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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. 1George Santayana1863-1952 · Spain · Academics9 decades
  2. 2Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo1856-1912 · Spain · Academics14 decades
  3. 3Jaime Balmes1810-1848 · Spain · Academics18 decades
  4. 4Nicolás Salmerón1838-1908 · Spain · Academics16 decades
  5. 5Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola1831-1888 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  6. 6Joaquín Costa1846-1911 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  7. 7Manuel Bartolomé Cossío1857-1935 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  8. 8Alberto Lista1775-1848 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  9. 9Álvaro Flórez Estrada1766-1853 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  10. 10Ignacio Bolívar1850-1944 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  11. 11Eduardo Toda y Güell1855-1941 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  12. 12Ricardo Velázquez Bosco1843-1923 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  13. 13Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez1852-1920 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  14. 14Buenaventura Carlos Aribau1798-1862 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  15. 15Laureano Figuerola1816-1903 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  16. 16Julián Sanz del Río1814-1869 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  17. 17Mariano Pardo de Figueroa1828-1918 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  18. 18Fidel Fita y Colomé1835-1918 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  19. 19Miguel Villanueva y Gómez1852-1931 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  20. 20Zoel García de Galdeano1846-1924 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  21. 21Juan Güell1800-1872 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  22. 22Eduardo Torroja Caballe1847-1918 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  23. 23Gerónimo Boscana1776-1831 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  24. 24Telesforo Aranzadi1860-1945 · Spain · Academicsnot measured-
  25. 25Luis Octavio de Toledo y Zulueta1857-1934 · Spain · Academicsnot 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.