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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. 1Kusumoto Ine1827-1903 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  2. 2Ogino Ginko1851-1913 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  3. 3Kei Okami1859-1941 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  4. 4Takaki Kanehiro1849-1920 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  5. 5Ogata Kōan1810-1863 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  6. 6Hashimoto Sanai1834-1859 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  7. 7Takano Chōei1804-1850 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  8. 8Yamagiwa Katsusaburō1863-1930 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  9. 9Nagayo Sensai1838-1902 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  10. 10Itō Genboku1801-1871 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  11. 11Shibue Chūsai1805-1858 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  12. 12Sagara Chian1836-1906 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  13. 13Masanao Goto1857-1908 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  14. 14Tōichirō Nakahama1857-1937 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  15. 15Satō Takanaka1827-1882 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  16. 16Ishii Sōken1796-1861 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  17. 17Nogi Maretsugu1805-1877 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  18. 18Ōmori Harutoyo1852-1912 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  19. 19Satō Sankichi1857-1943 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  20. 20Mise Morobuchi1839-1877 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  21. 21Misao Matsuoka1832-1896 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  22. 22Kusaka Genki1820-1854 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  23. 23Souha Hatono1844-1917 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  24. 24Kanae Matsuoka1860-1934 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-
  25. 25Sanzaburo Kobayashi1863-1926 · Japan · Doctorsnot measured-

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.