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1875
Whose working lives fell in 1875. 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 1875, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky10 decades - 2
Claude Monet14 decades - 3
Émile Zola16 decades - 4
Thomas Hardy18 decades - 5
Auguste Rodin14 decades - 6
Alphonse Daudet16 decades - 7
Victoria, Princess Royalnot measured- - 8
Murad V0 decades - 9
August Bebel14 decades - 10
Tongzhi Emperornot measured- - 11
Giovanni Verga15 decades - 12
Odilon Redon14 decades - 13
Father Damien12 decades - 14
Abdur Rahman Khan3 decades - 15
Edward Drinker Cope2 decades - 16
Carlota of Mexico0 decades - 17
Ernst Abbe12 decades - 18
Alfred Thayer Maannot measured- - 19
Carl Menger14 decades - 20
John Boyd Dunlop0 decades - 21
Hiram Maxim0 decades - 22
Trinle Gyatso0 decades - 23
Thomas Nast16 decades - 24
José Manuel Balmaceda15 decades - 25
Chief Joseph15 decades - 26
Richard von Krafft-Ebing4 decades - 27
Edward Whymper6 decades - 28
Johann II, Prince of Liechtensteinnot measured- - 29
Nâmık Kemâlnot measured- - 30
Tristan Corbière13 decades - 31
Annie Chapman2 decades - 32
Isabella Stewart Gardner9 decades - 33
Emin Paşanot measured- - 34
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschildnot measured- - 35
Hans Makart15 decades - 36
Marie Bracquemond0 decades - 37
William Graham Sumner11 decades - 38
Helena Modjeska6 decades - 39
Victorino de la Plaza15 decades - 40
William, Prince of Orangenot measured- - 41
Sisowath of Cambodia0 decades - 42
Manuel de Arriaga0 decades - 43
Shibusawa Eiichinot measured- - 44
Charles Warrennot measured- - 45
Prince Robert, Duke of Chartresnot measured- - 46
Kuroda Kiyotaka0 decades - 47
Gallnot measured- - 48
John Philip Hollandnot measured- - 49
Mark Antokolski0 decades - 50
Briton Rivièrenot measured- - 51
Mykhailo Starytskyinot measured- - 52
Marko Kropyvnytskyinot measured- - 53
John Addington Symondsnot measured- - 54
Akaki Tsereteli0 decades - 55
Hilarión Dazanot measured- - 56
Simeon Solomonnot measured- - 57
Johan Svendsen0 decades - 58
Aleksey Apukhtinnot measured- - 59
Gabriel von Maxnot measured- - 60
Nozu Michitsuranot measured- - 61
Sophia Jex-Blake0 decades - 62
Wilfrid Scawen Bluntnot measured- - 63
Édouard Vaillantnot measured- - 64
Titu Maiorescu5 decades - 65
Charles Boothnot measured- - 66
Polina Suslovanot measured- - 67
Xuyunnot measured- - 68
Svetozar Marković0 decades - 69
Yixuan, Prince Chunnot measured- - 70
Fanny Stevensonnot measured- - 71
Young Tom Morrisnot measured- - 72
Francišak Bahuševičnot measured- - 73
José Gabriel Brocheronot measured- - 74
André Gillnot measured- - 75
American Horsenot measured- - 76
Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitnernot measured- - 77Saud II. ibn Faisalnot measured-
- 78
Empress Xiaozheyinot measured- - 79
Edward Hobart Seymournot measured- - 80
Abraham Goldfaden10 decades - 81
Ira D. Sankeynot measured- - 82
Per Teodor Cleve0 decades - 83
Illarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikovnot measured- - 84
Friedrich Kohlrausch14 decades - 85
Ayesha Al-Taymuriyyanot measured- - 86
Eugenius Warming0 decades - 87
August Leskien13 decades - 88Otto Wilhelm Thoménot measured-
- 89
Eugene Schuylernot measured- - 90
Eliza Pollocknot measured- - 91
Arsène Arnaud Claretie16 decades - 92
Cesare Maccarinot measured- - 93
Juan Bautista Gillnot measured- - 94
Édouard Andrénot measured- - 95
Abigail May Alcott Nierikernot measured- - 96
Louis-Émile Bertinnot measured- - 97
Lozennot measured- - 98
John Stainernot measured- - 99
Honoré Merciernot measured- - 100
Constance Fenimore Woolsonnot 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.