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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. 1Thomas Edison1847-1931 · United States · Scientists13 decades
  2. 2Alexander Graham Bell1847-1922 · United States · Scientists15 decades
  3. 3George Washington Carver1864-1943 · United States · Scientists9 decades
  4. 4Samuel Morse1791-1872 · United States · Scientists0 decades
  5. 5John Muir1838-1914 · United States · Scientists19 decades
  6. 6Samuel Colt1814-1862 · United States · Scientists18 decades
  7. 7John Browning1855-1926 · United States · Scientistsnot measured-
  8. 8John Stith Pemberton1831-1888 · United States · Scientistsnot measured-
  9. 9John Jacob Astor IV1864-1912 · United States · Scientists0 decades
  10. 10Robert Fulton1765-1815 · United States · Scientists22 decades
  11. 11Antonio Meucci1808-1889 · United States · Scientists14 decades
  12. 12Frederick Winslow Taylor1856-1915 · United States · Scientists8 decades
  13. 13Eli Whitney1765-1825 · United States · Scientists21 decades
  14. 14George Westinghouse1846-1914 · United States · Scientists15 decades
  15. 15Matthew C. Perry1794-1858 · United States · Scientists9 decades
  16. 16Sequoyah1770-1843 · United States · Scientists16 decades
  17. 17Charles Goodyear1800-1860 · United States · Scientists19 decades
  18. 18Isaac Singer1811-1875 · United States · Scientists0 decades
  19. 19George Meade1815-1872 · United States · Scientists13 decades
  20. 20Josiah Willard Gibbs1839-1903 · United States · Scientists5 decades
  21. 21Albert A. Michelson1852-1931 · United States · Scientists0 decades
  22. 22Edward Drinker Cope1840-1897 · United States · Scientists2 decades
  23. 23Herman Hollerith1860-1929 · United States · Scientists4 decades
  24. 24P. G. T. Beauregard1818-1893 · United States · Scientistsnot measured-
  25. 25Percival Lowell1855-1916 · United States · Scientists14 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.