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The 1880s

Whose names filled the books of the 1880s - 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 Spanish books during the 1880s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal8.1
  2. 2Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures5.9
  3. 3Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers5.5
  4. 4Diego de Almagro1475-1538 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures4.4
  5. 5John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians3.5
  6. 6Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures3.4
  7. 7Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.9
  8. 8Hernando Pizarro1502-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.4
  9. 9Vincent Ferrer1350-1419 · 14th century · Spain · Religious Figures2.4
  10. 10Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians2.3
  11. 11Pedro de Alvarado1486-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.2
  12. 12John I of France1316-1316 · 14th century · France · Historical Figures2.1
  13. 13Christopher Columbus1451-1506 · 15th century · Italy · Historical Figures2.0
  14. 14Juan Fernández1529-1602 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.0
  15. 15Antonio Cánovas del Castillo1828-1897 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians2.0
  16. 16Andrés Bello1781-1865 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians1.7
  17. 17Teresa of Ávila1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.7
  18. 18Práxedes Mateo Sagasta1825-1903 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians1.6
  19. 19Pope Alexander VI1431-1503 · 15th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.6
  20. 20Jose Miguel Carrera1785-1821 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians1.4
  21. 21Hernán Cortés1485-1547 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.4
  22. 22Ignatius of Loyola1491-1556 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.3
  23. 23Diego Velázquez1599-1660 · 17th century · Spain · Artists1.2
  24. 24Francisco Verdugo1537-1595 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.2
  25. 25Tirso de Molina1583-1648 · 17th century · Spain · Writers1.1
  26. 26Ambrosio de Morales1513-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.1
  27. 27Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas1791-1865 · 19th century · Spain · Writers1.1
  28. 28Pedro de Valdivia1497-1553 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.0
  29. 29Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.99
  30. 30Fernán González of Castile910-970 · 10th century0.92
  31. 31Bartolomé de las Casas1484-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.92
  32. 32Bernardo O'Higgins1778-1842 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.87
  33. 33Rodrigo Caro1573-1647 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.83
  34. 34Garcilaso de la Vega1503-1536 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.83
  35. 35Francisco Pacheco1564-1644 · 16th century · Artists0.80
  36. 36Alonso de Alvarado1500-1556 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.80
  37. 37Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians0.80
  38. 38Antonio de Ulloa1716-1795 · 18th century · Writers0.79
  39. 39John of the Cross1542-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.77
  40. 40Rubén Darío1867-1916 · 20th century · Nicaragua · Writers0.76
  41. 41Francis Solanus1549-1610 · 16th century · Spain0.76
  42. 42Thomas of Villanova1488-1555 · 16th century · Spain · Academics0.76
  43. 43Diego de Espinosa1502-1572 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures0.75
  44. 44Francisco Quevedo1584-1645 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.74
  45. 45Michael de Sanctis1591-1625 · 17th century · Religious Figures0.74
  46. 46Lope de Rueda1505-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.74
  47. 47Juan de Garay1528-1583 · 16th century · Spain0.73
  48. 48Víctor Balaguer i Cirera1824-1901 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.72
  49. 49Juan Bravo1483-1521 · 16th century · Politicians0.72
  50. 50Juan de Herrera1530-1597 · 16th century · Spain · Architects0.72
  51. 51Rodrigo de Quiroga1512-1580 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.72
  52. 52Bartolomé Mitre1821-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.70
  53. 53Diego de Rojas1500-1544 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.68
  54. 54María de Jesús1560-1640 · 16th century · Spain0.68
  55. 55Emilio Castelar1832-1899 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.67
  56. 56Lope de Aguirre1510-1561 · 16th century · Spain0.67
  57. 57Bernardino Rivadavia1780-1845 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.65
  58. 58Nicolás Bravo1786-1854 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.65
  59. 59Luis de León1527-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.63
  60. 60Simón Bolívar1783-1830 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.61
  61. 61Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain1549-1580 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians0.61
  62. 62Gonzalo de Sandoval1497-1528 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.61
  63. 63Peter of Alcantara1499-1562 · 16th century · Spain0.60
  64. 64Wittiza686-710 · 8th century · Historical Figures0.59
  65. 65Jorge Juan y Santacilia1713-1773 · 18th century · Spain · Scientists0.59
  66. 66Vicente Guerrero1782-1831 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.57
  67. 67Melchor Cano1509-1560 · 16th century · Spain · Academics0.55
  68. 68Manuel Oribe1792-1857 · 19th century · Uruguay · Politicians0.55
  69. 69Manuel Montt1809-1880 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians0.53
  70. 70Ignacio Comonfort1812-1863 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.53
  71. 71García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete1535-1609 · 16th century · Spain0.52
  72. 72Porfirio Díaz1830-1915 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.52
  73. 73Juan de la Cosa1450-1510 · 15th century · Historical Figures0.51
  74. 74Alonso Cano1601-1667 · 17th century · Spain · Artists0.50
  75. 75Bernardo de la Torre1500-1545 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.50
  76. 76Rafael Urdaneta1788-1845 · 19th century · Venezuela0.50
  77. 77Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma1545-1592 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians0.49
  78. 78Anastasio Bustamante1780-1853 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.48
  79. 79Mariano Arista1802-1855 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.48
  80. 80Martín Alonso Pinzón1441-1493 · 15th century · Historical Figures0.48
  81. 81Alonso de Ercilla1533-1595 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.47
  82. 82Juan López de Padilla1490-1521 · 16th century · Activists0.47
  83. 83José Zorrilla1817-1893 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.47
  84. 84Juan de Salcedo1549-1576 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.44
  85. 85Emilia Pardo Bazán1851-1921 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.43
  86. 86Francisco de Aguirre1507-1581 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.43
  87. 87Santiago Derqui1809-1867 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.43
  88. 88Gil Vicente1465-1536 · 16th century · Portugal · Writers0.42
  89. 89Pedro de Alcalá1455-1600 · 15th century · Spain · Writers0.39
  90. 90Ramón de la Cruz1731-1794 · 18th century · Spain · Writers0.39
  91. 91Juan Andrés1740-1817 · 18th century · Spain · Academics0.39
  92. 92Fructuoso Rivera1784-1854 · 19th century · Uruguay · Politicians0.39
  93. 93Antonio de Zamora1660-1727 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.38
  94. 94Guadalupe Victoria1786-1845 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.38
  95. 95José Antonio Páez1790-1873 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.38
  96. 96Juan de Mariana1536-1624 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.38
  97. 97Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno1720-1801 · 18th century · Ireland · Politicians0.37
  98. 98Francisco de Montejo y León1479-1553 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.37
  99. 99Juan de Castro1431-1506 · 15th century0.37
  100. 100Fernando de Herrera1534-1597 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.37

Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1880s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Vincent van Gogh1853-1890 · Netherlands · Artists12 decades
  2. 2Oscar Wilde1854-1900 · Ireland · Writers14 decades
  3. 3Thomas Edison1847-1931 · United States · Scientists13 decades
  4. 4Alexander Graham Bell1847-1922 · United States · Scientists15 decades
  5. 5Arthur Rimbaud1854-1891 · France · Writers14 decades
  6. 6Antoni Gaudí1852-1926 · Spain · Architects5 decades
  7. 7Robert Louis Stevenson1850-1894 · United Kingdom · Writers15 decades
  8. 8Guy de Maupassant1850-1893 · France · Writers14 decades
  9. 9Paul von Hindenburg1847-1934 · Germany · Politicians10 decades
  10. 10Alexander III of Russia1845-1894 · Russia · Historical Figures16 decades
  11. 11Paul Gauguin1848-1903 · France · Artists13 decades
  12. 12Bram Stoker1847-1912 · Ireland · Writers12 decades
  13. 13Emperor Meiji1852-1912 · Japan · Historical Figures11 decades
  14. 14Ivan Pavlov1849-1936 · Russia · Scientists16 decades
  15. 15Cecil Rhodes1853-1902 · United Kingdom · Politicians12 decades
  16. 16Wilhelm Röntgen1845-1923 · Germany · Scientists11 decades
  17. 17Pope Benedict XV1854-1922 · Italy · Religious Figures11 decades
  18. 18José Martí1853-1895 · Spain · Writers16 decades
  19. 19Ludwig II of Bavaria1845-1886 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Billy the Kid1859-1881 · United States12 decades
  21. 21Henri Poincaré1854-1912 · France · Academics13 decades
  22. 22H. H. Asquith1852-1928 · United Kingdom · Politicians11 decades
  23. 23Ferdinand Foch1851-1929 · France · Historical Figures7 decades
  24. 24Annie Besant1847-1933 · United Kingdom · Activists15 decades
  25. 25George I of Greece1845-1913 · Denmark · Historical Figures0 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.