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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. 1Umberto I of Italy1844-1900 · Italy · Historical Figures14 decades
  2. 2Victor Emmanuel II of Italy1820-1878 · Italy · Historical Figures12 decades
  3. 3Amadeo I of Spain1845-1890 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  4. 4Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies1806-1878 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  5. 5Charles Felix of Savoy1765-1831 · Italy · Historical Figures0 decades
  6. 6Robert I, Duke of Parma1848-1907 · Italy · Historical Figures0 decades
  7. 7Giovanni Battista Belzoni1778-1823 · Italy · Historical Figures4 decades
  8. 8Prince Henry of Battenberg1858-1896 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  9. 9Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy1843-1911 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  10. 10Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma1870-1899 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  11. 11Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies1814-1898 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  12. 12Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta1841-1934 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Princess Margherita of Parma1847-1893 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  14. 14Princess Alice of Parma1849-1935 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  15. 15Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies1849-1882 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  16. 16Prince Louis, Count of Trani1838-1886 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17Prince Henry, Count of Bardi1851-1905 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Vittorio Bottego1860-1897 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Jean-Antoine Carrel1829-1890 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Giuseppe Ferlini1797-1870 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21Tommaso Salvadori1835-1923 · Italy · Historical Figures10 decades
  22. 22Umberto Cagni1863-1932 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Romolo Gessi1831-1881 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Giacomo Bove1852-1887 · Italy · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Prince Pasquale, Count of Bari1852-1904 · Italy · 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.