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← Fame through time1800-1899

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
  26. 26Pyotr Panin1721-1789 · 18th century · Russia0.33
  27. 27Ippolit Bogdanovich1743-1803 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.33
  28. 28Peter III of Russia1728-1762 · 18th century · Germany · Historical Figures0.31
  29. 29Stefan Yavorsky1658-1722 · 17th century · Russia · Academics0.30
  30. 30Grigory Potemkin1739-1791 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.30
  31. 31Boris of Tver1400-1461 · 15th century0.29
  32. 32Ivan Mazepa1639-1709 · 17th century · Politicians0.29
  33. 33Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia1899-1918 · 20th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.29
  34. 34Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia1850-1908 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.29
  35. 35Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn1643-1714 · 17th century · Politicians0.28
  36. 36Paul I of Russia1754-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.28
  37. 37Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia1860-1919 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.28
  38. 38Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov1727-1797 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.28
  39. 39Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia1690-1718 · 18th century · Politicians0.27
  40. 40Nicholas I of Russia1796-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Models0.26
  41. 41Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.26
  42. 42Dimitry of Rostov1651-1709 · 17th century · Writers0.26
  43. 43Alexander Griboyedov1795-1829 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.25
  44. 44Alexander Herzen1812-1870 · 19th century · Switzerland · Writers0.24
  45. 45Vissarion Belinsky1811-1848 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.23
  46. 46Konstantin Aksakov1817-1860 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.23
  47. 47Nikita Panin1718-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.22
  48. 48Symeon of Polotsk1629-1680 · 17th century · Writers0.21
  49. 49Aleksei Musin-Pushkin1744-1817 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.21
  50. 50Alexis of Russia1629-1676 · 17th century · Historical Figures0.21
  51. 51Xenia Shestova1560-1631 · 16th century0.20
  52. 52Mikhail Lermontov1814-1841 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.19
  53. 53Pavel Fedotov1815-1852 · 19th century · Russia · Artists0.19
  54. 54Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia1858-1915 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.19
  55. 55Dmitry Shuisky1560-1612 · 16th century0.19
  56. 56Nikolay Alexandrovich Lvov1753-1803 · 18th century · Russia · Academics0.18
  57. 57Alexey Venetsianov1780-1847 · 19th century · Russia · Artists0.18
  58. 58Catherine Pavlovna of Russia1788-1819 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.18
  59. 59Fyodor Alekseyev1755-1824 · 18th century · Russia · Artists0.18
  60. 60Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia1825-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.17
  61. 61Konstantin Batyushkov1787-1855 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.15
  62. 62Mykhailo Maksymovych1804-1873 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.15
  63. 63Nicholas Repnin1734-1801 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.15
  64. 64Kirill Razumovsky1728-1803 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.14
  65. 65Nikolai Leskov1831-1895 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.13
  66. 66Aleksei Fedorovich Adashev1510-1561 · 16th century · Politicians0.13
  67. 67Alexander Shishkov1754-1841 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.13
  68. 68Joseph Volotsky1440-1515 · 15th century · Writers0.12
  69. 69Alexander Menshikov1673-1729 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.12
  70. 70Nikolay Dobrolyubov1836-1861 · 19th century · Russia · Academics0.11
  71. 71Ivan the Young1458-1490 · 15th century · Historical Figures0.11
  72. 72Konstantin of Uglich1389-1434 · 15th century0.11
  73. 73Dmitry Pozharsky1577-1642 · 17th century · Politicians0.11
  74. 74Gleb Uspensky1843-1902 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.10
  75. 75Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy1645-1729 · 17th century · Russia · Writers0.10
  76. 76Alexander Suvorov1730-1800 · 18th century · Russia0.10
  77. 77Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia1871-1899 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.10
  78. 78Alexander Ivanov1806-1858 · 19th century · Russia · Artists0.10
  79. 79Ivan Krylov1769-1844 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.09
  80. 80Ivan Dmitriev1760-1837 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.09
  81. 81Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov1787-1869 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.09
  82. 82Mikhail of Tver1271-1318 · 14th century · Politicians0.08
  83. 83Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov1711-1762 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.08
  84. 84Maxim Gorky1868-1936 · 20th century · Russia · Writers0.08
  85. 85Vladimir Odoevsky1803-1869 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.08
  86. 86Oleg I of Chernigov1052-1115 · 11th century · Historical Figures0.08
  87. 87Mikhail Vorontsov1782-1856 · 19th century · Russia · Politicians0.08
  88. 88Faddey Bulgarin1789-1859 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.08
  89. 89Tikhon of Zadonsk1724-1783 · 18th century · Russia · Religious Figures0.08
  90. 90Konstantin of Rostov1185-1218 · 13th century · Politicians0.08
  91. 91Peter II of Russia1715-1730 · 18th century · Russia · Politicians0.08
  92. 92Kirill II of Kyiv1250-1280 · 13th century0.08
  93. 93Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.08
  94. 94Alexander Sumarokov1717-1777 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.07
  95. 95Ivan Fyodorov1510-1583 · 16th century0.07
  96. 96Mikhail Miloradovich1771-1825 · 19th century · Russia0.07
  97. 97Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov1733-1811 · 18th century · Russia · Writers0.07
  98. 98Ivan Aksakov1823-1886 · 19th century · Russia · Writers0.07
  99. 99Hyacinth1777-1853 · 19th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.07
  100. 100Catherine I of Russia1684-1727 · 18th century · Russia · Historical Figures0.07

Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 19th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Fyodor Dostoevsky1821-1881 · Russia · Writers17 decades
  2. 2Leo Tolstoy1828-1910 · Russia · Writers18 decades
  3. 3Alexander Pushkin1799-1837 · Russia · Writers21 decades
  4. 4Anton Chekhov1860-1904 · Russia · Writers15 decades
  5. 5Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1840-1893 · Russia · Musicians10 decades
  6. 6Nikolai Gogol1809-1852 · Russia · Writers19 decades
  7. 7Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · Russia · Historical Figures21 decades
  8. 8Dmitri Mendeleev1834-1907 · Russia · Scientists11 decades
  9. 9Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · Russia · Historical Figures17 decades
  10. 10Nicholas I of Russia1796-1855 · Russia · Models19 decades
  11. 11Mikhail Lermontov1814-1841 · Russia · Writers15 decades
  12. 12Alexander III of Russia1845-1894 · Russia · Historical Figures16 decades
  13. 13Taras Shevchenko1814-1861 · Russia · Writers13 decades
  14. 14Ivan Pavlov1849-1936 · Russia · Scientists16 decades
  15. 15Peter Kropotkin1842-1921 · Russia · Activists11 decades
  16. 16Konstantin Tsiolkovsky1857-1935 · Russia · Scientists5 decades
  17. 17Ilya Repin1844-1930 · Russia · Artists10 decades
  18. 18Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1844-1908 · Russia · Musicians9 decades
  19. 19Konstantin Stanislavski1863-1938 · Russia · Actors9 decades
  20. 20Modest Mussorgsky1839-1881 · Russia · Musicians11 decades
  21. 21Ivan Turgenev1818-1883 · Russia · Writers6 decades
  22. 22Ivan Aivazovsky1817-1900 · Russia · Artists2 decades
  23. 23Nikolay Nekrasov1821-1877 · Russia · Writers13 decades
  24. 24Fyodor Tyutchev1803-1873 · Russia · Writers11 decades
  25. 25Alexander Borodin1833-1887 · Russia · Musicians8 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.