1800–1899
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.
In books written inEnglish18,114German3,599French3,347Italian1,787Spanish1,162Russian325Hebrew105Chinese9
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Per million words
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Giotto1267–1337 · 14th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists5.5 - 2
Antonio da Correggio1489–1534 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists5.0 - 3
Lorenzo de' Medici1449–1492 · 15th century · Politicians3.0 - 4
Dante Alighieri1265–1321 · 14th century · Writers2.9 - 5
Pietro Perugino1448–1523 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists2.9 - 6
Donato Bramante1444–1514 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects2.6 - 7
Torquato Tasso1544–1595 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers2.6 - 8
Caravaggio1571–1610 · 17th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists2.1 - 9
Apostolo Zeno1668–1750 · 18th century · Writers2.1 - 10
Cimabue1240–1302 · 13th century · Artists2.1 - 11
Tintoretto1519–1594 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists1.9 - 12
Charles Borromeo1538–1584 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures1.8 - 13
Donatello1386–1466 · 15th century · Artists1.8 - 14
Paul the Deacon720–799 · 8th century · Writers1.8 - 15
Leonardo da Vinci1452–1519 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists1.7 - 16
Philip Neri1515–1595 · 16th century · Religious Figures1.7 - 17
Marco Polo1254–1324 · 13th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Politicians1.7 - 18
Cosimo de' Medici1389–1464 · 15th century · Politicians1.7 - 19
Galileo Galilei1564–1642 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Scientists1.7 - 20
Andrea Doria1466–1560 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Politicians1.6 - 21
Giulio Romano1499–1546 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists1.6 - 22
Guercino1591–1666 · 17th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists1.5 - 23
Domenichino1581–1641 · 17th century · Artists1.5 - 24
Ugo Foscolo1778–1827 · 19th century · Writers1.4 - 25
Petrarch1304–1374 · 14th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Academics1.4 - 26
Andrea del Sarto1486–1530 · 16th century · Artists1.2 - 27
Pietro Aretino1492–1556 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers1.2 - 28
Alessandro Manzoni1785–1873 · 19th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers1.2 - 29
Giorgio Vasari1511–1574 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists1.2 - 30
Masaccio1401–1428 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists1.1 - 31
Baldassare Franceschini1611–1690 · 17th century · Artists1.1 - 32
Francis of Assisi1182–1226 · 13th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers1.1 - 33
Cesare Borgia1475–1507 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Historical Figures1.1 - 34
Paolo Veronese1528–1588 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists1.1 - 35
Guido Reni1575–1642 · 17th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists1.0 - 36
Dino Compagni1255–1324 · 13th century · Writers1.0 - 37
Pietro Bembo1470–1547 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures1.00 - 38
Guido Cavalcanti1258–1300 · 13th century · Writers0.99 - 39
Niccolò Machiavelli1469–1527 · 16th century · Politicians0.99 - 40
Filippo Maria Visconti1392–1447 · 15th century · Politicians0.97 - 41
Cesare Balbo1789–1853 · 19th century · Politicians0.97 - 42
Giuseppe Mazzini1805–1872 · 19th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Activists0.93 - 43
Prospero Colonna1452–1523 · 15th century0.90 - 44
Benvenuto Cellini1500–1571 · 16th century · Artists0.90 - 45
Benedetto Varchi1503–1565 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers0.88 - 46
Francesco Guicciardini1483–1540 · 16th century · Writers0.88 - 47
Aloysius Gonzaga1568–1591 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Religious Figures0.88 - 48
Vittorio Alfieri1749–1803 · 18th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Historical Figures0.87 - 49
Silvio Pellico1789–1854 · 19th century · Writers0.87 - 50
Cesare Cantù1804–1895 · 19th century · Writers0.87 - 51
Giacomo Leopardi1798–1837 · 19th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers0.85 - 52
Vincenzo Gioberti1801–1852 · 19th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Academics0.85 - 53
Giovanni Boccaccio1313–1375 · 14th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers0.85 - 54
Francesco Redi1626–1697 · 17th century · Doctors0.85 - 55
Francesco Gonzaga1444–1483 · 15th century0.84 - 56
Franco Sacchetti1332–1400 · 14th century · Writers0.82 - 57
Teodato Ipato750–800 · 8th century · Politicians0.80 - 58
Salvator Rosa1615–1673 · 17th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists0.76 - 59
Giordano Bruno1548–1600 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Academics0.75 - 60
Girolamo Savonarola1452–1498 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Politicians0.74 - 61
Domenico Passignano1559–1638 · 16th century · Artists0.74 - 62
Paolo Sarpi1552–1623 · 16th century · Academics0.73 - 63
Parmigianino1503–1540 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists0.72 - 64
Paolo Giovio1483–1552 · 16th century · Writers0.71 - 65
Massimo d'Azeglio1798–1866 · 19th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Politicians0.71 - 66AMAldus Manutius the Younger1547–1597 · 16th century0.71
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Aldus Manutius1449–1515 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy0.71 - 68
Bernardo Tasso1493–1569 · 16th century · Writers0.71 - 69
Lucrezia Borgia1480–1519 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Historical Figures0.69 - 70
Pietro da Cortona1596–1669 · 17th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists0.69
- 71MVMatteo Villani1283–1363 · 14th century · Writers0.68
- 72
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei1675–1755 · 18th century · Writers0.66 - 73
Luigi Alamanni1495–1556 · 16th century · Writers0.65 - 74
Vittoria Colonna1492–1547 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers0.64 - 75
Pietro Verri1728–1797 · 18th century · Academics0.64 - 76
Pinturicchio1454–1513 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists0.64 - 77
Giuliano de' Medici1453–1478 · 15th century · Politicians0.62 - 78
Marsilio Ficino1433–1499 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Academics0.62 - 79
Filippo Villani1325–1407 · 14th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers0.62 - 80
Paulus Manutius1512–1574 · 16th century · Writers0.61 - 81
Catherine de' Medici1519–1589 · 16th century · 🇫🇷 France · Historical Figures0.60 - 82
Scipione Ammirato1531–1601 · 16th century · Writers0.58 - 83
Bernardino of Siena1380–1444 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Academics0.58 - 84
Francesco Filelfo1398–1481 · 15th century · Academics0.56 - 85
Andrea Gritti1455–1538 · 15th century · Politicians0.56 - 86
Pontormo1494–1556 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists0.52 - 87
Antonio Rosmini1797–1855 · 19th century · Academics0.51 - 88
Leon Battista Alberti1404–1472 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Architects0.49 - 89
Francesco Foscari1373–1457 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Politicians0.47 - 90
Giosuè Carducci1835–1907 · 19th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers0.47 - 91
Andrea Dandolo1306–1354 · 14th century · Politicians0.45 - 92
Alessandro Cagliostro1743–1795 · 18th century · 🇫🇷 France · Doctors0.45 - 93
Francesco Vettori1474–1540 · 16th century · Writers0.45 - 94
Leandro Alberti1479–1552 · 16th century · Writers0.45 - 95
Amerigo Vespucci1454–1512 · 15th century · Historical Figures0.44 - 96
Erasmo of Narni1370–1443 · 15th century · 🇮🇹 Italy0.44 - 97
Anton Maria Salvini1653–1729 · 17th century · Writers0.43 - 98
Michelangelo1475–1564 · 16th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists0.43 - 99
Francesca da Rimini1259–1285 · 13th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Writers0.42 - 100
Antonio Canova1757–1822 · 18th century · 🇮🇹 Italy · Artists0.42
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 19th century, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
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Muhammad Ali of Egypt1769–1849 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 2
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca1853–1931 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 3
Isma'il Pasha1831–1895 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians15 decades - 4
Hussein Kamel of Egypt1853–1917 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 5
Midhat Pasha1822–1883 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians15 decades - 6
Osman Hamdi Bey1842–1910 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 7
Ahmet Tevfik Okday1845–1936 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 8
Ismail Kemal1844–1919 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 9
Mahmud Shevket Pasha1856–1913 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 10
Ahmet İzzet Furgaç1864–1937 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 11
Damat Ferid Paşa1853–1923 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 12
Said Halim Pasha1864–1921 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 13MIMuhammad ibn Thani1788–1878 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
- 14
Mustafa Reşid Paşa1800–1858 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 15
Ahmet Cevdet Pasha1822–1895 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 16
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha1832–1919 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 17
Alexandros Mavrokordatos1791–1865 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 18
Mubarak Al-Sabah1844–1915 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 19
Essad Toptani1863–1920 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 20
Kıbrıslı Kamil Paşa1832–1913 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 21
Ali Rıza Efendi1839–1888 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 22
Sheikh Said1864–1925 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 23
Isa Boletini1864–1916 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 24
Ahmed Vefik Pasha1823–1891 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 25
Hussein Dey1773–1838 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 26
Mehmed Said Paşa1830–1914 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 27
Mehmed Fuad Paşa1814–1869 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 28
Seyit Rıza1863–1937 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 29
Petros Mavromichalis1765–1848 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 30
Ioannis Kolettis1773–1847 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades
- 31
Nazim Pasha1848–1913 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 32
Bashir Shihab II1767–1850 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 33
Hussein Avni Pasha1819–1876 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 34
Georgios Kountouriotis1782–1858 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 35
Hurşid Ahmed Paşa1800–1822 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 36
Ali Rıza Paşa1860–1932 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 37
Ahmed Rıza1859–1930 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 38
Hasan Tahsin Pasha1845–1918 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 39
Reşid Mehmed Paşa1780–1836 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 40
Emmanuel Carasso1862–1934 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 41
Hayreddin Pasha1822–1890 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
- 42
Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Paşa1769–1855 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 43
Mahmud Nedim Pasha1818–1883 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 44
Mütercim Rüşdü Paşa1811–1882 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 45
Spiridon Trikoupis1788–1873 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politicians0 decades - 46
Kölemen Davut Paşa1774–1851 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 47
Kitsos Tzavelas1801–1855 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 48
Salih Hulusi Kezrak1864–1939 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 49
Arabo1863–1893 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 50
Musa al-Husayni1853–1934 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 51
Mehmed Ferid Paşa1851–1914 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 52
Yusuf Karamanli1766–1838 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 53
Zeki Kolaç1862–1943 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 54
Turhan Përmeti1846–1927 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 55
Halil Rifat Pasha1827–1901 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 56
Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha1807–1883 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 57
Mehmed Emin Rauf Paşa1780–1860 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 58
Andreas Zaimis1791–1840 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 59AIAbdullah II Al-Sabah1814–1892 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
- 60
Sheikh Ubeydullah1826–1883 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 61
Boghos Nubar1851–1930 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 62
Georgios Sinas1783–1856 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 63
Muhammad bin Sabah Al-Sabah1838–1896 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 64
Mustafa Fahmi Paşa1840–1914 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 65
Rida al-Rikabi1864–1942 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 66
Saffet Paşa1814–1883 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 67APAli Paşa Rıdvanbegoviç1783–1851 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
- 68
Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar1864–1944 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 69
Mustafa Fazıl Paşa1830–1875 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 70
Mustafa Riad Paşa1834–1911 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 71
Scarlat Callimachi1773–1821 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 72
Khaz'al al-Ka'bi1863–1936 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 73
Yousef al-Khalidi1829–1907 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 74
Damat Mahmud Celaleddin Paşa1853–1903 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 75
Ahmed Hamdi Pasha1826–1885 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 76
Husayn Rushdi1863–1928 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 77
Auguste Adib Pacha1859–1936 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 78
Mehmed Celal Bey1863–1926 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 79
Ali Pasha of Gucia1817–1888 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 80
Mahmud Dramali Pasha1770–1822 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 81
Mustafa Naili Paşa1798–1871 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 82
Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha1836–1912 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 83
Manuc Bei Mirzoyan1769–1817 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 84
Mehmed Raşid pašša1825–1876 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 85MSMehmed Selim Paşa1771–1831 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
- 86LALaz Ahmed Pashadied 1819 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
- 87
Jakov Nenadović1765–1836 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 88
Yusuf Kamil Pasha1808–1876 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 89
Alexander Bogoridi1822–1910 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 90
Ahmed Arifi Pasha1830–1895 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 91MRMehmet Rifat Börekçi1860–1941 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
- 92
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Paşa1813–1871 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 93
Bağdatlı Mehmed Hadi Paşa1861–1932 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 94
Topal İzzet Mehmed Paşa1794–1855 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 95
Ahmed Esad Pasha1828–1875 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 96BMBuşatlı Mustafa Paşa1797–1860 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
- 97
Sadullah Pasha1838–1891 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 98
Hussein al-Husayni1850–1918 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 99
Deli Fuad Paşa1835–1931 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured— - 100
Diyap Yıldırım1852–1932 · 🇹🇷 Turkey · Politiciansnot measured—
How this is measured
- Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
- Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
- Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
- What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.