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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. 1Otto von Bismarck1815-1898 · Germany · Politicians16 decades
  2. 2Paul von Hindenburg1847-1934 · Germany · Politicians10 decades
  3. 3Frederick III, German Emperor1831-1888 · Germany · Politiciansnot measured-
  4. 4Klemens von Metternich1773-1859 · Germany · Politicians0 decades
  5. 5Pyotr Stolypin1862-1911 · Germany · Politicians6 decades
  6. 6Karl Kautsky1854-1938 · Germany · Politicians13 decades
  7. 7August Bebel1840-1913 · Germany · Politicians14 decades
  8. 8Erich von Falkenhayn1861-1922 · Germany · Politicians6 decades
  9. 9Georgy Lvov1861-1925 · Germany · Politicians2 decades
  10. 10Eduard Bernstein1850-1932 · Germany · Politicians13 decades
  11. 11Maximilian II of Bavaria1811-1864 · Germany · Politicians0 decades
  12. 12Bernhard von Bülow1849-1929 · Germany · Politicians12 decades
  13. 13Caroline of Brunswick1768-1821 · Germany · Politicians16 decades
  14. 14Princess Sophie of Bavaria1805-1872 · Germany · Politiciansnot measured-
  15. 15Leo von Caprivi1831-1899 · Germany · Politicians5 decades
  16. 16Wilhelm Marx1863-1946 · Germany · Politicians10 decades
  17. 17Jenny von Westphalen1814-1881 · Germany · Politicians9 decades
  18. 18Alfred von Tirpitz1849-1930 · Germany · Politicians8 decades
  19. 19Otto of Bavaria1848-1916 · Germany · Politiciansnot measured-
  20. 20Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg1856-1921 · Germany · Politicians6 decades
  21. 21Chlodwig, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst1819-1901 · Germany · Politicians10 decades
  22. 22Georg von Hertling1843-1919 · Germany · Politicians11 decades
  23. 23Georg Michaelis1857-1936 · Germany · Politicians11 decades
  24. 24Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche1846-1935 · Germany · Politicians12 decades
  25. 25Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria1801-1873 · Germany · Politicians0 decades
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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.