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The 1890s

Whose names filled the books of the 1890s - 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 Spanish books during the 1890s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal9.7
  2. 2Pedro de Valdivia1497-1553 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians6.9
  3. 3Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers6.0
  4. 4Christopher Columbus1451-1506 · 15th century · Italy · Historical Figures5.0
  5. 5Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures4.6
  6. 6Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures3.7
  7. 7Porfirio Díaz1830-1915 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians3.4
  8. 8Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures3.0
  9. 9Rodrigo de Quiroga1512-1580 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures3.0
  10. 10Diego de Almagro1475-1538 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.9
  11. 11Juan Fernández1529-1602 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.8
  12. 12Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians2.6
  13. 13Hernando Pizarro1502-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.4
  14. 14John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians2.2
  15. 15Hernán Cortés1485-1547 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.1
  16. 16Francisco de Villagra1511-1563 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.0
  17. 17Francisco de Aguirre1507-1581 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.8
  18. 18Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.7
  19. 19John I of France1316-1316 · 14th century · France · Historical Figures1.6
  20. 20Francisco Quevedo1584-1645 · 17th century · Spain · Writers1.6
  21. 21Juan López de Padilla1490-1521 · 16th century · Activists1.4
  22. 22Andrés Bello1781-1865 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians1.4
  23. 23Alonso de Alvarado1500-1556 · 16th century · Historical Figures1.4
  24. 24Ignatius of Loyola1491-1556 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.4
  25. 25Antonio Cánovas del Castillo1828-1897 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians1.3
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1890s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Nikola Tesla1856-1943 · Hungary · Scientists13 decades
  2. 2Sigmund Freud1856-1939 · Austria · Doctors12 decades
  3. 3Theodore Roosevelt1858-1919 · United States · Politicians16 decades
  4. 4Woodrow Wilson1856-1924 · United States · Politicians14 decades
  5. 5Anton Chekhov1860-1904 · Russia · Writers15 decades
  6. 6Henry Ford1863-1947 · United States · Founders16 decades
  7. 7Rabindranath Tagore1861-1941 · India · Writers11 decades
  8. 8Arthur Conan Doyle1859-1930 · United Kingdom · Writers12 decades
  9. 9William Howard Taft1857-1930 · United States · Politicians12 decades
  10. 10George Bernard Shaw1856-1950 · United Kingdom · Writers13 decades
  11. 11Swami Vivekananda1863-1902 · India · Academics13 decades
  12. 12Wilhelm II, German Emperor1859-1941 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria1863-1914 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  14. 14Gustav Mahler1860-1911 · Musicians13 decades
  15. 15Max Weber1864-1920 · Germany · Academics15 decades
  16. 16Max Planck1858-1947 · Germany · Scientists14 decades
  17. 17Gabriele D'Annunzio1863-1938 · Italy · Writers14 decades
  18. 18Gustav Klimt1862-1918 · Austria · Artists12 decades
  19. 19Philippe Pétain1856-1951 · France · Politicians8 decades
  20. 20Claude Debussy1862-1918 · France · Musicians12 decades
  21. 21Pope Pius XI1857-1939 · Vatican City · Religious Figures10 decades
  22. 22Joseph Conrad1857-1924 · United Kingdom · Writers14 decades
  23. 23Edvard Munch1863-1944 · Norway · Artists7 decades
  24. 24Giacomo Puccini1858-1924 · Italy · Musicians15 decades
  25. 25Theodor Herzl1860-1904 · Hungary · Journalists13 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.