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1873
Whose working lives fell in 1873. 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 1873, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Georges Bizet15 decades - 2
Liliʻuokalaninot measured- - 3
John Muir19 decades - 4
Ernst Mach16 decades - 5
Léon Gambetta15 decades - 6
Victoria Woodhull10 decades - 7
Ferdinand von Zeppelin5 decades - 8
Henry Adams19 decades - 9
Émile Loubet11 decades - 10
Jan Matejko3 decades - 11
Max Bruch17 decades - 12
Luís I of Portugalnot measured- - 13
Prince Philippe, Count of Parisnot measured- - 14
Franz Brentano16 decades - 15
John Haynot measured- - 16
Henry Irving15 decades - 17
William Henry Perkin2 decades - 18
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adamnot measured- - 19
Ernest Solvay14 decades - 20
Camille Jordannot measured- - 21
Princess Louise of Prussia18 decades - 22
Duleep Singh Inot measured- - 23
Henry Sidgwick15 decades - 24
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānīnot measured- - 25
Paolo Boselli16 decades - 26
Edwin Abbott Abbott0 decades - 27
Anton Mauve1 decades - 28
Mariano Fortuny Marsal15 decades - 29
Annie Edson Taylor0 decades - 30
Yamagata Aritomo3 decades - 31
Ōkuma Shigenobu0 decades - 32
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Brycenot measured- - 33
Jean-Paul Laurens15 decades - 34
Marianne Cope0 decades - 35
Nicolás Salmerón16 decades - 36
Eli Lillynot measured- - 37
Octavia Hill15 decades - 38
Nicolae Grigorescu0 decades - 39
Jules Brunetnot measured- - 40
Joseph F. Smithnot measured- - 41
Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburgnot measured- - 42
Adam Asnyk0 decades - 43
Keshub Chunder Sennot measured- - 44
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee4 decades - 45
Fredrik Idestamnot measured- - 46
Duke Philipp of Württembergnot measured- - 47
Yikuang, Prince Qingnot measured-
- 48
Valeriano Weylernot measured- - 49
General Tom Thumbnot measured- - 50
Heinrich Ernst Göringnot measured- - 51
Yisrael Meir Kagannot measured- - 52
Vladimir Markovnikov0 decades - 53
John Morley19 decades - 54
Francis Garnier16 decades - 55
Tobias Asser0 decades - 56
Shōjirō Gotōnot measured- - 57
Margaret E. Knightnot measured- - 58
Henry Hobson Richardsonnot measured- - 59
Gustav von Schmoller16 decades - 60
Ludwig Gumplowicz13 decades - 61
Jules Méline13 decades - 62
Jules Dalou6 decades - 63Lucien Oliviernot measured-
- 64
Bass Reevesnot measured- - 65
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudrannot measured- - 66
Edward W. Morley2 decades - 67
Thomas Blake Glovernot measured- - 68
August Šenoa0 decades - 69
John Wanamakernot measured- - 70
Shah Jahan I of Bhopalnot measured- - 71
Clemens Winkler11 decades - 72
Toyohara Chikanobunot measured- - 73
Haji Zeynal Abdin Taghiyevnot measured- - 74
Prince Louis, Count of Traninot measured- - 75
Emil Rathenaunot measured- - 76
Ivan Nechui-Levytskyinot measured- - 77
Paul Mausernot measured- - 78
Suleyman Husnu Pashanot measured- - 79
Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburgnot measured- - 80
Edward S. Morsenot measured- - 81
Baba Anujkanot measured- - 82
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhinenot measured- - 83
Philip Blissnot measured- - 84
George William Hill0 decades - 85
Franz Hartmannnot measured- - 86
Karl Davydovnot measured- - 87
Raffaello Giovagnolinot measured- - 88
Lawrence Sullivan Rossnot measured- - 89
Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeunot measured- - 90
Siegfried Bingnot measured- - 91
James B. McCrearynot measured- - 92
Jacques Berthieunot measured- - 93
Angelo Marianinot measured- - 94
Carl Georg Ludwig Wilhelm Weyprechtnot measured- - 95
Hermann Hankel1 decades - 96
James J. Hillnot measured- - 97
Alexander Veselovskynot measured- - 98
Evelyn Woodnot measured- - 99
Joel Asaph Allen0 decades - 100
Oskar Gripenbergnot 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.