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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 Italian books during the 1880s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists4.3
  2. 2Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists4.0
  3. 3Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists3.7
  4. 4Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers3.6
  5. 5Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · 19th century · Writers2.9
  6. 6Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.8
  7. 7Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.6
  8. 8Giordano Bruno1548-1600 · 16th century · Italy · Academics2.5
  9. 9Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers2.3
  10. 10Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists2.2
  11. 11Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists2.1
  12. 12Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects1.9
  13. 13Antonio Rosmini1797-1855 · 19th century · Academics1.8
  14. 14Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers1.8
  15. 15Dino Compagni1255-1324 · 13th century · Writers1.8
  16. 16Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492 · 15th century · Politicians1.7
  17. 17Silvio Pellico1789-1854 · 19th century · Writers1.7
  18. 18Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.7
  19. 19Giuseppe Mazzini1805-1872 · 19th century · Italy · Activists1.6
  20. 20Cesare Cantù1804-1895 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.6
  21. 21Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.5
  22. 22Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.4
  23. 23Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.3
  24. 24Cesare Balbo1789-1853 · 19th century · Politicians1.3
  25. 25Massimo d'Azeglio1798-1866 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians1.3
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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.