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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. 1Dmitry Pisarev1840-1868 · Russia · Journalists10 decades
  2. 2Anton Delvig1798-1831 · Russia · Journalists6 decades
  3. 3Vladimir Gilyarovsky1855-1935 · Russia · Journalists5 decades
  4. 4Mikhail Katkov1818-1887 · Russia · Journalists4 decades
  5. 5Aleksey Suvorin1834-1912 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  6. 6Abderrashid Ibrahim1857-1944 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  7. 7Leo Deutsch1855-1941 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  8. 8Nicolas Notovitchborn 1858 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  9. 9Pyotr Boborykin1836-1921 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  10. 10Vladimir Meshchersky1839-1914 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  11. 11Ivan Panaev1812-1862 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  12. 12Fyodor Glinka1786-1880 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  13. 13Carl Robert Jakobson1841-1882 · Russia · Journalists0 decades
  14. 14Johann Voldemar Jannsen1819-1890 · Russia · Journalists0 decades
  15. 15Pavel Krushevan1860-1909 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  16. 16Valerian Zubov1771-1804 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  17. 17Lev Tikhomirov1852-1923 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  18. 18Iakob Gogebashvili1840-1912 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  19. 19Alexander Pypin1833-1904 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  20. 20Hasan bey Zardabi1837-1907 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  21. 21Peretz Smolenskin1842-1885 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  22. 22Julius Krohn1835-1888 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  23. 23Zohra Akchurina1862-1903 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  24. 24Garlieb Merkel1769-1850 · Russia · Journalistsnot measured-
  25. 25Nikolai Shelgunov1824-1891 · Russia · Journalistsnot 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.