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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. 1Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour1810-1861 · Italy · Politicians10 decades
  2. 2Giovanni Giolitti1842-1928 · Italy · Politicians14 decades
  3. 3Luigi Cadorna1850-1928 · Italy · Politicians11 decades
  4. 4Vittorio Emanuele Orlando1860-1952 · Italy · Politicians13 decades
  5. 5Francesco Crispi1818-1901 · Italy · Politicians18 decades
  6. 6Armando Diaz1861-1928 · Italy · Politicians11 decades
  7. 7Luigi Facta1861-1930 · Italy · Politicians12 decades
  8. 8John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton1834-1902 · Italy · Politiciansnot measured-
  9. 9Francis I of the Two Sicilies1777-1830 · Italy · Politiciansnot measured-
  10. 10Sidney Sonnino1847-1922 · Italy · Politicians15 decades
  11. 11Massimo d'Azeglio1798-1866 · Italy · Politicians19 decades
  12. 12Alfonso La Marmora1804-1878 · Italy · Politicians18 decades
  13. 13Agostino Depretis1813-1887 · Italy · Politicians16 decades
  14. 14Antonio Salandra1853-1931 · Italy · Politicians15 decades
  15. 15Bettino Ricasoli1809-1880 · Italy · Politicians22 decades
  16. 16Urbano Rattazzi1808-1873 · Italy · Politicians18 decades
  17. 17Giuseppe Zanardelli1826-1903 · Italy · Politicians16 decades
  18. 18Filippo Turati1857-1932 · Italy · Politicians14 decades
  19. 19Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany1835-1908 · Italy · Politiciansnot measured-
  20. 20Marco Minghetti1818-1886 · Italy · Politicians18 decades
  21. 21Francis V, Duke of Modena1819-1875 · Italy · Politicians0 decades
  22. 22Paolo Boselli1838-1932 · Italy · Politicians16 decades
  23. 23Louis of Parma, king of Etruria1773-1803 · Italy · Politicians0 decades
  24. 24Luigi Luzzatti1841-1927 · Italy · Politicians16 decades
  25. 25Antonio Starabba di Rudinì1839-1908 · Italy · Politicians1 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.