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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. 1Nikola Tesla1856-1943 · Hungary · Scientists13 decades
  2. 2Charles Darwin1809-1882 · United Kingdom · Scientists21 decades
  3. 3Thomas Edison1847-1931 · United States · Scientists13 decades
  4. 4Alexander Graham Bell1847-1922 · United States · Scientists15 decades
  5. 5Louis Pasteur1822-1895 · France · Scientists14 decades
  6. 6Alfred Nobel1833-1896 · Sweden · Scientists13 decades
  7. 7Dmitri Mendeleev1834-1907 · Russia · Scientists11 decades
  8. 8Michael Faraday1791-1867 · United Kingdom · Scientists20 decades
  9. 9Max Planck1858-1947 · Germany · Scientists14 decades
  10. 10James Clerk Maxwell1831-1879 · United Kingdom · Scientists14 decades
  11. 11Gregor Mendel1822-1884 · Scientists12 decades
  12. 12Pierre Curie1859-1906 · France · Scientists13 decades
  13. 13Gustave Eiffel1832-1923 · France · Scientists10 decades
  14. 14Ivan Pavlov1849-1936 · Russia · Scientists16 decades
  15. 15Wilhelm Röntgen1845-1923 · Germany · Scientists11 decades
  16. 16Konstantin Tsiolkovsky1857-1935 · Russia · Scientists5 decades
  17. 17George Washington Carver1864-1943 · United States · Scientists9 decades
  18. 18J. J. Thomson1856-1940 · United Kingdom · Scientists0 decades
  19. 19Rudolf Diesel1858-1913 · France · Scientists10 decades
  20. 20John Dalton1766-1844 · United Kingdom · Scientists22 decades
  21. 21Santiago Ramón y Cajal1852-1934 · Spain · Scientists13 decades
  22. 22Samuel Morse1791-1872 · United States · Scientists0 decades
  23. 23Ludwig Boltzmann1844-1906 · Austria · Scientists15 decades
  24. 24Louis Braille1809-1852 · France · Scientists14 decades
  25. 25John Muir1838-1914 · United States · Scientists19 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.