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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. 1Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria1863-1914 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  2. 2Maximilian I of Mexico1832-1867 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  3. 3Ferdinand I of Austria1793-1875 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  4. 4Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria1858-1889 · Austria · Politicians0 decades
  5. 5Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria1833-1896 · Austria · Politicians16 decades
  6. 6Karl Lueger1844-1910 · Austria · Politicians13 decades
  7. 7Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein1853-1938 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  8. 8Georg Ritter von Schönerer1842-1921 · Austria · Politicians9 decades
  9. 9Oskar Potiorek1853-1933 · Austria · Politicians0 decades
  10. 10Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli1856-1941 · Austria · Politicians0 decades
  11. 11Michael Hainisch1858-1940 · Austria · Politicians11 decades
  12. 12Leopold Berchtold1863-1942 · Austria · Politicians4 decades
  13. 13Archduke Eugen of Austria1863-1954 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  14. 14Prince August, 3rd Prince of Koháry1818-1881 · Austria · Politicians7 decades
  15. 15Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria1860-1933 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  16. 16Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria1863-1931 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  17. 17Viktor Dankl von Krasnik1854-1941 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  18. 18Stjepan Sarkotić1858-1939 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  19. 19Ernest von Koerber1850-1919 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  20. 20Prince Alfred, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Grätz1851-1927 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  21. 21Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky1830-1920 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  22. 22Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten1861-1921 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  23. 23Heinrich Clam-Martinic1863-1932 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  24. 24Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo1854-1927 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  25. 25Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst1863-1918 · Austria · Politiciansnot 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.