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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
  26. 26Jules Favre1809-1880 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.6
  27. 27Félix Faure1841-1899 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.5
  28. 28Joseph de Maistre1753-1821 · 18th century · France · Academics1.5
  29. 29Claude Bernard1813-1878 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.4
  30. 30Benjamin Constant1767-1830 · 19th century · Switzerland · Politicians1.4
  31. 31Alfred de Musset1810-1857 · 19th century · France · Writers1.3
  32. 32Louis Blanc1811-1882 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians1.3
  33. 33Francis II of France1544-1560 · 16th century · France · Politicians1.3
  34. 34Théophile Gautier1811-1872 · 19th century · France · Writers1.3
  35. 35Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle1818-1894 · 19th century · France · Writers1.2
  36. 36Ludovico Sforza1452-1508 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians1.2
  37. 37Louis XVII of France1785-1795 · 18th century · France1.1
  38. 38Odilon Barrot1791-1873 · 19th century · France · Politicians1.1
  39. 39Charles the Bold1433-1477 · 15th century · France · Politicians1.0
  40. 40Alfred de Vigny1797-1863 · 19th century · France · Writers1.0
  41. 41Napoleon1769-1821 · 19th century · France · Historical Figures1.0
  42. 42Pope Julius II1443-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.97
  43. 43Gaston Paris1839-1903 · 19th century · France · Writers0.96
  44. 44La Grange1635-1692 · 17th century · France · Actors0.95
  45. 45Paul Bourget1852-1935 · 19th century · France · Writers0.94
  46. 46Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712-1778 · 18th century · Switzerland · Academics0.93
  47. 47André Chénier1762-1794 · 18th century · France · Writers0.90
  48. 48Anatole France1844-1924 · 19th century · France · Writers0.89
  49. 49Léon Bourgeois1851-1925 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.88
  50. 50Pope Clement V1264-1314 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.86
  51. 51Jules Lemaître1853-1914 · 19th century · France · Writers0.83
  52. 52Pope John XXII1244-1334 · 13th century · France · Religious Figures0.82
  53. 53Alphonse Daudet1840-1897 · 19th century · France · Writers0.77
  54. 54Frédéric Passy1822-1912 · 19th century · France · Academics0.75
  55. 55Augustin Thierry1795-1856 · 19th century · France · Writers0.74
  56. 56Jules Guesde1845-1922 · 19th century · France · Journalists0.74
  57. 57Camille Desmoulins1760-1794 · 18th century · France · Journalists0.73
  58. 58Victor Cousin1792-1867 · 19th century · France · Academics0.72
  59. 59Pierre Loti1850-1923 · 19th century · France · Writers0.67
  60. 60Sarah Bernhardt1844-1923 · 19th century · France · Actors0.64
  61. 61Jeanne d'Albret1528-1572 · 16th century · France · Politicians0.63
  62. 62Casimir Delavigne1793-1843 · 19th century · France · Writers0.62
  63. 63Anne of Brittany1477-1514 · 16th century · France0.60
  64. 64Louis Bonaparte1778-1846 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.58
  65. 65Pope Urban V1310-1370 · 14th century · France · Religious Figures0.57
  66. 66François Coppée1842-1908 · 19th century · France · Writers0.56
  67. 67Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy1480-1530 · 16th century · Spain · Artists0.56
  68. 68Salomon Reinach1858-1932 · 19th century · France · Writers0.55
  69. 69Gustav III of Sweden1746-1792 · 18th century · Sweden · Politicians0.55
  70. 70Margaret of Valois1553-1615 · 16th century · France · Writers0.55
  71. 71Pierre Leroux1797-1871 · 19th century · France · Academics0.52
  72. 72Ernest Renan1823-1892 · 19th century · France · Academics0.52
  73. 73Maine de Biran1766-1824 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.51
  74. 74Pope Gregory XI1329-1378 · 14th century · France · Religious Figures0.49
  75. 75Charlotte Corday1768-1793 · 18th century · France · Historical Figures0.47
  76. 76Blanche of Castile1188-1252 · 13th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.45
  77. 77Arsène Arnaud Claretie1840-1913 · 19th century · France · Journalists0.44
  78. 78Firmin Didot1764-1836 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.44
  79. 79Georges Michel1763-1843 · 18th century · France · Artists0.44
  80. 80Octave Feuillet1821-1890 · 19th century · France · Writers0.43
  81. 81Diane de Poitiers1499-1566 · 16th century · France0.43
  82. 82Mathieu Dumas1753-1837 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.42
  83. 83Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon1635-1719 · 17th century · France · Academics0.42
  84. 84Lucien Bonaparte1775-1840 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.42
  85. 85Charles Nodier1780-1844 · 19th century · France · Writers0.42
  86. 86Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle1760-1836 · 18th century · France · Musicians0.42
  87. 87David d'Angers1788-1856 · 19th century · France · Artists0.42
  88. 88Joseph Bonaparte1768-1844 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.42
  89. 89Horace Vernet1789-1863 · 19th century · France · Artists0.41
  90. 90Charles Dupin1784-1873 · 19th century · France · Academics0.39
  91. 91Olivier de Serres1539-1619 · 16th century · Writers0.38
  92. 92Claude Michel1738-1814 · 18th century · France · Artists0.38
  93. 93Thomas Corneille1625-1709 · 17th century · France · Writers0.37
  94. 94Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville1746-1795 · 18th century · France · Politicians0.37
  95. 95Ambroise Thomas1811-1896 · 19th century · France · Musicians0.37
  96. 96Vincent of Beauvais1190-1264 · 13th century · Educators0.36
  97. 97Jacques Cartier1491-1557 · 16th century · France · Historical Figures0.36
  98. 98René Goblet1828-1905 · 19th century · France · Politicians0.36
  99. 99Guy de Maupassant1850-1893 · 19th century · France · Writers0.36
  100. 100Ravachol1859-1892 · 19th century · France · Activists0.36

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.