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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. 1Napoleon1769-1821 · France · Historical Figures22 decades
  2. 2Queen Victoria1819-1901 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  3. 3Edward VII1841-1910 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures13 decades
  4. 4Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · Russia · Historical Figures21 decades
  5. 5Wilhelm II, German Emperor1859-1941 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  6. 6Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · Russia · Historical Figures17 decades
  7. 7Franz Joseph I of Austria1830-1916 · Austria · Historical Figures18 decades
  8. 8Alexander III of Russia1845-1894 · Russia · Historical Figures16 decades
  9. 9Leopold II of Belgium1835-1909 · Belgium · Historical Figures9 decades
  10. 10Empress Elisabeth of Austria1837-1898 · Germany · Historical Figures0 decades
  11. 11Empress Dowager Cixi1835-1908 · China · Historical Figures5 decades
  12. 12Emperor Meiji1852-1912 · Japan · Historical Figures11 decades
  13. 13Abdul Hamid II1842-1918 · Turkey · Historical Figures13 decades
  14. 14William I, German Emperor1797-1888 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  15. 15David Livingstone1813-1873 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures17 decades
  16. 16Shaka1787-1828 · Historical Figures22 decades
  17. 17Alexander von Humboldt1769-1859 · Historical Figures8 decades
  18. 18Ludwig II of Bavaria1845-1886 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Mehmed VI1861-1926 · Turkey · Historical Figures0 decades
  20. 20Umberto I of Italy1844-1900 · Italy · Historical Figures14 decades
  21. 21Leopold I of Belgium1790-1865 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Ferdinand Foch1851-1929 · France · Historical Figures7 decades
  23. 23Pedro II of Brazil1825-1891 · Brazil · Historical Figures0 decades
  24. 24Pedro I of Brazil1798-1834 · Portugal · Historical Figures0 decades
  25. 25Alexandra of Denmark1844-1925 · Denmark · Historical Figures2 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.