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

  1. 1Patriarch Nikon of Moscow1605-1681 · 17th century · Religious Figures6.7
  2. 2Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow1482-1563 · 16th century · Writers3.1
  3. 3Nikolai Rezanov1764-1807 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures1.3
  4. 4Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians0.99
  5. 5Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century0.86
  6. 6Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.86
  7. 7Nikolay Karamzin1766-1826 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.85
  8. 8Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.82
  9. 9Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures0.66
  10. 10Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.64
  11. 11Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.62
  12. 12Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.62
  13. 13Elizabeth of Russia1709-1761 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.58
  14. 14Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.57
  15. 15Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.53
  16. 16Maximus the Greek1475-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.53
  17. 17Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia1783-1801 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.43
  18. 18Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia1864-1931 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.42
  19. 19Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.42
  20. 20Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827-1892 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.39
  21. 21Grigory Orlov1734-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.38
  22. 22Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.36
  23. 23Leo Tolstoy1828-1910 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.35
  24. 24Alexander Bestuzhev1797-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.34
  25. 25Ivan the Terrible1530-1584 · 16th century · Politicians0.33
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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. 1Sigmund Freud1856-1939 · Austria · Doctors12 decades
  2. 2Franz Schubert1797-1828 · Austria · Musicians22 decades
  3. 3Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria1863-1914 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  4. 4Franz Joseph I of Austria1830-1916 · Austria · Historical Figures18 decades
  5. 5Franz Liszt1811-1886 · Austria · Musicians19 decades
  6. 6Gustav Klimt1862-1918 · Austria · Artists12 decades
  7. 7Johann Strauss II1825-1899 · Austria · Musicians16 decades
  8. 8Maximilian I of Mexico1832-1867 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  9. 9Ferdinand I of Austria1793-1875 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  10. 10Ludwig Boltzmann1844-1906 · Austria · Scientists15 decades
  11. 11Alois Hitler1837-1903 · Austria8 decades
  12. 12Anton Bruckner1824-1896 · Austria · Musicians14 decades
  13. 13Arthur Schnitzler1862-1931 · Austria · Writers14 decades
  14. 14Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria1858-1889 · Austria · Politicians0 decades
  15. 15Klara Hitler1860-1907 · Austria1 decades
  16. 16Otto of Greece1815-1867 · Austria · Historical Figures0 decades
  17. 17Ferdinand I of Bulgaria1861-1948 · Austria · Scientists0 decades
  18. 18Johann Strauss I1804-1849 · Austria · Musiciansnot measured-
  19. 19Archduke Franz Karl of Austria1802-1878 · Austria · Historical Figures0 decades
  20. 20Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria1833-1896 · Austria · Politicians16 decades
  21. 21Archduchess Gisela of Austria1856-1932 · Austria · Historical Figures0 decades
  22. 22Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf1852-1925 · Austria · Historical Figures5 decades
  23. 23Christian Doppler1803-1853 · Austria · Academics8 decades
  24. 24Carl Czerny1791-1857 · Austria · Musicians15 decades
  25. 25Franz Grillparzer1791-1872 · Austria · Writers20 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.