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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. 1Wilhelm Busch1832-1908 · Germany · Artists15 decades
  2. 2Max Liebermann1847-1935 · Germany · Artists13 decades
  3. 3Lovis Corinth1858-1925 · Germany · Artists11 decades
  4. 4Carl Spitzweg1808-1885 · Germany · Artists10 decades
  5. 5Franz Xaver Winterhalter1805-1873 · Germany · Artists3 decades
  6. 6Philipp Otto Runge1777-1810 · Germany · Artists17 decades
  7. 7Franz Stuck1863-1928 · Germany · Artists9 decades
  8. 8Henry van de Velde1863-1957 · Germany · Artists7 decades
  9. 9Alexej von Jawlensky1864-1941 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  10. 10Max Klinger1857-1920 · Germany · Artists14 decades
  11. 11Wilhelm von Gloeden1856-1931 · Germany · Artists3 decades
  12. 12Hans Thoma1839-1924 · Germany · Artists14 decades
  13. 13Rudolf von Alt1812-1905 · Germany · Artists10 decades
  14. 14Heinrich Zille1858-1929 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  15. 15Adolf von Hildebrand1847-1921 · Germany · Artists11 decades
  16. 16Willy Stöwer1864-1931 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  17. 17Princess Mathilde of Saxony1863-1933 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  18. 18Joseph Anton Koch1768-1839 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  19. 19Guglielmo Plüschow1852-1930 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  20. 20Adolf Hölzel1853-1934 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  21. 21Lesser Ury1861-1931 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  22. 22Carl Röchling1855-1920 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  23. 23Nicola Perscheid1864-1930 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  24. 24Otto Wilhelm Thomé1840-1925 · Germany · Artistsnot measured-
  25. 25Friedrich August von Kaulbach1850-1920 · Germany · Artistsnot 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.