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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 Spanish books during the 19th century, whenever they lived.

  1. 1John of God1495-1550 · 16th century · Portugal5.8
  2. 2Lope de Vega1562-1635 · 16th century · Spain · Writers5.3
  3. 3Francis Xavier1506-1552 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures4.5
  4. 4John of Austria1547-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians4.2
  5. 5Gonzalo Pizarro1502-1548 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures3.3
  6. 6Nicolás Antonio1617-1684 · 17th century · Spain · Politicians2.3
  7. 7John I of France1316-1316 · 14th century · France · Historical Figures2.1
  8. 8Francisco Pizarro1478-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures2.0
  9. 9Miguel de Cervantes1547-1616 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.9
  10. 10Diego de Almagro1475-1538 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.7
  11. 11Vincent Ferrer1350-1419 · 14th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.6
  12. 12Ambrosio de Morales1513-1591 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.5
  13. 13Hernando Pizarro1502-1578 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.4
  14. 14Pedro de Valdivia1497-1553 · 16th century · Spain · Politicians1.3
  15. 15Pedro de Alvarado1486-1541 · 16th century · Spain · Historical Figures1.3
  16. 16Wittiza686-710 · 8th century · Historical Figures1.2
  17. 17Pope Alexander VI1431-1503 · 15th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.2
  18. 18Ignatius of Loyola1491-1556 · 16th century · Spain · Religious Figures1.1
  19. 19Garcilaso de la Vega1503-1536 · 16th century · Spain · Writers1.0
  20. 20Francisco Quevedo1584-1645 · 17th century · Spain · Writers1.00
  21. 21Juan López de Padilla1490-1521 · 16th century · Activists0.90
  22. 22Gonzalo de Sandoval1497-1528 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.86
  23. 23Lope de Rueda1505-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.82
  24. 24Juan de Herrera1530-1597 · 16th century · Spain · Architects0.82
  25. 25Bartolomé de las Casas1484-1566 · 16th century · Spain · Writers0.81
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Lived then

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

  1. 1Frédéric Chopin1810-1849 · France · Musicians16 decades
  2. 2Claude Debussy1862-1918 · France · Musicians12 decades
  3. 3Hector Berlioz1803-1869 · France · Musicians19 decades
  4. 4Camille Saint-Saëns1835-1921 · France · Musicians15 decades
  5. 5Georges Bizet1838-1875 · France · Musicians15 decades
  6. 6Jacques Offenbach1819-1880 · France · Musicians16 decades
  7. 7Gabriel Fauré1845-1924 · France · Musicians14 decades
  8. 8Adolphe Sax1814-1894 · France · Musicians13 decades
  9. 9Charles Gounod1818-1893 · France · Musicians17 decades
  10. 10Hortense de Beauharnais1783-1837 · France · Musicians20 decades
  11. 11Jules Massenet1842-1912 · France · Musicians14 decades
  12. 12César Franck1822-1890 · France · Musicians15 decades
  13. 13Léo Delibes1836-1891 · France · Musicians16 decades
  14. 14Adolphe Adam1803-1856 · France · Musicians19 decades
  15. 15Charles-Valentin Alkan1813-1888 · France · Musicians0 decades
  16. 16Charles-Marie Widor1844-1937 · France · Musicians8 decades
  17. 17Pauline Viardot1821-1910 · France · Musicians18 decades
  18. 18Daniel Auber1782-1871 · France · Musicians0 decades
  19. 19Édouard Lalo1823-1892 · France · Musicians1 decades
  20. 20Vincent d'Indy1851-1931 · France · Musicians14 decades
  21. 21Cécile Chaminade1857-1944 · France · Musicians1 decades
  22. 22Emmanuel Chabrier1841-1894 · France · Musicians14 decades
  23. 23Ernest Chausson1855-1899 · France · Musicians13 decades
  24. 24Maria Malibran1808-1836 · France · Musicians7 decades
  25. 25Mélanie Bonis1858-1937 · France · Musicians1 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.