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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. 1Giuseppe Verdi1813-1901 · Italy · Musicians18 decades
  2. 2Giacomo Puccini1858-1924 · Italy · Musicians15 decades
  3. 3Niccolò Paganini1782-1840 · Italy · Musicians18 decades
  4. 4Gioachino Rossini1792-1868 · Italy · Musicians20 decades
  5. 5Vincenzo Bellini1801-1835 · Italy · Musicians22 decades
  6. 6Gaetano Donizetti1797-1848 · Italy · Musicians19 decades
  7. 7Pietro Mascagni1863-1945 · Italy · Musicians13 decades
  8. 8Ruggero Leoncavallo1857-1919 · Italy · Musicians13 decades
  9. 9Cosima Wagner1837-1930 · Italy · Musicians13 decades
  10. 10Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily1772-1807 · Italy · Musiciansnot measured-
  11. 11Amilcare Ponchielli1834-1886 · Italy · Musicians15 decades
  12. 12Karl Mozart1784-1858 · Italy · Musicians0 decades
  13. 13Alessandro Moreschi1858-1922 · Italy · Musiciansnot measured-
  14. 14Saverio Mercadante1795-1870 · Italy · Musicians20 decades
  15. 15Alfredo Catalani1854-1893 · Italy · Musicians13 decades
  16. 16Giuditta Pasta1797-1865 · Italy · Musicians21 decades
  17. 17Francesco Paolo Tosti1846-1916 · Italy · Musicians12 decades
  18. 18Giovanni Bottesini1821-1889 · Italy · Musicians11 decades
  19. 19Giuseppina Strepponi1815-1897 · Italy · Musicians15 decades
  20. 20Giovanni Pacini1796-1867 · Italy · Musicians22 decades
  21. 21Alberto Franchetti1860-1942 · Italy · Musiciansnot measured-
  22. 22Carlotta Grisi1819-1899 · Italy · Musiciansnot measured-
  23. 23Luigi Denza1846-1922 · Italy · Musiciansnot measured-
  24. 24Mattia Battistini1856-1928 · Italy · Musiciansnot measured-
  25. 25Cesare Pugni1802-1870 · Italy · Musiciansnot 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.