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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
  26. 26Teresa of Ávila1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.3
  27. 27Vincent Ferrer1350-1419 · 14th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.2
  28. 28Pope Alexander VI1431-1503 · 15th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.2
  29. 29Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.0
  30. 30Bartolomé Mitre1821-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.0
  31. 31Bartolomé de las Casas1484-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.0
  32. 32María de Jesús1560-1640 · 16th century · Spain0.95
  33. 33Luis de León1527-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.94
  34. 34Tirso de Molina1583-1648 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.93
  35. 35Fernán González of Castile910-970 · 10th century0.88
  36. 36Práxedes Mateo Sagasta1825-1903 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.86
  37. 37Juan de la Cosa1450-1510 · 15th century · Historical Figures0.86
  38. 38Pedro de Alvarado1486-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.83
  39. 39Francis Solanus1549-1610 · 16th century · Spain0.82
  40. 40Emilio Castelar1832-1899 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.82
  41. 41Ambrosio de Morales1513-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.79
  42. 42Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas1791-1865 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.79
  43. 43Manuel Montt1809-1880 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians0.78
  44. 44Pedro de Villagra1513-1577 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.78
  45. 45Francisco Pacheco1564-1644 · 16th century · Artists0.76
  46. 46Garcilaso de la Vega1503-1536 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.76
  47. 47John of the Cross1542-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.75
  48. 48Pedro de Soto1493-1563 · 16th century · Spain · Actors0.75
  49. 49Ramón de la Cruz1731-1794 · 18th century · Spain · Writers0.73
  50. 50Antonio de Ulloa1716-1795 · 18th century · Writers0.73
  51. 51Manuel Oribe1792-1857 · 19th century · Uruguay · Politicians0.72
  52. 52Francisco Guerrero1528-1599 · 16th century · Musicians0.69
  53. 53Jorge Juan y Santacilia1713-1773 · 18th century · Spain · Scientists0.68
  54. 54Ricardo Palma1833-1919 · 19th century · Peru · Writers0.66
  55. 55Lope de Rueda1505-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.65
  56. 56Juan Bravo1483-1521 · 16th century · Politicians0.65
  57. 57Emilia Pardo Bazán1851-1921 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.63
  58. 58Wittiza686-710 · 8th century · Historical Figures0.62
  59. 59Juan de Herrera1530-1597 · 16th century · Spain · Architects0.62
  60. 60Diego Velázquez1599-1660 · 17th century · Spain · Artists0.62
  61. 61Fructuoso Rivera1784-1854 · 19th century · Uruguay · Politicians0.61
  62. 62Simón Bolívar1783-1830 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.61
  63. 63Jose Miguel Carrera1785-1821 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians0.60
  64. 64Benito Juárez1806-1872 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians0.59
  65. 65Martín Ruiz de Gamboa1533-1590 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.58
  66. 66Diego de Rojas1500-1544 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.56
  67. 67Fernán Caballero1796-1877 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.56
  68. 68Víctor Balaguer i Cirera1824-1901 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.53
  69. 69Concepción Arenal Ponte1820-1893 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.53
  70. 70José de San Martín1778-1850 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.53
  71. 71Manuel Godoy1767-1851 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.52
  72. 72Juan Andrés1740-1817 · 18th century · Spain · Academics0.52
  73. 73Manuel Quintana1835-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.51
  74. 74Manuel Belgrano1770-1820 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.51
  75. 75Bernardino Rivadavia1780-1845 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.50
  76. 76Gil Vicente1465-1536 · 16th century · Portugal · Writers0.50
  77. 77Rodrigo Caro1573-1647 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.50
  78. 78Peter of Alcantara1499-1562 · 16th century · Spain0.49
  79. 79Antonio José de Sucre1795-1830 · 19th century · Politicians0.48
  80. 80Hernando de Soto1500-1542 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.48
  81. 81Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo1856-1912 · 19th century · Spain · Academics0.48
  82. 82Alonso Rodriguez1526-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.47
  83. 83Martín Alonso Pinzón1441-1493 · 15th century · Historical Figures0.47
  84. 84García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete1535-1609 · 16th century · Spain0.46
  85. 85Juan de Garay1528-1583 · 16th century · Spain0.46
  86. 86Bernardo O'Higgins1778-1842 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.46
  87. 87Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain1549-1580 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians0.45
  88. 88José Echegaray1832-1916 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.45
  89. 89Claudio Coello1642-1693 · 17th century · Spain · Artists0.44
  90. 90Venancio Flores1808-1868 · 19th century · Uruguay · Politicians0.43
  91. 91Pedro González de Mendoza1428-1495 · 15th century · Politicians0.42
  92. 92Michael de Sanctis1591-1625 · 17th century · Religious Figures0.41
  93. 93Thomas of Villanova1488-1555 · 16th century · Spain · Academics0.40
  94. 94Luis de Granada1504-1588 · 16th century · Spain · Actors0.40
  95. 95Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés1478-1557 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.40
  96. 96Alonso Cano1601-1667 · 17th century · Spain · Artists0.39
  97. 97Ferran d'Aragó1248-1251 · 13th century · Spain0.39
  98. 98José Antonio Páez1790-1873 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.38
  99. 99Francisco de Montejo y León1479-1553 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.37
  100. 100Antonio Maura1853-1925 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.37

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.