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1890
Whose working lives fell in 1890. 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 1890, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Joseph Merrick0 decades - 2
Eugene V. Debs13 decades - 3
John Browningnot measured- - 4
Giovanni Pascoli14 decades - 5
Paul Deschanel14 decades - 6
Houston Stewart Chamberlain13 decades - 7
Ivan Michurin9 decades - 8
Percival Lowell14 decades - 9
Eleanor Marx8 decades - 10
James S. Sherman4 decades - 11
Yukteswar Giri0 decades - 12
Andrew W. Mellon10 decades - 13
Emile Verhaeren13 decades - 14
Ferdinand Tönnies13 decades - 15
Robert M. La Follette12 decades - 16
Otto Liman von Sanders0 decades - 17
William Kemmler1 decades - 18
Robert de Montesquiou13 decades - 19
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghornenot measured- - 20
Anatoly Lyadov1 decades - 21
Ernest Chausson13 decades - 22
Evelyn De Morgan0 decades - 23
Marie Corelli14 decades - 24
Olive Schreiner14 decades - 25
Vladimir Gilyarovsky5 decades - 26
Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugalnot measured- - 27
Georges Rodenbach14 decades - 28
Tommaso Tittoni14 decades - 29
King C. Gillette0 decades - 30
Robert Koldewey10 decades - 31
Alexandros Zaimis0 decades - 32
Josiah Royce14 decades - 33
Hermes da Fonseca0 decades - 34
Edwin Hallnot measured- - 35
Inukai Tsuyoshi0 decades - 36
Lidia Poëtnot measured- - 37
Arthur Nikisch13 decades - 38
Hsu Shih-chang8 decades - 39
Živojin Mišić0 decades - 40
Pavlos Kountouriotis0 decades - 41
Princess Zorka of Montenegro0 decades - 42
Christian Bohr0 decades - 43
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holsteinnot measured- - 44
Innokenty Annensky0 decades - 45
Jean Lorrain14 decades - 46
Cecilia Beaux5 decades - 47
Hüseyin Hilmi Pashanot measured- - 48
Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibinot measured- - 49
Nataliya Kobrynskanot measured- - 50
Eduard von Keyserling10 decades - 51
Oskar von Millernot measured- - 52
Marco Fidel Suáreznot measured- - 53
Vlaho Bukovac0 decades - 54
Ludwig Ganghofernot measured- - 55
William Friese-Greenenot measured- - 56
Eduard Meyer7 decades
- 57
Albert Frederick Mummerynot measured- - 58
Juan Zorrilla de San Martínnot measured- - 59
Jacques Curienot measured- - 60
Axel Paulsen0 decades - 61
Marianne Stokesnot measured- - 62
Rodolphe Lindtnot measured- - 63
Karl Bullanot measured- - 64
Samad bey Mehmandarovnot measured- - 65
Arthur Wing Pinero8 decades - 66
George Ramsaynot measured- - 67
Eugène Boch1 decades - 68
Leo Deutschnot measured- - 69
Lucia Zaratenot measured- - 70
Julius Röntgennot measured- - 71
Komura Jutarōnot measured- - 72
Dmytro Yavornytskynot measured- - 73
Bidar Kadınnot measured- - 74
Sarah E. Goodenot measured- - 75
Hugo von Pohlnot measured- - 76
Konstantin Mereschkowskinot measured- - 77
Paul Appell13 decades - 78
Isaac Isaacsnot measured- - 79
Clinton Hart Merriam0 decades - 80
Tōyama Mitsurunot measured- - 81
Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinganot measured- - 82
François Pomponnot measured- - 83
José Malhoanot measured- - 84
William Sharpnot measured- - 85
Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwentnot measured- - 86
Guido Adler14 decades - 87
Theodor Reussnot measured- - 88
Alexei Polivanovnot measured- - 89
Princess Pauline of Waldeck and Pyrmontnot measured- - 90
Albert Neissernot measured- - 91
Frederick McCubbinnot measured- - 92
Keishnot measured- - 93
Émile Driantnot measured- - 94
Marie-Joseph Lagrangenot measured- - 95
Alexandre Darracqnot measured- - 96
João Franconot measured- - 97
John McKennanot measured- - 98
Kikuchi Dairokunot measured- - 99
Erik Werenskioldnot measured- - 100
Agnes Marshallnot 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.