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The 1960s

Whose names filled the books of the 1960s - 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 Spanish books during the 1960s, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Rubén Darío1867-1916 · 20th century · Nicaragua · Writers10
  2. 2Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers8.7
  3. 3Fidel Castro1926-2016 · 20th century · Cuba · Politicians6.8
  4. 4John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal6.2
  5. 5Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures6.2
  6. 6Andrés Bello1781-1865 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians4.9
  7. 7Simón Bolívar1783-1830 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians4.7
  8. 8Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures4.5
  9. 9Antonio Machado1875-1939 · 20th century · Spain · Writers3.6
  10. 10Porfirio Díaz1830-1915 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians3.6
  11. 11Christopher Columbus1451-1506 · 15th century · Italy · Historical Figures3.4
  12. 12John of the Cross1542-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers3.3
  13. 13Hernán Cortés1485-1547 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures3.3
  14. 14Miguel de Unamuno1864-1936 · 19th century · Spain · Writers3.3
  15. 15Venustiano Carranza1859-1920 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians3.0
  16. 16Benito Juárez1806-1872 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians3.0
  17. 17Juan Ramón Jiménez1881-1958 · 20th century · Spain · Writers2.8
  18. 18José de San Martín1778-1850 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians2.5
  19. 19Bartolomé Mitre1821-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians2.4
  20. 20Juan Fernández1529-1602 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.2
  21. 21Gabriela Mistral1889-1957 · 20th century · Chile · Writers2.2
  22. 22Bartolomé de las Casas1484-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers2.1
  23. 23Francisco I. Madero1873-1913 · 20th century · Mexico · Activists2.1
  24. 24Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.0
  25. 25Teresa of Ávila1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.9
  26. 26Pablo Neruda1904-1973 · 20th century · Chile · Writers1.9
  27. 27Cipriano Castro1858-1924 · 19th century · Venezuela · Politicians1.9
  28. 28Garcilaso de la Vega1503-1536 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.8
  29. 29José Hernández1834-1886 · 19th century · Argentina · Writers1.8
  30. 30Manuel Belgrano1770-1820 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.8
  31. 31Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.8
  32. 32Pedro de Alvarado1486-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.7
  33. 33Juan Manuel de Rosas1793-1877 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.6
  34. 34Victoriano Huerta1850-1916 · 19th century · Mexico · Politicians1.6
  35. 35Luis de León1527-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.5
  36. 36Ricardo Palma1833-1919 · 19th century · Peru · Writers1.5
  37. 37Tirso de Molina1583-1648 · 17th century · Spain · Writers1.5
  38. 38Ignatius of Loyola1491-1556 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.5
  39. 39Jorge Luis Borges1899-1986 · 20th century · Argentina · Writers1.4
  40. 40Hipólito Yrigoyen1850-1933 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.4
  41. 41Bernardino Rivadavia1780-1845 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.4
  42. 42César Vallejo1892-1938 · 20th century · Peru · Writers1.3
  43. 43Domingo Faustino Sarmiento1811-1888 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians1.3
  44. 44John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.3
  45. 45Diego Velázquez1599-1660 · 17th century · Spain · Artists1.3
  46. 46Federico García Lorca1898-1936 · 20th century · Spain · Writers1.3
  47. 47Pedro de Valdivia1497-1553 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.3
  48. 48Emiliano Zapata1879-1919 · 20th century · Mexico · Activists1.2
  49. 49Fernán González of Castile910-970 · 10th century1.2
  50. 50Pío Baroja1872-1956 · 20th century · Spain · Writers1.2
  51. 51Peter of Alcantara1499-1562 · 16th century · Spain1.2
  52. 52Juan Vicente Gómez1857-1935 · 19th century · Venezuela · Politicians1.2
  53. 53John I of France1316-1316 · 14th century · France · Historical Figures1.2
  54. 54Francisco de Miranda1750-1816 · 18th century · Spain · Politicians1.1
  55. 55Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz1651-1695 · 17th century · Mexico · Writers1.1
  56. 56Francis Solanus1549-1610 · 16th century · Spain1.1
  57. 57Luis de Salazar y Castro1658-1734 · 17th century · Spain · Writers1.1
  58. 58Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians1.1
  59. 59José Ortega y Gasset1883-1955 · 20th century · Spain · Academics1.1
  60. 60Pope Alexander VI1431-1503 · 15th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.1
  61. 61Pancho Villa1878-1923 · 20th century · Mexico · Activists1.1
  62. 62Bernal Díaz del Brawl1492-1584 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.1
  63. 63Diego de Almagro1475-1538 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.0
  64. 64El Greco1541-1614 · 16th century · Artists1.0
  65. 65Diego Rivera1886-1957 · 20th century · Mexico · Designers1.0
  66. 66Bernardo O'Higgins1778-1842 · 19th century · Spain · Politicians0.99
  67. 67Francisco de Vitoria1480-1546 · 16th century · Spain · Academics0.97
  68. 68Hernando Pizarro1502-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.96
  69. 69Octavio Paz1914-1998 · 20th century · Mexico · Writers0.94
  70. 70Fernán Caballero1796-1877 · 19th century · Spain · Writers0.93
  71. 71Lope de Aguirre1510-1561 · 16th century · Spain0.92
  72. 72Roque Sáenz Peña1851-1914 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.90
  73. 73Luis de Góngora1561-1627 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.88
  74. 74Lope de Rueda1505-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.86
  75. 75Camilo José Cela1916-2002 · 20th century · Spain · Writers0.85
  76. 76Gil Vicente1465-1536 · 16th century · Portugal · Writers0.85
  77. 77Francisco Quevedo1584-1645 · 17th century · Spain · Writers0.85
  78. 78Jorge Juan y Santacilia1713-1773 · 18th century · Spain · Scientists0.82
  79. 79Juan Bautista Alberdi1810-1884 · 19th century · Argentina · Politicians0.82
  80. 80Vicente Aleixandre1898-1984 · 20th century · Spain · Writers0.79
  81. 81Esteban Echeverría Mamani1805-1851 · 19th century · Argentina · Writers0.78
  82. 82Juan Montalvo1832-1889 · 19th century · Ecuador · Writers0.77
  83. 83Francisco de Paula Santander1792-1840 · 19th century · Colombia · Politicians0.76
  84. 84Vincent Ferrer1350-1419 · 14th century · Spain · Religious Figures0.76
  85. 85Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés1478-1557 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.75
  86. 86Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa1515-1582 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians0.74
  87. 87Juan de Castellanos1522-1607 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.74
  88. 88Jose Miguel Carrera1785-1821 · 19th century · Chile · Politicians0.73
  89. 89Juan Ponce de León1460-1521 · 15th century · Spain · Historical Figures0.72
  90. 90Carlos Pellegrini1846-1906 · 19th century · Argentina · Journalists0.72
  91. 91Mateo Alemán1547-1614 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.71
  92. 92María de Jesús1560-1640 · 16th century · Spain0.71
  93. 93Francisco Suárez1548-1617 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures0.71
  94. 94Cornelio Saavedra1759-1829 · 18th century · Argentina · Politicians0.70
  95. 95Che Guevara1928-1967 · 20th century · Cuba · Activists0.70
  96. 96Domingo de Soto1494-1560 · 16th century · Spain · Academics0.69
  97. 97José Antonio Primo de Rivera1903-1936 · 20th century · Spain · Politicians0.67
  98. 98Fructuoso Rivera1784-1854 · 19th century · Uruguay · Politicians0.66
  99. 99Juan Andrés1740-1817 · 18th century · Spain · Academics0.66
  100. 100Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo1856-1912 · 19th century · Spain · Academics0.65

Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 1960s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Elizabeth II1926-2022 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures8 decades
  2. 2Marilyn Monroe1926-1962 · United States · Actors7 decades
  3. 3Martin Luther King Jr.1929-1968 · United States · Activists6 decades
  4. 4Pope Benedict XVI1927-2022 · Germany · Religious Figures2 decades
  5. 5Che Guevara1928-1967 · Cuba · Activists7 decades
  6. 6Brigitte Bardot1934-2025 · France · Actors7 decades
  7. 7Margaret Thatcher1925-2013 · United Kingdom · Politicians6 decades
  8. 8Clint Eastwoodborn 1930 · United States · Actors6 decades
  9. 9Mikhail Gorbachev1931-2022 · Russia · Politicians4 decades
  10. 10Fidel Castro1926-2016 · Cuba · Politicians10 decades
  11. 11Audrey Hepburn1929-1993 · United Kingdom · Actors7 decades
  12. 12Elizabeth Taylor1932-2011 · United Kingdom · Actors9 decades
  13. 13Sean Connery1930-2020 · United Kingdom · Actors6 decades
  14. 14Warren Buffettborn 1930 · United States · Investors3 decades
  15. 15Stanley Kubrick1928-1999 · United States · Directors6 decades
  16. 16Malcolm X1925-1965 · United States · Activists6 decades
  17. 17Neil Armstrong1930-2012 · United States · Astronauts6 decades
  18. 18Jane Goodall1934-2025 · United Kingdom · Academics5 decades
  19. 19Noam Chomskyborn 1928 · United States · Academics6 decades
  20. 20Yuri Gagarin1934-1968 · Russia · Astronauts6 decades
  21. 21Andy Warhol1928-1987 · United States · Artists6 decades
  22. 22Johnny Cash1932-2003 · United States · Musicians6 decades
  23. 23Pol Pot1925-1998 · Cambodia · Politicians5 decades
  24. 24Boris Yeltsin1931-2007 · Russia · Politicians4 decades
  25. 25Sophia Lorenborn 1934 · Italy · Actors7 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.