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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 Hebrew books during the 1890s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Rav Ashi352-427 · 4th century21
  2. 2Saadia Gaon882-942 · 10th century · Academics12
  3. 3Haggaiborn 550 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures10
  4. 4Sabbatai Zevi1626-1676 · 17th century · Turkey · Religious Figures8.9
  5. 5Hai Gaon939-1038 · 10th century · Writers7.9
  6. 6Nathan the Babylonianborn 101 · 2nd century6.5
  7. 7Samuel ibn Naghrillah993-1055 · 11th century · Writers5.5
  8. 8Judas Maccabeus500 BC-160 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures5.2
  9. 9Ahad Ha'am1856-1927 · 19th century · Russia · Writers5.1
  10. 10Simeon ben Gamliel IIborn 100 · 2nd century5.0
  11. 11Habakkuk626 BC-600 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures4.9
  12. 12Hillel the Elder50 BC-100 · 1st millennium BC4.8
  13. 13Johanan ben Zakai50 BC-70 · 1st millennium BC4.7
  14. 14Rabbeinu Tam1100-1171 · 12th century · France · Writers3.3
  15. 15Isaac Abrabanel1437-1508 · 15th century · Academics3.0
  16. 16Simeon ben Zomadied 200 · 2nd century2.7
  17. 17Menasseh Ben Israel1604-1657 · 17th century · Netherlands · Academics2.7
  18. 18Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg1150-1217 · 12th century · Academics2.6
  19. 19Josephus37-100 · 1st century · Writers2.5
  20. 20Mordecai Yoffe1530-1612 · 16th century · Poland2.0
  21. 21Joseph Kimhi1105-1170 · 12th century · France · Writers1.9
  22. 22Azariah dei Rossi1513-1578 · 16th century · Writers1.6
  23. 23Amram Gaon810-875 · 9th century1.5
  24. 24Joseph Albo1380-1444 · 15th century · Academics1.4
  25. 25Dunash ben Labrat920-990 · 10th century · Morocco · Writers1.3
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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.