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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. 1Alfonso XII of Spain1857-1885 · Spain · Historical Figures0 decades
  2. 2Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz1822-1902 · Spain · Historical Figures5 decades
  3. 3Carlota Joaquina of Spain1775-1830 · Spain · Historical Figures14 decades
  4. 4Mercedes of Orléans1860-1878 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  5. 5Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara1793-1879 · Spain · Historical Figures22 decades
  6. 6Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain1794-1865 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  7. 7Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony1803-1829 · Spain · Historical Figures15 decades
  8. 8Charles II, Duke of Parma1799-1883 · Spain · Historical Figures0 decades
  9. 9Queen Maria Isabel of Spain1797-1818 · Spain · Historical Figures20 decades
  10. 10Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier1832-1897 · Spain · Historical Figures2 decades
  11. 11Maria Isabella of Spain1789-1848 · Spain · Historical Figures0 decades
  12. 12Maria Luisa I, Duchess of Lucca1782-1824 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal1800-1834 · Spain · Historical Figures4 decades
  14. 14Infante Enrique of Spain1823-1870 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  15. 15Ali Bey al-Abbasi1767-1818 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  16. 16María Teresa de Borbón, 15th Countess of Chinchón1780-1828 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17María Manuela Kirkpatrick1794-1879 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Princess Maria Cristina of Orléans1852-1879 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham1852-1936 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Cayetano Valdés y Flórez1767-1835 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21María Amparo Muñoz, 1st Countess of Vista Alegre1834-1864 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Carlota de Godoy, 2nd Duchess of Sueca1800-1886 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23José María Narváez1768-1848 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba1821-1881 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Emilio Bonelli1854-1926 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
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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.