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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. 1Amedeo Avogadro1776-1856 · Italy · Scientists19 decades
  2. 2Giovanni Schiaparelli1835-1910 · Italy · Scientists15 decades
  3. 3Stanislao Cannizzaro1826-1910 · Italy · Scientists16 decades
  4. 4Ascanio Sobrero1812-1888 · Italy · Scientists17 decades
  5. 5Angelo Secchi1818-1878 · Italy · Scientists17 decades
  6. 6Annibale de Gasparis1819-1892 · Italy · Scientists4 decades
  7. 7Galileo Ferraris1847-1897 · Italy · Scientists15 decades
  8. 8Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria1839-1892 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  9. 9Antonio Pacinotti1841-1912 · Italy · Scientists13 decades
  10. 10Angelo Moriondo1851-1914 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  11. 11Carlo Matteucci1811-1868 · Italy · Scientists20 decades
  12. 12Antonio Raimondi1826-1890 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  13. 13Giovanni Battista Grassi1854-1925 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  14. 14Enrico Forlanini1848-1930 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  15. 15Odoardo Beccari1843-1920 · Italy · Scientists15 decades
  16. 16Eugenio Barsanti1821-1864 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  17. 17Augusto Righi1850-1920 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  18. 18Pier Andrea Saccardo1845-1920 · Italy · Scientists7 decades
  19. 19Teoberto Maler1842-1917 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  20. 20Macedonio Melloni1798-1854 · Italy · Scientists19 decades
  21. 21Raffaele Piria1814-1865 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  22. 22Benedetto Brin1833-1898 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  23. 23Giovanni Plana1781-1864 · Italy · Scientists20 decades
  24. 24Giacomo Luigi Ciamician1857-1922 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  25. 25Giacomo Bresadola1847-1929 · Italy · Scientistsnot 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.