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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 Hebrew books during the 19th century, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Rav Ashi352-427 · 4th century13
  2. 2Haggaiborn 550 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures12
  3. 3Simeon ben Gamliel IIborn 100 · 2nd century12
  4. 4Nathan the Babylonianborn 101 · 2nd century11
  5. 5Habakkuk626 BC-600 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures7.3
  6. 6Johanan ben Zakai50 BC-70 · 1st millennium BC4.8
  7. 7Saadia Gaon882-942 · 10th century · Academics3.7
  8. 8Simeon ben Zomadied 200 · 2nd century3.4
  9. 9Hai Gaon939-1038 · 10th century · Writers2.9
  10. 10Hillel the Elder50 BC-100 · 1st millennium BC2.9
  11. 11Sabbatai Zevi1626-1676 · 17th century · Turkey · Religious Figures2.3
  12. 12Ahad Ha'am1856-1927 · 19th century · Russia · Writers2.2
  13. 13Samuel ibn Naghrillah993-1055 · 11th century · Writers2.1
  14. 14Isaac Abrabanel1437-1508 · 15th century · Academics1.6
  15. 15Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg1150-1217 · 12th century · Academics1.5
  16. 16Judas Maccabeus500 BC-160 BC · 1st millennium BC · Religious Figures1.3
  17. 17Hanina ben Dosa40-75 · 1st century1.3
  18. 18Menasseh Ben Israel1604-1657 · 17th century · Netherlands · Academics1.2
  19. 19Joseph Kimhi1105-1170 · 12th century · France · Writers1.0
  20. 20Yanaiborn 600 · 7th century · Writers0.99
  21. 21Eliezer ben Hurcanus100-200 · 2nd century0.89
  22. 22Rabbeinu Tam1100-1171 · 12th century · France · Writers0.83
  23. 23Josephus37-100 · 1st century · Writers0.74
  24. 24Amram Gaon810-875 · 9th century0.67
  25. 25Chaim Joseph David Azulai1724-1806 · 18th century · Turkey · Historical Figures0.66
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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.