1767-1851 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.59
  46. 46Peter of Alcantara1499-1562 · 16th century · Spain0.58
  47. 47Juan Andrés1740-1817 · 18th century · Spain · Academics0.56
  48. 48Francis Solanus1549-1610 · 16th century · Spain0.54
  49. 49Víctor Balaguer i Cirera1824-1901 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.54
  50. 50Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain1549-1580 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians0.53
  51. 51Vicente Guerrero1782-1831 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.52
  52. 52Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla1753-1811 · 18th century · Spain · Religious Figures0.51
  53. 53Jorge Juan y Santacilia1713-1773 · 18th century · Spain · Scientists0.51
  54. 54Juan de la Cosa1450-1510 · 15th century · Historical Figures0.51
  55. 55Juan de Herrera1530-1597 · 16th century · Spain · Architects0.49
  56. 56Alonso Cano1601-1667 · 17th century · Spain · Artists0.48
  57. 57Gonzalo de Sandoval1497-1528 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.47
  58. 58Ignacio Comonfort1812-1863 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.45
  59. 59Gil Vicente1465-1536 · 16th century · Portugal · Writers0.44
  60. 60Bartolomé Mitre1821-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.44
  61. 61Francisco de Garay1475-1523 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.43
  62. 62Francisco de las Casas1461-1536 · 15th century · Spain0.43
  63. 63Antonio de Ulloa1716-1795 · 18th century · Writers0.43
  64. 64Manuel José Quintana1772-1857 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.42
  65. 65Anastasio Bustamante1780-1853 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.42
  66. 66Pedro de Córdoba1482-1521 · 16th century · Spain · Academics0.42
  67. 67Juan de Garay1528-1583 · 16th century · Spain0.40
  68. 68Bernardo O'Higgins1778-1842 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.39
  69. 69Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara1793-1879 · 19th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.39
  70. 70Bernardino de Mendoza1540-1604 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.38
  71. 71Guadalupe Victoria1786-1845 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.38
  72. 72Alfonso1453-1468 · 15th century · Politicians0.38
  73. 73Álvaro de Luna, Constable of Castile1390-1453 · 15th century · Politicians0.38
  74. 74Thomas of Villanova1488-1555 · 16th century · Spain · Academics0.37
  75. 75Diego de Rojas1500-1544 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.37
  76. 76Juan de Castro1431-1506 · 15th century0.37
  77. 77Sampiro956-1041 · 10th century · Politicians0.36
  78. 78Andrés Bello1781-1865 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians0.35
  79. 79Hernán Cortés1485-1547 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.35
  80. 80Bernardino Rivadavia1780-1845 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.35
  81. 81Francisco de Aguirre1507-1581 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.34
  82. 82José María Iglesias Inzárruga1823-1891 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.34
  83. 83Alonso de Ercilla1533-1595 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.33
  84. 84Francisco de Carvajal1464-1548 · 15th century · Spain · Politicians0.33
  85. 85Elisabeth Farnese1692-1766 · 18th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.33
  86. 86Michael de Sanctis1591-1625 · 17th century · Religious Figures0.33
  87. 87Francisco de Montejo y León1479-1553 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.33
  88. 88Jose Miguel Carrera1785-1821 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians0.32
  89. 89Hernando de Soto1500-1542 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.32
  90. 90Juan de Ribera1532-1611 · 16th century · Spain · Actors0.32
  91. 91Manuel Belgrano1770-1820 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.31
  92. 92Juan de Mariana1536-1624 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.31
  93. 93Ignacio Allende1769-1811 · 19th century · Mexico0.31
  94. 94Juan Manuel de Rosas1793-1877 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.31
  95. 95Juan de Ortega1480-1568 · 16th century · Spain · Academics0.31
  96. 96García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete1535-1609 · 16th century · Spain0.30
  97. 97Antonio José de Sucre1795-1830 · 19th century · Politicians0.30
  98. 98Domingo de Soto1494-1560 · 16th century · Spain · Academics0.30
  99. 99José Antonio Páez1790-1873 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.30
  100. 100Manuel Oribe1792-1857 · 19th century · Uruguay · Politicians0.30

Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1870s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Friedrich Nietzsche1844-1900 · Germany · Academics15 decades
  2. 2Mark Twain1835-1910 · United States · Writers16 decades
  3. 3Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1840-1893 · Russia · Musicians10 decades
  4. 4William McKinley1843-1901 · United States · Politicians16 decades
  5. 5Grover Cleveland1837-1908 · United States · Politicians14 decades
  6. 6Claude Monet1840-1926 · France · Artists14 decades
  7. 7Émile Zola1840-1902 · France · Writers16 decades
  8. 8Edward VII1841-1910 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures13 decades
  9. 9Sarah Bernhardt1844-1923 · France · Actors15 decades
  10. 10John D. Rockefeller1839-1937 · United States · Founders14 decades
  11. 11Andrew Carnegie1835-1919 · United States · Founders14 decades
  12. 12Leopold II of Belgium1835-1909 · Belgium · Historical Figures9 decades
  13. 13Paul Cézanne1839-1906 · France · Artists12 decades
  14. 14Pope Pius X1835-1914 · Italy · Religious Figures12 decades
  15. 15Antonín Dvořák1841-1904 · Musicians0 decades
  16. 16Empress Elisabeth of Austria1837-1898 · Germany · Historical Figures0 decades
  17. 17Empress Dowager Cixi1835-1908 · China · Historical Figures5 decades
  18. 18Pierre-Auguste Renoir1841-1919 · France · Artists12 decades
  19. 19Thomas Hardy1840-1928 · United Kingdom · Writers18 decades
  20. 20Abdul Hamid II1842-1918 · Turkey · Historical Figures13 decades
  21. 21J. P. Morgan1837-1913 · United States · Founders16 decades
  22. 22Auguste Rodin1840-1917 · France · Artists14 decades
  23. 23Henry James1843-1916 · United States · Writers18 decades
  24. 24Ramakrishna1836-1886 · India · Academics14 decades
  25. 25Peter Kropotkin1842-1921 · Russia · Activists11 decades
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How to read these rankings

  • Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. 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.
  • Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.