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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. 1Adam Opel1837-1895 · Germany · Founders12 decades
  2. 2August Oetker1862-1918 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  3. 3Henry E. Steinway1797-1871 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  4. 4Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis1802-1871 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  5. 5Nathan Straus1848-1931 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  6. 6Carl Heinrich von Siemens1829-1906 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  7. 7Carl Walther1858-1915 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  8. 8Carl Heinrich Theodor Knorr1800-1875 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  9. 9Georg Wilhelm von Siemens1855-1919 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  10. 10Gustav Becker1819-1885 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  11. 11Theodor Bergmann1850-1931 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  12. 12Friedrich Soennecken1848-1919 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  13. 13Rudolf Mosse1843-1920 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  14. 14Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck1830-1916 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  15. 15James Simon1851-1932 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  16. 16Friedrich Weyerhäuser1834-1914 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  17. 17Hermann Tietz1837-1907 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  18. 18John Jacob Bausch1830-1926 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  19. 19Arnold von Siemens1853-1918 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  20. 20Conrad Dietrich Magirus1824-1895 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  21. 21Georg Krauss1826-1906 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  22. 22Friedrich Siemens1826-1904 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  23. 23Ludwig Knoop1821-1894 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  24. 24Karl Godulla1781-1848 · Germany · Foundersnot measured-
  25. 25Margarethe Krupp1854-1931 · Germany · Foundersnot 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.