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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 Russian books during the 1880s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures12
  2. 2Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers4.5
  3. 3Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov1727-1797 · 18th century · Russia · Writers1.2
  4. 4Elizabeth of Russia1709-1761 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.1
  5. 5Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827-1892 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.97
  6. 6Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians0.96
  7. 7Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.90
  8. 8Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century0.88
  9. 9Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.79
  10. 10Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures0.79
  11. 11Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.79
  12. 12Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia1864-1931 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.68
  13. 13Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.65
  14. 14Grigory Orlov1734-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.61
  15. 15Nicholas I of Russia1796-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Models0.58
  16. 16Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.56
  17. 17Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia1783-1801 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.55
  18. 18Ivan the Terrible1530-1584 · 16th century · Politicians0.53
  19. 19Leo Tolstoy1828-1910 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.52
  20. 20Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.50
  21. 21Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia1860-1919 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.49
  22. 22Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.47
  23. 23Stefan Yavorsky1658-1722 · 17th century · Russia · Academics0.45
  24. 24Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.44
  25. 25Nicholas Repnin1734-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.41
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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.