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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
  26. 26Konstantin Aksakov1817-1860 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.28
  27. 27Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia1783-1801 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.27
  28. 28Symeon of Polotsk1629-1680 · 17th century · Writers0.26
  29. 29Alexis of Russia1629-1676 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.25
  30. 30Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia1860-1919 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.24
  31. 31Catherine Pavlovna of Russia1788-1819 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.23
  32. 32Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.21
  33. 33Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia1825-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.20
  34. 34Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.20
  35. 35Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov1727-1797 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.20
  36. 36Konstantin of Uglich1389-1434 · 15th century0.19
  37. 37Stefan Yavorsky1658-1722 · 17th century · Russia · Academics0.18
  38. 38Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia1690-1718 · 18th century · Politicians0.15
  39. 39Michael of Russia1596-1645 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.15
  40. 40Alexander III of Russia1845-1894 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.15
  41. 41Peter III of Russia1728-1762 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures0.12
  42. 42Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn1643-1714 · 17th century · Politicians0.12
  43. 43Ivan Aksakov1823-1886 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.12
  44. 44Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia1871-1899 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.12
  45. 45Tikhon of Zadonsk1724-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Religious Figures0.12
  46. 46Boris of Tver1400-1461 · 15th century0.11
  47. 47Grigory Potemkin1739-1791 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.11
  48. 48Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia1850-1908 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.11
  49. 49Ivan Dmitriev1760-1837 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.11
  50. 50Alexander Ivanov1806-1858 · 19th century · Russia · Artists0.10
  51. 51Nikolai Leskov1831-1895 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.10
  52. 52Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.09
  53. 53Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy1645-1729 · 17th century · Russia · Writers0.09
  54. 54Catherine I of Russia1684-1727 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.09
  55. 55Nikita Panin1718-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.09
  56. 56Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich of Russia1860-1919 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.09
  57. 57Joseph Volotsky1440-1515 · 15th century · Writers0.08
  58. 58Oleg I of Chernigov1052-1115 · 11th century · Historical Figures0.08
  59. 59Nikolai Gogol1809-1852 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.08
  60. 60Maxim Gorky1868-1936 · 20th century · Russia · Writers0.08
  61. 61Mikhail Pogodin1800-1875 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.08
  62. 62Kirill Razumovsky1728-1803 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.08
  63. 63Anton Rubinstein1829-1894 · 19th century · Russia · Musicians0.08
  64. 64Sofia Kovalevskaya1850-1891 · 19th century · Sweden · Academics0.07
  65. 65Pyotr Panin1721-1789 · 18th century · Russia0.07
  66. 66Alexander Suvorov1730-1800 · 18th century · Russia0.07
  67. 67Mikhail Vorontsov1782-1856 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.07
  68. 68Ivan Goncharov1812-1891 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.07
  69. 69Olga Constantinovna of Russia1851-1926 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.06
  70. 70Nikolay Karamzin1766-1826 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  71. 71Andrei Bely1880-1934 · 20th century · Russia · Writers0.06
  72. 72Alexander Menshikov1673-1729 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.06
  73. 73Maksim Kovalevsky1851-1916 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.06
  74. 74Mikhail of Tver1271-1318 · 14th century · Politicians0.05
  75. 75Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov1711-1762 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.05
  76. 76Antiochus Kantemir1708-1744 · 18th century · Russia · Academics0.05
  77. 77Pavel Nakhimov1802-1855 · 19th century · Russia0.05
  78. 78Peter II of Russia1715-1730 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.05
  79. 79Denis Davydov1784-1839 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.05
  80. 80Aleksandr Kuprin1870-1938 · 20th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  81. 81Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia1847-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.04
  82. 82Maria Feodorovna1847-1928 · 19th century · Denmark · Historical Figures0.04
  83. 83Alexander Ostrovsky1823-1886 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  84. 84Anton Chekhov1860-1904 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  85. 85Ivan Fyodorov1510-1583 · 16th century0.04
  86. 86Francysk Skaryna1486-1541 · 16th century · Academics0.04
  87. 87Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov1737-1807 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.04
  88. 88Vladimir Solovyov1853-1900 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.04
  89. 89Alexander Herzen1812-1870 · 19th century · Switzerland · Writers0.04
  90. 90Nicholas Repnin1734-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.04
  91. 91Nikolay Mikhaylovsky1842-1904 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  92. 92Paul of Kolomna1600-1656 · 17th century · Writers0.03
  93. 93Luka Zhidiatadied 1059 · 11th century0.03
  94. 94Mikhail Lermontov1814-1841 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  95. 95Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov1787-1869 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.03
  96. 96Vladimir Lenin1870-1924 · 20th century · Russia · Politicians0.03
  97. 97Mykola Kostomarov1817-1885 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.03
  98. 98Lavrentii Zyzanii1550-1634 · 16th century · Educators0.03
  99. 99Basil Fool for Christ1468-1552 · 16th century0.03
  100. 100Alexander Shishkov1754-1841 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.03

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.