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1880
Whose working lives fell in 1880. 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 1880, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Alexander III of Russia16 decades - 2
Wilhelm Röntgen11 decades - 3
Ludwig II of Bavarianot measured- - 4
Georg Cantor14 decades - 5
George I of Greece0 decades - 6
Gabriel Fauré14 decades - 7
Abay Kunanbaiuly8 decades - 8
Ned Kelly11 decades - 9
Amadeo I of Spainnot measured- - 10
Ludwig III of Bavarianot measured- - 11
Elihu Root14 decades - 12
Élie Metchnikoffnot measured- - 13
Gabriel Lippmann7 decades - 14
Edmond James de Rothschild15 decades - 15
Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanovernot measured- - 16
Nikola Pašić0 decades - 17
Carl Spitteler12 decades - 18
Mary Ann Nichols0 decades - 19
José Maria de Eça de Queirósnot measured- - 20
Laura Marx7 decades - 21
George Howard Darwin0 decades - 22
John Sparrow David Thompson0 decades - 23
Ahmet Tevfik Okdaynot measured- - 24
Jules Guesde14 decades - 25
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay0 decades - 26
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran4 decades - 27
George Reid18 decades - 28
Jacint Verdaguer15 decades - 29
Paul Vidal de La Blache3 decades - 30
Isidor Straus6 decades - 31
Leopold Auer0 decades - 32
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyllnot measured- - 33
Quanah Parkernot measured- - 34
Edward Douglass White Jr.not measured- - 35
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdownenot measured- - 36
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth0 decades - 37
Walter Crane16 decades - 38
Infanta Antónia of Portugalnot measured- - 39
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringennot measured- - 40
Gustaf de Laval0 decades - 41
Fernand Cormon2 decades - 42
Ivan Puliui0 decades - 43
Émile Baudot0 decades - 44
Arthur MacArthur Jr.not measured- - 45
Sunanda Kumariratananot measured- - 46
Eugène Grasset11 decades - 47Malalai of Maiwandnot measured-
- 48
André Bessettenot measured- - 49
Daniel David Palmernot measured- - 50
Antonio Maceonot measured- - 51
Ulises Heureauxnot measured- - 52
Jan Czerski0 decades - 53
Richard Seddon1 decades - 54
Lobengulanot measured- - 55
Judith Gautier14 decades - 56
Àngel Guimerà9 decades - 57
Ioan Ivanovicinot measured- - 58
Herbert Giles0 decades - 59
Émile Boutroux10 decades - 60
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Mintonot measured- - 61
Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg-Koharynot measured- - 62
Nina Griegnot measured- - 63
Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenbergnot measured- - 64
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constantnot measured- - 65
Georges Nagelmackersnot measured- - 66
Friedrich Martens0 decades - 67
Ivan Karpenko-Karyinot measured- - 68
Jorge Monttnot measured- - 69
Prince Wilhelm, 5th Prince of Wiednot measured- - 70
Paul Deussen13 decades - 71
José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júniornot measured- - 72
Zygmunt Wróblewski0 decades - 73
Pherozeshah Mehtanot measured- - 74
Tina Blau5 decades - 75
Ulisse Dini15 decades - 76
Harriet Backer0 decades - 77
Ödön Lechnernot measured- - 78
Thomas John Barnardonot measured- - 79
Žemaitėnot measured- - 80
Henry Sweetnot measured- - 81
Hasan Tahsin Pashanot measured- - 82
George Kennannot measured- - 83
Jules Cambonnot measured- - 84
Vladimir Lamsdorfnot measured- - 85
Zygmunt Gorazdowskinot measured- - 86
Niijima Yaenot measured- - 87
Khwaja Ghulam Faridnot measured- - 88
Zhao Erfengnot measured- - 89
Wilhelm von Bodenot measured- - 90
Erwin Rohdenot measured- - 91
Alphonse Pénaudnot measured- - 92
Gustaf Cederströmnot measured- - 93
Archibald Sayce0 decades - 94
Candida Maria of Jesusnot measured- - 95
William Healey Dallnot measured- - 96
Ernesto Nathannot measured- - 97
Ettore Ferrarinot measured- - 98
Gustave Ador10 decades - 99
Pál Szinyei Mersenot measured- - 100
Pedro Lira Rencoretnot 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.