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The 19th century

Whose names filled the books of the 19th century - 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 German books during the 19th century, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen1663-1735 · 17th century · Germany · Historical Figures8.4
  2. 2Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt1700-1771 · 18th century · Germany8.4
  3. 3Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg1620-1688 · 17th century · Germany · Historical Figures8.4
  4. 4Frederick William of Saxe-Meiningen1679-1746 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures8.4
  5. 5Friedrich II, Grand Duke of Baden1857-1928 · 19th century · Historical Figures4.0
  6. 6Maria Theresa1717-1780 · 18th century · Austria · Historical Figures3.8
  7. 7Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg1633-1708 · 17th century · Germany3.8
  8. 8Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg1676-1732 · 18th century · Germany · Politicians3.8
  9. 9Frederick II, Elector Palatine1482-1556 · 16th century3.8
  10. 10Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1418-1478 · 15th century · Germany · Historical Figures3.8
  11. 11Frederick II of Legnica1480-1547 · 16th century3.8
  12. 12John Frederick, Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein1587-1644 · 17th century · Germany2.9
  13. 13John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania1542-1600 · 16th century · Religious Figures2.9
  14. 14John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach1654-1686 · 17th century · Germany · Models2.9
  15. 15John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1625-1679 · 17th century · Germany · Historical Figures2.9
  16. 16John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt1721-1767 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures2.9
  17. 17John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg1582-1628 · 17th century · Germany · Historical Figures2.9
  18. 18John George, Elector of Brandenburg1525-1598 · 16th century · Religious Figures2.7
  19. 19Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels1677-1712 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures2.7
  20. 20Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen1460-1526 · 15th century · Historical Figures2.5
  21. 21Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg1417-1477 · 15th century · Germany2.5
  22. 22Henry IV, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg1397-1427 · 15th century · Germany · Historical Figures2.5
  23. 23Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein1853-1938 · 19th century · Austria · Politicians1.9
  24. 24Jean Paul1763-1825 · 18th century · Germany · Writers1.8
  25. 25Frederick Augustus, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt1654-1716 · 17th century · Germany · Historical Figures1.8
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 19th century, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Caspar David Friedrich1774-1840 · Sweden · Artists11 decades
  2. 2Carl Larsson1853-1919 · Sweden · Artists4 decades
  3. 3Hilma af Klint1862-1944 · Sweden · Artists0 decades
  4. 4Anders Zorn1860-1920 · Sweden · Artists4 decades
  5. 5Bruno Liljefors1860-1939 · Sweden · Artists0 decades
  6. 6Karin Larsson1859-1928 · Sweden · Artists0 decades
  7. 7Carl Fredrik Hill1849-1911 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  8. 8Jenny Nyström1854-1946 · Sweden · Artists0 decades
  9. 9Eugène Jansson1862-1915 · Sweden · Artists0 decades
  10. 10August Malmström1829-1901 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  11. 11Richard Bergh1858-1919 · Sweden · Artists0 decades
  12. 12Hanna Hirsch-Pauli1864-1940 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  13. 13Ernst Josephson1851-1906 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  14. 14Mårten Eskil Winge1825-1896 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  15. 15Oscar Gustave Rejlander1813-1875 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  16. 16Gustaf Cederström1845-1933 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  17. 17Fanny Brate1861-1940 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  18. 18Anna Boberg1864-1935 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  19. 19Eva Bonnier1857-1909 · Sweden · Artists0 decades
  20. 20Amalia Lindegren1814-1891 · Sweden · Artists0 decades
  21. 21Nils Blommér1816-1853 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  22. 22Georg Pauli1855-1935 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  23. 23Julius Kronberg1850-1921 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  24. 24Jeanna Bauck1840-1926 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
  25. 25Julia Beck1853-1935 · Sweden · Artistsnot measured-
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How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active, around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world's Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person's own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person's own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.