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1886
Whose working lives fell in 1886. 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 1886, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
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Ferdinand Foch7 decades - 2
Olga Constantinovna of Russia16 decades - 3
Margaret of Savoy17 decades - 4
Emilia Pardo Bazán14 decades - 5
Louise of Sweden0 decades - 6
Doc Holliday8 decades - 7
Arthur Evans14 decades - 8
Emile Berliner4 decades - 9
Melvil Dewey15 decades - 10
Empress Myeongseong0 decades - 11
Infanta Isabel, Countess of Gergenti0 decades - 12
David Starr Jordan14 decades - 13
Léon Bourgeois14 decades - 14
Adolf von Harnack11 decades - 15
Ismail Gaspıralı2 decades - 16
Peder Severin Krøyer0 decades - 17
Roque Sáenz Peña13 decades - 18
Charles Dow0 decades - 19
Vincent d'Indy14 decades - 20
Lucy Parsons2 decades - 21
Martinus Wilhelm Beijerincknot measured- - 22
Oliver Lodge14 decades - 23
Friedrich von Wieser8 decades - 24
Charles Joseph Bonaparte0 decades - 25
Eugen Böhm von Bawerk0 decades - 26
Jonas Basanavičiusnot measured- - 27
Asa Griggs Candler0 decades - 28
Aristide Bruant13 decades - 29
Georg Jellinek14 decades - 30
Bernardino Machado0 decades - 31
Knut Wicksell7 decades
- 32
Frederick Francis III2 decades - 33
Alois Jirásek0 decades - 34
Taytu Betul0 decades - 35
Andrea Costa17 decades - 36
Alexandros Papadiamantis0 decades - 37
Karoli Lwanganot measured- - 38
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningennot measured- - 39
Torakusu Yamaha0 decades - 40
Luis Ricardo Faleronot measured- - 41
Stanisław Witkiewicz0 decades - 42
Guillermo Billinghurstnot measured- - 43
Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Siciliesnot measured- - 44
Désiré Mercier4 decades - 45
Charles Dupuynot measured- - 46
Otto Schott14 decades - 47
Felix Adler15 decades - 48
Mahmud Hasan Deobandinot measured- - 49
George Francis FitzGeraldnot measured- - 50
Édouard de Castelnaunot measured- - 51
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Greynot measured- - 52
William Quan Judgenot measured- - 53
Maksim Kovalevsky15 decades - 54
Ogino Ginkonot measured- - 55
Friedrich Sixt von Arminnot measured- - 56
Theodor Lipps13 decades - 57
Mary Augusta Ward0 decades - 58
Angelo Moriondonot measured- - 59
Kim Ok-gyunnot measured- - 60
Jane Dieulafoynot measured- - 61
Edward Robert Hughesnot measured- - 62
Frederick Selousnot measured- - 63
Nikolay Ivanovnot measured- - 64
Ruperto Chapínot measured- - 65
Jacobus Kapteyn0 decades - 66
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval4 decades - 67
Franz von Lisztnot measured- - 68
Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinskynot measured- - 69
B. B. Warfieldnot measured- - 70
Karl Wilhelm Diefenbachnot measured- - 71
Arne Garborg0 decades - 72
Edgardo Mortaranot measured- - 73
William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulmenot measured- - 74
Isaac Peralnot measured- - 75
Ernst Josephsonnot measured- - 76
Bedrifelek Kadınnot measured- - 77
Manuel Curros Enríqueznot measured- - 78
Raffaele Garofalonot measured- - 79
William Mitchell Ramsaynot measured- - 80
Leslie Wardnot measured- - 81
Stephan Burián von Rajecznot measured- - 82
Gérard Lemannot measured- - 83
Prince Henry, Count of Bardinot measured- - 84
Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhaltnot measured- - 85
James Churchwardnot measured- - 86
Anton Hausnot measured- - 87
Thérèse Schwartzenot measured- - 88
Émile Schuffeneckernot measured- - 89
Arthur Schusternot measured- - 90
Mehmed Ferid Paşanot measured- - 91
Germain Nouveaunot measured- - 92
Edhem Pashanot measured- - 93
Giuseppe Allamanonot measured- - 94
Annibale Maria di Francianot measured- - 95
George Abraham Griersonnot measured- - 96
Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelosnot measured- - 97
Anna Yesipovanot measured- - 98
Samuel Wendell Willistonnot measured- - 99
Charles Chamberlandnot measured- - 100
Ramón González Valencianot 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.