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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. 1Ludwig Boltzmann1844-1906 · Austria · Scientists15 decades
  2. 2Ferdinand I of Bulgaria1861-1948 · Austria · Scientists0 decades
  3. 3Daniel Swarovski1862-1956 · Austria · Scientists0 decades
  4. 4Josef Stefan1835-1893 · Austria · Scientists4 decades
  5. 5Carl Auer von Welsbach1858-1929 · Austria · Scientists0 decades
  6. 6Georg Luger1849-1923 · Austria · Scientists0 decades
  7. 7Johann Palisa1848-1925 · Austria · Scientists0 decades
  8. 8Franz S. Exner1849-1926 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  9. 9Gottlieb Haberlandt1854-1945 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  10. 10Julius von Hann1839-1921 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  11. 11Franz Unger1800-1870 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  12. 12Friedrich Reinitzer1857-1927 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  13. 13Richard Wettstein1863-1931 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  14. 14Otto Stapf1857-1933 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  15. 15Oskar Lenz1848-1925 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  16. 16Ernst Lecher1856-1926 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  17. 17Viktor von Lang1838-1921 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  18. 18Josef Maria Eder1855-1944 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  19. 19Rudolf Schrödinger1857-1919 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  20. 20Ludwig von Höhnel1857-1942 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  21. 21Hans Molisch1856-1937 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  22. 22Max von Gruber1853-1927 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  23. 23Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau1856-1931 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  24. 24Karl Fritsch1864-1934 · Austria · Scientistsnot measured-
  25. 25Samuel Oppenheim1857-1928 · Austria · Scientistsnot 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.