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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. 1Alexander Griboyedov1795-1829 · Russia · Politicians13 decades
  2. 2Sergei Witte1849-1915 · Russia · Politicians9 decades
  3. 3Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · Russia · Politicians20 decades
  4. 4Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia1857-1905 · Russia · Politicians15 decades
  5. 5Nikolai Yudenich1862-1933 · Russia · Politicians1 decades
  6. 6Pavel Milyukov1859-1943 · Russia · Politicians7 decades
  7. 7Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · Russia · Politicians19 decades
  8. 8Alexander Gorchakov1798-1883 · Russia · Politicians11 decades
  9. 9Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia1847-1909 · Russia · Politicians17 decades
  10. 10Mikhail Alekseyev1857-1918 · Russia · Politicians9 decades
  11. 11Alexei Kuropatkin1848-1925 · Russia · Politicians3 decades
  12. 12Alexey Andreevich Arakcheyev1769-1834 · Russia · Politicians6 decades
  13. 13Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia1860-1919 · Russia · Politicians16 decades
  14. 14Mikhail Speransky1772-1839 · Russia · Politicians12 decades
  15. 15Alexander Guchkov1862-1936 · Russia · Politicians8 decades
  16. 16Ismail Gaspıralı1851-1914 · Russia · Politicians2 decades
  17. 17Ivan Paskevich1782-1856 · Russia · Politicians0 decades
  18. 18Mikhail Loris-Melikov1824-1888 · Russia · Politicians0 decades
  19. 19Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov1787-1869 · Russia · Politicians17 decades
  20. 20Sergey Sazonov1860-1927 · Russia · Politicians2 decades
  21. 21Nikolay Chkheidze1864-1926 · Russia · Politicians0 decades
  22. 22Mikhail Vorontsov1782-1856 · Russia · Politicians15 decades
  23. 23Alexander von Benckendorff1781-1844 · Russia · Politicians4 decades
  24. 24Vyacheslav von Plehve1846-1904 · Russia · Politicians2 decades
  25. 25Ivan Goremykin1839-1917 · Russia · Politicians1 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.