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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 Russian books during the 1870s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures8.5
  2. 2Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers4.0
  3. 3Elizabeth of Russia1709-1761 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.7
  4. 4Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia1850-1908 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.3
  5. 5Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians1.1
  6. 6Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century0.98
  7. 7Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.93
  8. 8Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.84
  9. 9Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.77
  10. 10Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.76
  11. 11Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.68
  12. 12Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians0.56
  13. 13Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures0.55
  14. 14Maximus the Greek1475-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.47
  15. 15Ivan the Terrible1530-1584 · 16th century · Politicians0.43
  16. 16Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.42
  17. 17Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827-1892 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.42
  18. 18Paul I of Russia1754-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.41
  19. 19Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.40
  20. 20Grigory Orlov1734-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.33
  21. 21Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov1727-1797 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.29
  22. 22Nicholas I of Russia1796-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Models0.26
  23. 23Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.25
  24. 24Stefan Yavorsky1658-1722 · 17th century · Russia · Academics0.24
  25. 25Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia1860-1919 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.24
  26. 26Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia1783-1801 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.24
  27. 27Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia1864-1931 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.24
  28. 28Grigory Potemkin1739-1791 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.23
  29. 29Alexander Menshikov1673-1729 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.23
  30. 30Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn1643-1714 · 17th century · Politicians0.20
  31. 31Peter III of Russia1728-1762 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures0.20
  32. 32Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov1787-1869 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.19
  33. 33Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov1711-1762 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.18
  34. 34Symeon of Polotsk1629-1680 · 17th century · Writers0.18
  35. 35Konstantin Aksakov1817-1860 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.17
  36. 36Pyotr Panin1721-1789 · 18th century · Russia0.17
  37. 37Nicholas Repnin1734-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.17
  38. 38Dimitry of Rostov1651-1709 · 17th century · Writers0.17
  39. 39Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia1858-1915 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.16
  40. 40Mikhail Vorontsov1782-1856 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.16
  41. 41Nikita Panin1718-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.16
  42. 42Gleb Uspensky1843-1902 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.14
  43. 43Nikolai Leskov1831-1895 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.14
  44. 44Kirill Razumovsky1728-1803 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.13
  45. 45Oleg I of Chernigov1052-1115 · 11th century · Historical Figures0.12
  46. 46Alexis of Russia1629-1676 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.11
  47. 47Pavel Nakhimov1802-1855 · 19th century · Russia0.11
  48. 48Alexander Ivanov1806-1858 · 19th century · Russia · Artists0.11
  49. 49Catherine I of Russia1684-1727 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.10
  50. 50Joseph Volotsky1440-1515 · 15th century · Writers0.10
  51. 51Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.10
  52. 52Konstantin of Uglich1389-1434 · 15th century0.08
  53. 53Peter II of Russia1715-1730 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.08
  54. 54Alexander Gorchakov1798-1883 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.07
  55. 55Catherine Pavlovna of Russia1788-1819 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.07
  56. 56Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia1857-1905 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.07
  57. 57Stepan Rumovsky1734-1812 · 18th century · Russia · Academics0.07
  58. 58Mikhail Pogodin1800-1875 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.07
  59. 59Leo Tolstoy1828-1910 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.07
  60. 60Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov1737-1807 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.07
  61. 61Alexander Sumarokov1717-1777 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  62. 62Basil Fool for Christ1468-1552 · 16th century0.06
  63. 63Michael of Russia1596-1645 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.06
  64. 64Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia1690-1718 · 18th century · Politicians0.06
  65. 65Boris of Tver1400-1461 · 15th century0.06
  66. 66Boris Sheremetev1652-1719 · 17th century · Politicians0.06
  67. 67Vasily Tatishchev1686-1750 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.06
  68. 68Ivan Dmitriev1760-1837 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  69. 69Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.05
  70. 70Alexander Bestuzhev1797-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  71. 71Luka Zhidiatadied 1059 · 11th century0.05
  72. 72Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy1645-1729 · 17th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  73. 73Vsevolod Mstislavich of Volhynia1150-1195 · 12th century0.05
  74. 74Dmitry Pozharsky1577-1642 · 17th century · Politicians0.05
  75. 75Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia1657-1704 · 17th century · Politicians0.05
  76. 76Yemelyan Pugachev1742-1775 · 18th century · Russia · Activists0.05
  77. 77Alexander Suvorov1730-1800 · 18th century · Russia0.04
  78. 78Nikolay Rumyantsev1754-1826 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  79. 79Ivan Mazepa1639-1709 · 17th century · Politicians0.04
  80. 80Daniil Zatochnik1101-1299 · 12th century · Writers0.04
  81. 81Ivan Fyodorov1510-1583 · 16th century0.04
  82. 82Paul of Kolomna1600-1656 · 17th century · Writers0.04
  83. 83Alexander Ostrovsky1823-1886 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  84. 84Vasily Zhukovsky1783-1852 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  85. 85Konstantin Leontiev1831-1891 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.04
  86. 86Alexander Shishkov1754-1841 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  87. 87Jacob Bruce1669-1735 · 18th century · Russia · Scientists0.04
  88. 88Fyodor Vasilyev1707-1782 · 18th century · Russia0.04
  89. 89Konstantin of Rostov1185-1218 · 13th century · Politicians0.03
  90. 90Mikhail Lazarev1788-1851 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.03
  91. 91Ivan Pavlov1849-1936 · 19th century · Russia · Scientists0.03
  92. 92Maksim Kovalevsky1851-1916 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.03
  93. 93Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov1733-1811 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  94. 94Fyodor Dostoevsky1821-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  95. 95Denis Davydov1784-1839 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  96. 96Antiochus Kantemir1708-1744 · 18th century · Russia · Academics0.03
  97. 97Mikhail Bakunin1814-1876 · 19th century · Israel · Activists0.03
  98. 98Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia1856-1929 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.03
  99. 99Alexander Radishchev1749-1802 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  100. 100Ivan Betskoy1704-1795 · 18th century · Russia · Educators0.03

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.