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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
  26. 26Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.41
  27. 27Maximus the Greek1475-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.41
  28. 28Nikita Panin1718-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.39
  29. 29Ivan Dmitriev1760-1837 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.35
  30. 30Catherine Pavlovna of Russia1788-1819 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.32
  31. 31Konstantin of Uglich1389-1434 · 15th century0.31
  32. 32Gleb Uspensky1843-1902 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.29
  33. 33Symeon of Polotsk1629-1680 · 17th century · Writers0.29
  34. 34Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia1825-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.28
  35. 35Paul I of Russia1754-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.28
  36. 36Dimitry of Rostov1651-1709 · 17th century · Writers0.25
  37. 37Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia1858-1915 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.25
  38. 38Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia1690-1718 · 18th century · Politicians0.22
  39. 39Grigory Potemkin1739-1791 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.21
  40. 40Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy1645-1729 · 17th century · Russia · Writers0.21
  41. 41Konstantin Aksakov1817-1860 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.21
  42. 42Nikolai Leskov1831-1895 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.20
  43. 43Joseph Volotsky1440-1515 · 15th century · Writers0.19
  44. 44Maria Feodorovna1847-1928 · 19th century · Denmark · Historical Figures0.19
  45. 45Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia1871-1899 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.16
  46. 46Ivan Aksakov1823-1886 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.16
  47. 47Alexander Menshikov1673-1729 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.15
  48. 48Ivan Betskoy1704-1795 · 18th century · Russia · Educators0.14
  49. 49Pyotr Panin1721-1789 · 18th century · Russia0.14
  50. 50Alexander Shishkov1754-1841 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.14
  51. 51Alexander Ivanov1806-1858 · 19th century · Russia · Artists0.13
  52. 52Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.13
  53. 53Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn1643-1714 · 17th century · Politicians0.12
  54. 54Catherine I of Russia1684-1727 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.12
  55. 55Anton Chekhov1860-1904 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.11
  56. 56Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov1787-1869 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.11
  57. 57Boris of Tver1400-1461 · 15th century0.10
  58. 58Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.10
  59. 59Konstantin of Rostov1185-1218 · 13th century · Politicians0.10
  60. 60Konstantin Leontiev1831-1891 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.10
  61. 61Alexander Butlerov1828-1886 · 19th century · Russia · Scientists0.09
  62. 62Alexander Radishchev1749-1802 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.09
  63. 63Dmitry Pozharsky1577-1642 · 17th century · Politicians0.08
  64. 64Alexander III of Russia1845-1894 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.08
  65. 65Olga Constantinovna of Russia1851-1926 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.08
  66. 66Alexis of Russia1629-1676 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.07
  67. 67Mykola Kostomarov1817-1885 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.07
  68. 68Alexander Ostrovsky1823-1886 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.07
  69. 69Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov1711-1762 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.07
  70. 70Mikhail Vorontsov1782-1856 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.07
  71. 71Alexander Suvorov1730-1800 · 18th century · Russia0.07
  72. 72Nikolai Pirogov1810-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Scientists0.07
  73. 73Denis Davydov1784-1839 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.07
  74. 74Peter III of Russia1728-1762 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures0.06
  75. 75Kirill Razumovsky1728-1803 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.06
  76. 76Vladimir Solovyov1853-1900 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.06
  77. 77Nikolay Karamzin1766-1826 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  78. 78Vladimir Korolenko1853-1921 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  79. 79Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov1737-1807 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.05
  80. 80Nikolay Rumyantsev1754-1826 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  81. 81Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich of Russia1860-1919 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.05
  82. 82Michael of Russia1596-1645 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.05
  83. 83Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia1856-1929 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.05
  84. 84Oleg I of Chernigov1052-1115 · 11th century · Historical Figures0.05
  85. 85Nikolai Gogol1809-1852 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  86. 86Peter II of Russia1715-1730 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.05
  87. 87Anton Rubinstein1829-1894 · 19th century · Russia · Musicians0.05
  88. 88Luka Zhidiatadied 1059 · 11th century0.05
  89. 89Fyodor Dostoevsky1821-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  90. 90Mikhail of Tver1271-1318 · 14th century · Politicians0.05
  91. 91Pyotr Vyazemsky1792-1878 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  92. 92Vasily Zhukovsky1783-1852 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  93. 93Gavrila Derzhavin1743-1816 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  94. 94Mikhail Speransky1772-1839 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.04
  95. 95Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia1847-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.04
  96. 96Mikhail Pogodin1800-1875 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  97. 97Kuzma Minindied 1616 · 17th century · Politicians0.04
  98. 98Vsevolod Garshin1855-1888 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  99. 99Alexander Gorchakov1798-1883 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.03
  100. 100Ivan Krylov1769-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.03

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.