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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 Russian books during the 1890s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures5.6
  2. 2Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers4.3
  3. 3Leo Tolstoy1828-1910 · 19th century · Russia · Writers1.0
  4. 4Elizabeth of Russia1709-1761 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.0
  5. 5Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827-1892 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.0
  6. 6Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians0.95
  7. 7Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.87
  8. 8Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.82
  9. 9Ivan the Terrible1530-1584 · 16th century · Politicians0.78
  10. 10Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.76
  11. 11Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.76
  12. 12Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.71
  13. 13Nicholas I of Russia1796-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Models0.70
  14. 14Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia1864-1931 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.65
  15. 15Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.60
  16. 16Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century0.60
  17. 17Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.58
  18. 18Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.52
  19. 19Maximus the Greek1475-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.51
  20. 20Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures0.48
  21. 21Paul I of Russia1754-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.35
  22. 22Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia1858-1915 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.35
  23. 23Grigory Orlov1734-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.30
  24. 24Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia1899-1918 · 20th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.29
  25. 25Dimitry of Rostov1651-1709 · 17th century · Writers0.28
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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.