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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. 1Amedeo Avogadro1776-1856 · Italy · Scientists19 decades
  2. 2Giovanni Schiaparelli1835-1910 · Italy · Scientists15 decades
  3. 3Stanislao Cannizzaro1826-1910 · Italy · Scientists16 decades
  4. 4Ascanio Sobrero1812-1888 · Italy · Scientists17 decades
  5. 5Angelo Secchi1818-1878 · Italy · Scientists17 decades
  6. 6Annibale de Gasparis1819-1892 · Italy · Scientists4 decades
  7. 7Galileo Ferraris1847-1897 · Italy · Scientists15 decades
  8. 8Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria1839-1892 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  9. 9Antonio Pacinotti1841-1912 · Italy · Scientists13 decades
  10. 10Angelo Moriondo1851-1914 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  11. 11Carlo Matteucci1811-1868 · Italy · Scientists20 decades
  12. 12Antonio Raimondi1826-1890 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  13. 13Giovanni Battista Grassi1854-1925 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  14. 14Enrico Forlanini1848-1930 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  15. 15Odoardo Beccari1843-1920 · Italy · Scientists15 decades
  16. 16Eugenio Barsanti1821-1864 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  17. 17Augusto Righi1850-1920 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  18. 18Pier Andrea Saccardo1845-1920 · Italy · Scientists7 decades
  19. 19Teoberto Maler1842-1917 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  20. 20Macedonio Melloni1798-1854 · Italy · Scientists19 decades
  21. 21Raffaele Piria1814-1865 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  22. 22Benedetto Brin1833-1898 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  23. 23Giovanni Plana1781-1864 · Italy · Scientists20 decades
  24. 24Giacomo Luigi Ciamician1857-1922 · Italy · Scientistsnot measured-
  25. 25Giacomo Bresadola1847-1929 · Italy · Scientistsnot 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.