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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 Hebrew books during the 1880s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Rav Ashi352-427 · 4th century19
  2. 2Simeon ben Gamliel IIborn 100 · 2nd century13
  3. 3Haggaiborn 550 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures8.9
  4. 4Saadia Gaon882-942 · 10th century · Academics8.3
  5. 5Nathan the Babylonianborn 101 · 2nd century7.0
  6. 6Habakkuk626 BC-600 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures7.0
  7. 7Hai Gaon939-1038 · 10th century · Writers6.6
  8. 8Johanan ben Zakai50 BC-70 · 1st millennium BC4.5
  9. 9Hillel the Elder50 BC-100 · 1st millennium BC3.9
  10. 10Simeon ben Zomadied 200 · 2nd century3.4
  11. 11Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg1150-1217 · 12th century · Academics2.9
  12. 12Samuel ibn Naghrillah993-1055 · 11th century · Writers2.7
  13. 13Sabbatai Zevi1626-1676 · 17th century · Turkey · Religious Figures2.6
  14. 14Joseph Kimhi1105-1170 · 12th century · France · Writers2.2
  15. 15Amram Gaon810-875 · 9th century2.1
  16. 16Isaac Abrabanel1437-1508 · 15th century · Academics2.0
  17. 17Rabbeinu Tam1100-1171 · 12th century · France · Writers1.9
  18. 18Ahad Ha'am1856-1927 · 19th century · Russia · Writers1.6
  19. 19Judas Maccabeus500 BC-160 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures1.5
  20. 20Zerachiah haLevi of Girona1130-1186 · 12th century · France · Writers1.5
  21. 21Menasseh Ben Israel1604-1657 · 17th century · Netherlands · Academics1.2
  22. 22Shabbethai Donnoloborn 913 · 10th century · Scientists1.2
  23. 23Moses Kimhi1127-1190 · 12th century · France1.1
  24. 24Eliezer ben Hurcanus100-200 · 2nd century1.1
  25. 25Hasdai Crescas1340-1410 · 14th century · Academics1.1
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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.