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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 French books during the 1890s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Louis XIV of France1638-1715 · 17th century · France · Historical Figures25
  2. 2Voltaire1694-1778 · 18th century · France · Writers22
  3. 3Molière1622-1673 · 17th century · France · Writers17
  4. 4Louis XVI of France1754-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures12
  5. 5Louis XV of France1710-1774 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures9.4
  6. 6Victor Hugo1802-1885 · 19th century · France · Writers8.6
  7. 7François Fénelon1651-1715 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures6.3
  8. 8Joan of Arc1412-1431 · 15th century · France6.1
  9. 9Montesquieu1689-1755 · 18th century · France · Academics5.8
  10. 10Louis XVIII of France1755-1824 · 18th century · France · Politicians5.3
  11. 11Louis XII of France1462-1515 · 15th century · France · Historical Figures4.5
  12. 12Napoleon III1808-1873 · 19th century · France · Politicians4.5
  13. 13Marie Antoinette1755-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures3.3
  14. 14George Sand1804-1876 · 19th century · France · Writers3.0
  15. 15Francis de Sales1567-1622 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures3.0
  16. 16Philip V of Spain1683-1746 · 18th century · France · Politicians2.9
  17. 17Jules Simon1814-1896 · 19th century · France · Politicians2.8
  18. 18Charles X of France1757-1836 · 18th century · France · Politicians2.7
  19. 19Pierre de Marivaux1688-1763 · 18th century · France · Writers2.6
  20. 20Auguste Comte1798-1857 · 19th century · France · Academics2.3
  21. 21Vincent de Paul1581-1660 · 17th century · France · Religious Figures2.3
  22. 22Jules Ferry1832-1893 · 19th century · France · Politicians2.0
  23. 23Marie de' Medici1575-1642 · 17th century · France · Politicians1.9
  24. 24Stendhal1783-1842 · 19th century · France · Writers1.7
  25. 25Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme1540-1614 · 16th century · France · Writers1.6
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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.