← 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 Spanish books during the 19th century, whenever they lived.
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John of God5.8 - 2
Lope de Vega5.3 - 3
Francis Xavier4.5 - 4
John of Austria4.2 - 5
Gonzalo Pizarro3.3 - 6
Nicolás Antonio2.3 - 7
John I of France2.1 - 8
Francisco Pizarro2.0 - 9
Miguel de Cervantes1.9 - 10
Diego de Almagro1.7 - 11
Vincent Ferrer1.6 - 12
Ambrosio de Morales1.5 - 13
Hernando Pizarro1.4 - 14
Pedro de Valdivia1.3 - 15
Pedro de Alvarado1.3 - 16
Wittiza1.2 - 17
Pope Alexander VI1.2 - 18
Ignatius of Loyola1.1 - 19
Garcilaso de la Vega1.0 - 20
Francisco Quevedo1.00 - 21
Juan López de Padilla0.90 - 22
Gonzalo de Sandoval0.86 - 23
Lope de Rueda0.82 - 24
Juan de Herrera0.82 - 25
Bartolomé de las Casas0.81
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 19th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
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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.