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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. 1Joaquín Sorolla1863-1923 · Spain · Artists13 decades
  2. 2Mariano Fortuny Marsal1838-1874 · Spain · Artists15 decades
  3. 3Carolina Coronado1820-1911 · Spain · Artists18 decades
  4. 4Infanta María de la Paz of Spain1862-1946 · Spain · Artists6 decades
  5. 5Juan de Borbón y Bragança1822-1887 · Spain · Artists0 decades
  6. 6Thérésa Tallien1773-1835 · Spain · Artists11 decades
  7. 7Luis Ricardo Falero1851-1896 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  8. 8Infanta Amalia of Spain1834-1905 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  9. 9Vicente López Portaña1772-1850 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  10. 10Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz1815-1894 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  11. 11Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz1848-1921 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  12. 12Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta1841-1920 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  13. 13José de Madrazo y Agudo1781-1859 · Spain · Artists20 decades
  14. 14Mariano Benlliure1862-1947 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  15. 15Pere Borrell del Caso1835-1920 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  16. 16José Ruiz Blasco1838-1913 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  17. 17Elías García Martínez1858-1934 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  18. 18José Jiménez Aranda1837-1903 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  19. 19Eduardo Rosales1836-1873 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  20. 20Valeriano Bécquer1833-1870 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  21. 21Francisco Manuel Oller1833-1917 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  22. 22Félix Resurrección Hidalgo1855-1913 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  23. 23Lucas Velázquez1817-1870 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  24. 24Genaro Pérez Villaamil1807-1854 · Spain · Artistsnot measured-
  25. 25Carlos de Haes1826-1898 · Spain · Artistsnot 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.