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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. 1Napoleon1769-1821 · France · Historical Figures22 decades
  2. 2Ferdinand Foch1851-1929 · France · Historical Figures7 decades
  3. 3Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma1791-1847 · France · Historical Figures18 decades
  4. 4Eugénie de Montijo1826-1920 · France · Historical Figures17 decades
  5. 5Oscar I of Sweden1799-1859 · France · Historical Figures0 decades
  6. 6Marie Thérèse of France1778-1851 · France · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  7. 7Charles Albert of Sardinia1798-1849 · France · Historical Figures18 decades
  8. 8Charles de Foucauld1858-1916 · France · Historical Figures11 decades
  9. 9Jean Lannes1769-1809 · France · Historical Figures1 decades
  10. 10Désirée Clary1777-1860 · France · Historical Figures14 decades
  11. 11Louise of Orléans1812-1850 · France · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  12. 12Jules Dumont d'Urville1790-1842 · France · Historical Figures1 decades
  13. 13Napoléon Louis Bonaparte1804-1831 · France · Historical Figures0 decades
  14. 14Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza1852-1905 · France · Historical Figures9 decades
  15. 15Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans1810-1842 · France · Historical Figures0 decades
  16. 16Archduchess Adelaide of Austria1822-1855 · France · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17Empress Amélie of Brazil1812-1873 · France · Historical Figures1 decades
  18. 18Astolphe-Louis-Léonor de Custine, Marquis de Custine1790-1857 · France · Historical Figures10 decades
  19. 19Stéphanie de Beauharnais1789-1860 · France · Historical Figures14 decades
  20. 20Antoine of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier1824-1890 · France · Historical Figures0 decades
  21. 21René Caillié1799-1838 · France · Historical Figures19 decades
  22. 22Prince Philipp, 4th Prince of Koháry1844-1921 · France · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Princess Elisabeth of Savoy1800-1856 · France · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Francis Garnier1839-1873 · France · Historical Figures16 decades
  25. 25Princess Maria Carolina, Duchess of Aumale1822-1869 · France · Historical Figuresnot 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.