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

  1. 1Giotto1267-1337 · 14th century · Italy · Artists5.5
  2. 2Antonio da Correggio1489-1534 · 16th century · Italy · Artists5.0
  3. 3Lorenzo de' Medici1449-1492 · 15th century · Politicians3.0
  4. 4Dante Alighieri1265-1321 · 14th century · Writers2.9
  5. 5Pietro Perugino1448-1523 · 15th century · Italy · Artists2.9
  6. 6Donato Bramante1444-1514 · 15th century · Italy · Architects2.6
  7. 7Torquato Tasso1544-1595 · 16th century · Italy · Writers2.6
  8. 8Caravaggio1571-1610 · 17th century · Italy · Artists2.1
  9. 9Apostolo Zeno1668-1750 · 18th century · Writers2.1
  10. 10Cimabue1240-1302 · 13th century · Artists2.1
  11. 11Tintoretto1519-1594 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.9
  12. 12Charles Borromeo1538-1584 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.8
  13. 13Donatello1386-1466 · 15th century · Artists1.8
  14. 14Paul the Deacon720-799 · 8th century · Writers1.8
  15. 15Leonardo da Vinci1452-1519 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.7
  16. 16Philip Neri1515-1595 · 16th century · Religious Figures1.7
  17. 17Marco Polo1254-1324 · 13th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.7
  18. 18Cosimo de' Medici1389-1464 · 15th century · Politicians1.7
  19. 19Galileo Galilei1564-1642 · 16th century · Italy · Scientists1.7
  20. 20Andrea Doria1466-1560 · 16th century · Italy · Politicians1.6
  21. 21Giulio Romano1499-1546 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.6
  22. 22Guercino1591-1666 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.5
  23. 23Domenichino1581-1641 · 17th century · Artists1.5
  24. 24Ugo Foscolo1778-1827 · 19th century · Writers1.4
  25. 25Petrarch1304-1374 · 14th century · Italy · Academics1.4
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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. 1Adam Opel1837-1895 · Germany · Founders12 decades
  2. 2August Oetker1862-1918 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  3. 3Henry E. Steinway1797-1871 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  4. 4Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis1802-1871 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  5. 5Nathan Straus1848-1931 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  6. 6Carl Heinrich von Siemens1829-1906 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  7. 7Carl Walther1858-1915 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  8. 8Carl Heinrich Theodor Knorr1800-1875 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  9. 9Georg Wilhelm von Siemens1855-1919 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  10. 10Gustav Becker1819-1885 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  11. 11Theodor Bergmann1850-1931 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  12. 12Friedrich Soennecken1848-1919 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  13. 13Rudolf Mosse1843-1920 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  14. 14Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck1830-1916 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  15. 15James Simon1851-1932 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  16. 16Friedrich Weyerhäuser1834-1914 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  17. 17Hermann Tietz1837-1907 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  18. 18John Jacob Bausch1830-1926 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  19. 19Arnold von Siemens1853-1918 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  20. 20Conrad Dietrich Magirus1824-1895 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  21. 21Georg Krauss1826-1906 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  22. 22Friedrich Siemens1826-1904 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  23. 23Ludwig Knoop1821-1894 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  24. 24Karl Godulla1781-1848 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  25. 25Margarethe Krupp1854-1931 · Germany · Foundersnot 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.