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1871
Whose working lives fell in 1871. 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 1871, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Ramakrishna14 decades - 2
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch5 decades - 3
Wilhelm Steinitz0 decades - 4
Joseph Chamberlain16 decades - 5
Mily Balakirev9 decades - 6
Francis II of the Two Siciliesnot measured- - 7
Winslow Homer15 decades - 8
James Tissot14 decades - 9
Lawrence Alma-Tadema1 decades - 10
Léo Delibes16 decades - 11
W. S. Gilbert16 decades - 12
Marie Henriette of Austrianot measured- - 13
Bret Harte16 decades - 14
Sophia of Nassaunot measured- - 15
Henri Fantin-Latour4 decades - 16
Ferdinand Cheval4 decades - 17
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson7 decades - 18
Jay Gould17 decades - 19
Jarosław Dąbrowskinot measured- - 20
Enomoto Takeaki0 decades - 21
Hassan I of Morocconot measured- - 22
Henry Campbell-Bannerman11 decades - 23
Nicholas of Japan3 decades - 24
Thomas Hill Green8 decades - 25
Norman Lockyer14 decades - 26
John Atkinson Grimshaw0 decades - 27
Jules Lefebvre15 decades - 28
Franz von Lenbach13 decades - 29
Kalākaua1 decades - 30
Jules Chéret14 decades - 31
Theodor Nöldeke16 decades - 32
Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Siciliesnot measured- - 33
Princess Anna of Prussia0 decades - 34
Edward Poynter4 decades - 35
Antônio Carlos Gomes0 decades
- 36
Princess Leopoldina of Brazilnot measured- - 37
Inoue Kaoru0 decades - 38
Antônio Frederico de Castro Alvesnot measured- - 39
Máximo Gómez Báeznot measured- - 40
Emma of Hawaiinot measured- - 41
Matsudaira Katamorinot measured- - 42
John Watson Foster0 decades - 43
Nikolay Sklifosovskynot measured- - 44
Nakayama Yoshikonot measured- - 45
Ronglunot measured- - 46
Robert Swinhoe2 decades - 47
Joseph Gurney Cannonnot measured- - 48
Jan Gotlib Blochnot measured- - 49
Charles Ingallsnot measured- - 50
Daniel Peternot measured- - 51
Juliette Adam14 decades - 52
Pauline von Metternichnot measured- - 53
Segismundo Moretnot measured- - 54
Tekle Giyorgis IInot measured- - 55
Ding Ruchangnot measured- - 56
Camillo Boitonot measured- - 57
Piet Cronjénot measured- - 58
Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgentinot measured- - 59
Ernst von Bergmannnot measured- - 60
Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburgnot measured- - 61
Joseph Wheelernot measured- - 62
Tad Lincolnnot measured- - 63
Carl Tausignot measured- - 64
Remigio Morales Bermúdeznot measured- - 65
Henri Regnaultnot measured- - 66
Jean-Baptiste Clémentnot measured- - 67
Georg August Schweinfurth16 decades - 68
Russell Alexander Algernot measured- - 69
Michał Elwiro Andriollinot measured- - 70
Lord Frederick Cavendishnot measured- - 71
Eugène Varlinnot measured- - 72
Frances Ridley Havergalnot measured- - 73
Kawamura Sumiyoshinot measured- - 74
Émile Étienne Guimetnot measured- - 75
Thomas Bailey Aldrich15 decades - 76
Walery Antoni Wróblewskinot measured- - 77
Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartznot measured- - 78
Walter Besantnot measured- - 79
Elihu Veddernot measured- - 80
Tenshō-innot measured- - 81
Yamaoka Tesshūnot measured- - 82
Lucy Walkernot measured- - 83
Wesley Merrittnot measured- - 84
Greene Vardiman Blacknot measured- - 85
Francis Marrash0 decades - 86
Milton Bradleynot measured- - 87
Liu Mingchuannot measured- - 88
Pyotr Boborykinnot measured- - 89
Théophile Ferrénot measured- - 90
Eduardo Rosalesnot measured- - 91
Nao Deguchinot measured- - 92
Eugène Le Roynot measured- - 93
Katō Hiroyukinot measured- - 94
Dasha from Sevastopolnot measured- - 95
Thomas Crappernot measured- - 96
Hugh Judson Kilpatricknot measured- - 97
Louis Rosselnot measured- - 98
Júlio Dinisnot measured- - 99
Lewis Watermannot measured- - 100
Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosanot 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.