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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 Italian books during the 1890s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers6.1
  2. 2Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists3.8
  3. 3Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists3.5
  4. 4Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers3.4
  5. 5Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists3.3
  6. 6Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists3.0
  7. 7Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.4
  8. 8Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · 19th century · Italy · Writers2.4
  9. 9Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · 19th century · Writers2.1
  10. 10Giuseppe Mazzini1805-1872 · 19th century · Italy · Activists2.1
  11. 11Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists2.1
  12. 12Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers1.9
  13. 13Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492 · 15th century · Politicians1.8
  14. 14Cesare Cantù1804-1895 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.8
  15. 15Silvio Pellico1789-1854 · 19th century · Writers1.7
  16. 16Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.7
  17. 17Andrea Doria1466-1560 · 16th century · Italy · Politicians1.7
  18. 18Paul the Deacon720-799 · 8th century · Writers1.6
  19. 19Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects1.5
  20. 20Francesco Crispi1818-1901 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians1.4
  21. 21Giosuè Carducci1835-1907 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.4
  22. 22Giordano Bruno1548-1600 · 16th century · Italy · Academics1.3
  23. 23Aloysius Gonzaga1568-1591 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.3
  24. 24Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.3
  25. 25Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.3
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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.