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1882
Whose working lives fell in 1882. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 1882, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Thomas Edison13 decades - 2
Alexander Graham Bell15 decades - 3
Paul von Hindenburg10 decades - 4
Bram Stoker12 decades - 5
Annie Besant15 decades - 6
Jesse James14 decades - 7
Joseph Pulitzer14 decades - 8
Maria Feodorovna17 decades - 9
Max Liebermann13 decades - 10
Georges Sorel12 decades - 11
Jean Casimir-Perier0 decades - 12
Ellen Terry15 decades - 13
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia17 decades - 14
Sidney Sonnino15 decades - 15
Ida Saxton McKinley0 decades - 16
Nikolay Zhukovsky10 decades - 17
Kate Sheppard0 decades - 18
Millicent Garrett Fawcett4 decades - 19
Wong Fei-hungnot measured- - 20
Sergey Nechayev7 decades - 21
Maria Pia of Savoy15 decades - 22
Jens Peter Jacobsen0 decades - 23
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy0 decades - 24
Bolesław Prus0 decades - 25
Afonso Pena0 decades - 26
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Roseberynot measured- - 27
Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavarianot measured- - 28
Radomir Putnik0 decades - 29
Giuseppe Giacosa15 decades - 30
Oscar Swahn0 decades - 31
Paul Langerhans2 decades - 32
Galileo Ferraris15 decades - 33
Koos de la Rey0 decades - 34
Jacob Schiffnot measured- - 35
Catherine Dolgorukovnot measured- - 36
Milena of Montenegro0 decades - 37
Margarete Steiffnot measured- - 38
Frits Thaulow0 decades - 39
Pavel Yablochkov0 decades - 40
Princess Margherita of Parmanot measured- - 41
Albert Pinkham Rydernot measured- - 42
Hiệp Hòanot measured- - 43
Philip, Prince of Eulenburgnot measured- - 44
Chiquinha Gonzaga0 decades - 45
Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Siciliesnot measured- - 46
Augusta Holmèsnot measured- - 47
Wilhelmina Druckernot measured-
- 48
Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmontnot measured- - 49
Otto Wallach4 decades - 50
Alexander Lodygin0 decades - 51
Oku Yasukatanot measured- - 52
Kálmán Mikszáth0 decades - 53
John Bates Clark12 decades - 54
Mori Arinorinot measured- - 55
Benjamin Tillmannot measured- - 56
Hans Gross12 decades - 57
Émile Faguet14 decades - 58
Robert Fuchs13 decades - 59
John Forrestnot measured- - 60
Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnairdnot measured- - 61
Louis Henri Boussenardnot measured- - 62
William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrienot measured- - 63
Eduardo López de Romaña10 decades - 64
Anna Howard Shaw12 decades - 65
Wilgelm Vitgeftnot measured- - 66
Ricciotti Garibaldinot measured- - 67
Adolf von Hildebrand11 decades - 68
Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austrianot measured- - 69
Solomon Schechternot measured- - 70
Karl Wittgensteinnot measured- - 71
John Chardnot measured- - 72
Hesya Helfmannot measured- - 73
Julia Lermontova0 decades - 74
John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temairnot measured- - 75
Wilhelm Killing0 decades - 76
Michel-Joseph Maunourynot measured- - 77
Johnny Ringonot measured- - 78
Eugen Maximilianovich, Duke of Leuchtenbergnot measured- - 79
Ray Lankester13 decades - 80
Remus von Woyrschnot measured- - 81
Guglielmo Oberdannot measured- - 82
Frederick Arthur Bridgmannot measured- - 83
Kobayashi Kiyochikanot measured- - 84
Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemartnot measured- - 85
Stepan Khalturinnot measured- - 86
James O'Neillnot measured- - 87
Édouard Debat-Ponsannot measured- - 88
Richard Bowdler Sharpe0 decades - 89
Charles Gidenot measured- - 90
Miura Gorōnot measured- - 91
Emma Albaninot measured- - 92
William Edward Ayrton0 decades - 93
Idriz Seferinot measured- - 94
Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbranot measured- - 95
Two Moonnot measured- - 96
František Křižíknot measured- - 97
Lady Adelanot measured- - 98
Kuno von Moltkenot measured- - 99
Ralph Albert Blakelocknot measured- - 100
William O'Connell Bradleynot measured-
How to read these rankings
- People sit in their own time. Everyone is placed in the century their working life belongs to, and never in one that came after their death.
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record, read across every language rather than one. 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. Those decades are closed, so each curve is measured once and kept.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, or a name belongs to more than one notable person, we would rather show nothing than guess.