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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. 1Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · Russia · Historical Figures21 decades
  2. 2Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · Russia · Historical Figures17 decades
  3. 3Alexander III of Russia1845-1894 · Russia · Historical Figures16 decades
  4. 4Pyotr Bagration1765-1812 · Russia · Historical Figures7 decades
  5. 5Olga Constantinovna of Russia1851-1926 · Russia · Historical Figures16 decades
  6. 6Nikolay Przhevalsky1839-1888 · Russia · Historical Figures9 decades
  7. 7Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay1846-1888 · Russia · Historical Figures5 decades
  8. 8Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen1778-1852 · Russia · Historical Figures2 decades
  9. 9Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia1853-1920 · Russia · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  10. 10Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia1856-1929 · Russia · Historical Figures5 decades
  11. 11Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827-1892 · Russia · Historical Figures20 decades
  12. 12Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia1871-1899 · Russia · Historical Figures15 decades
  13. 13Mikhail Lazarev1788-1851 · Russia · Historical Figures12 decades
  14. 14Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia1783-1801 · Russia · Historical Figures19 decades
  15. 15Ferdinand von Wrangel1796-1870 · Russia · Historical Figures1 decades
  16. 16Catherine Pavlovna of Russia1788-1819 · Russia · Historical Figures21 decades
  17. 17Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia1843-1865 · Russia · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark1870-1891 · Russia · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia1850-1908 · Russia · Historical Figures15 decades
  20. 20Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia1859-1919 · Russia · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia1860-1922 · Russia · Historical Figures11 decades
  22. 22Adam Johann von Krusenstern1770-1846 · Russia · Historical Figures0 decades
  23. 23Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia1784-1803 · Russia · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia1825-1844 · Russia · Historical Figures19 decades
  25. 25Princess Cecilie of Baden1839-1891 · Russia · 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.