← Fame through time1800-1899
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
Maria Theresa3.8 - 2
Jean Paul1.8 - 3
Paracelsus1.4 - 4
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor1.3 - 5
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor1.3 - 6
Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow1.2 - 7
Hans Sachs0.99 - 8
William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel0.85 - 9
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor0.85 - 10
Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach0.84 - 11
George Frederick of Waldeck-Eisenberg0.84 - 12Władysław of Głogów0.78
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Martin Luther0.78 - 14
Novalis0.77 - 15
Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern0.75 - 16
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor0.72 - 17
Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental0.71 - 18
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor0.65 - 19
Albrecht Dürer0.64 - 20
Frederick William IV of Prussia0.59 - 21
Conradin0.58 - 22
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg0.55 - 23
Catherine the Great0.55 - 24
Richard Wagner0.55 - 25
Francis Anthony, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch0.53
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 19th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Henry Morton Stanley7 decades - 2
Walter Bagehot16 decades - 3
William Thomas Stead0 decades - 4
Thomas Stevensnot measured- - 5
Flora Shawnot measured- - 6
Rachel Beernot measured- - 7
Alfred Percy Sinnettnot measured- - 8
Thomas Power O'Connornot measured- - 9
Thomas Anstey Guthrienot measured- - 10
Robert Smythe Hichensnot measured- - 11
Bessie Rayner Parkesnot measured- - 12
J. M. Robertsonnot measured- - 13
Charlotte Wilsonnot measured- - 14
Helena Swanwicknot measured- - 15
Dora Montefiorenot measured- - 16
Gertrude Elizabeth Bloodnot measured- - 17
Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronetnot measured- - 18
C. P. Scottnot measured- - 19
Henry Vizetellynot measured- - 20
Henry Nevinsonnot measured- - 21
John Dickensnot measured- - 22
Ethel Arnoldnot measured- - 23
Marion Spielmannnot measured- - 24Charlotte Carmichael Stopesnot measured-
- 25
Robert Smith Surteesnot measured-
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.