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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
  26. 26Andrea del Sarto1486-1530 · 16th century · Artists1.2
  27. 27Pietro Aretino1492-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Writers1.2
  28. 28Alessandro Manzoni1785-1873 · 19th century · Italy · Writers1.2
  29. 29Giorgio Vasari1511-1574 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.2
  30. 30Masaccio1401-1428 · 15th century · Italy · Artists1.1
  31. 31Baldassare Franceschini1611-1690 · 17th century · Artists1.1
  32. 32Francis of Assisi1182-1226 · 13th century · Italy · Writers1.1
  33. 33Cesare Borgia1475-1507 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures1.1
  34. 34Paolo Veronese1528-1588 · 16th century · Italy · Artists1.1
  35. 35Guido Reni1575-1642 · 17th century · Italy · Artists1.0
  36. 36Dino Compagni1255-1324 · 13th century · Writers1.0
  37. 37Pietro Bembo1470-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures1.00
  38. 38Guido Cavalcanti1258-1300 · 13th century · Writers0.99
  39. 39Niccolò Machiavelli1469-1527 · 16th century · Politicians0.99
  40. 40Filippo Maria Visconti1392-1447 · 15th century · Politicians0.97
  41. 41Cesare Balbo1789-1853 · 19th century · Politicians0.97
  42. 42Giuseppe Mazzini1805-1872 · 19th century · Italy · Activists0.93
  43. 43Prospero Colonna1452-1523 · 15th century0.90
  44. 44Benvenuto Cellini1500-1571 · 16th century · France · Artists0.90
  45. 45Benedetto Varchi1503-1565 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.88
  46. 46Francesco Guicciardini1483-1540 · 16th century · Writers0.88
  47. 47Aloysius Gonzaga1568-1591 · 16th century · Italy · Religious Figures0.88
  48. 48Vittorio Alfieri1749-1803 · 18th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.87
  49. 49Silvio Pellico1789-1854 · 19th century · Writers0.87
  50. 50Cesare Cantù1804-1895 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.87
  51. 51Giacomo Leopardi1798-1837 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.85
  52. 52Vincenzo Gioberti1801-1852 · 19th century · Italy · Academics0.85
  53. 53Giovanni Boccaccio1313-1375 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.85
  54. 54Francesco Redi1626-1697 · 17th century · Doctors0.85
  55. 55Francesco Gonzaga1444-1483 · 15th century0.84
  56. 56Franco Sacchetti1332-1400 · 14th century · Writers0.82
  57. 57Teodato Ipato750-800 · 8th century · Politicians0.80
  58. 58Salvator Rosa1615-1673 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.76
  59. 59Giordano Bruno1548-1600 · 16th century · Italy · Academics0.75
  60. 60Girolamo Savonarola1452-1498 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians0.74
  61. 61Domenico Passignano1559-1638 · 16th century · Artists0.74
  62. 62Paolo Sarpi1552-1623 · 16th century · Academics0.73
  63. 63Parmigianino1503-1540 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.72
  64. 64Paolo Giovio1483-1552 · 16th century · Writers0.71
  65. 65Massimo d'Azeglio1798-1866 · 19th century · Italy · Politicians0.71
  66. 66Bernardo Tasso1493-1569 · 16th century · Writers0.71
  67. 67Lucrezia Borgia1480-1519 · 16th century · Italy · Historical Figures0.69
  68. 68Pietro da Cortona1596-1669 · 17th century · Italy · Artists0.69
  69. 69Matteo Villani1283-1363 · 14th century · Writers0.68
  70. 70Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei1675-1755 · 18th century · Writers0.66
  71. 71Luigi Alamanni1495-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.65
  72. 72Vittoria Colonna1492-1547 · 16th century · Italy · Writers0.64
  73. 73Pietro Verri1728-1797 · 18th century · Academics0.64
  74. 74Pinturicchio1454-1513 · 15th century · Italy · Artists0.64
  75. 75Giuliano de' Medici1453-1478 · 15th century · Politicians0.62
  76. 76Marsilio Ficino1433-1499 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.62
  77. 77Filippo Villani1325-1407 · 14th century · Italy · Writers0.62
  78. 78Paulus Manutius1512-1574 · 16th century · Writers0.61
  79. 79Catherine de' Medici1519-1589 · 16th century · France · Historical Figures0.60
  80. 80Scipione Ammirato1531-1601 · 16th century · Writers0.58
  81. 81Bernardino of Siena1380-1444 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.58
  82. 82Francesco Filelfo1398-1481 · 15th century · Academics0.56
  83. 83Andrea Gritti1455-1538 · 15th century · Politicians0.56
  84. 84Pontormo1494-1556 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.52
  85. 85Antonio Rosmini1797-1855 · 19th century · Academics0.51
  86. 86Leon Battista Alberti1404-1472 · 15th century · Italy · Architects0.49
  87. 87Francesco Foscari1373-1457 · 15th century · Italy · Politicians0.47
  88. 88Giosuè Carducci1835-1907 · 19th century · Italy · Writers0.47
  89. 89Andrea Dandolo1306-1354 · 14th century · Politicians0.45
  90. 90Alessandro Cagliostro1743-1795 · 18th century · France · Doctors0.45
  91. 91Francesco Vettori1474-1540 · 16th century · Writers0.45
  92. 92Leandro Alberti1479-1552 · 16th century · Writers0.45
  93. 93Amerigo Vespucci1454-1512 · 15th century · Historical Figures0.44
  94. 94Erasmo of Narni1370-1443 · 15th century · Italy0.44
  95. 95Anton Maria Salvini1653-1729 · 17th century · Writers0.43
  96. 96Michelangelo1475-1564 · 16th century · Italy · Artists0.43
  97. 97Francesca da Rimini1259-1285 · 13th century · Italy · Writers0.42
  98. 98Antonio Canova1757-1822 · 18th century · Italy · Artists0.42
  99. 99Agnolo Poliziano1454-1494 · 15th century · Italy · Academics0.42
  100. 100Francesco Sansovino1521-1583 · 16th century · Writers0.42

Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 19th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827 · Germany · Musicians21 decades
  2. 2Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1840-1893 · Russia · Musicians10 decades
  3. 3Frédéric Chopin1810-1849 · France · Musicians16 decades
  4. 4Richard Wagner1813-1883 · Germany · Musicians19 decades
  5. 5Franz Schubert1797-1828 · Austria · Musicians22 decades
  6. 6Gustav Mahler1860-1911 · Musicians13 decades
  7. 7Giuseppe Verdi1813-1901 · Italy · Musicians18 decades
  8. 8Johannes Brahms1833-1897 · Germany · Musicians17 decades
  9. 9Franz Liszt1811-1886 · Austria · Musicians19 decades
  10. 10Claude Debussy1862-1918 · France · Musicians12 decades
  11. 11Antonín Dvořák1841-1904 · Musicians0 decades
  12. 12Giacomo Puccini1858-1924 · Italy · Musicians15 decades
  13. 13Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847 · Musicians18 decades
  14. 14Robert Schumann1810-1856 · Germany · Musicians19 decades
  15. 15Richard Strauss1864-1949 · Germany · Musicians13 decades
  16. 16Niccolò Paganini1782-1840 · Italy · Musicians18 decades
  17. 17Hector Berlioz1803-1869 · France · Musicians19 decades
  18. 18Gioachino Rossini1792-1868 · Italy · Musicians20 decades
  19. 19Johann Strauss II1825-1899 · Austria · Musicians16 decades
  20. 20Edvard Grieg1843-1907 · Norway · Musicians12 decades
  21. 21Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1844-1908 · Russia · Musicians9 decades
  22. 22Modest Mussorgsky1839-1881 · Russia · Musicians11 decades
  23. 23Camille Saint-Saëns1835-1921 · France · Musicians15 decades
  24. 24Georges Bizet1838-1875 · France · Musicians15 decades
  25. 25Edward Elgar1857-1934 · United Kingdom · Musicians13 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.