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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. 1Alfonso XII of Spain1857-1885 · Spain · Historical Figures0 decades
  2. 2Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz1822-1902 · Spain · Historical Figures5 decades
  3. 3Carlota Joaquina of Spain1775-1830 · Spain · Historical Figures14 decades
  4. 4Mercedes of Orléans1860-1878 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  5. 5Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara1793-1879 · Spain · Historical Figures22 decades
  6. 6Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain1794-1865 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  7. 7Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony1803-1829 · Spain · Historical Figures15 decades
  8. 8Charles II, Duke of Parma1799-1883 · Spain · Historical Figures0 decades
  9. 9Queen Maria Isabel of Spain1797-1818 · Spain · Historical Figures20 decades
  10. 10Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier1832-1897 · Spain · Historical Figures2 decades
  11. 11Maria Isabella of Spain1789-1848 · Spain · Historical Figures0 decades
  12. 12Maria Luisa I, Duchess of Lucca1782-1824 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal1800-1834 · Spain · Historical Figures4 decades
  14. 14Infante Enrique of Spain1823-1870 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  15. 15Ali Bey al-Abbasi1767-1818 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  16. 16María Teresa de Borbón, 15th Countess of Chinchón1780-1828 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17María Manuela Kirkpatrick1794-1879 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Princess Maria Cristina of Orléans1852-1879 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham1852-1936 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Cayetano Valdés y Flórez1767-1835 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21María Amparo Muñoz, 1st Countess of Vista Alegre1834-1864 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Carlota de Godoy, 2nd Duchess of Sueca1800-1886 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23José María Narváez1768-1848 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 15th Duke of Alba1821-1881 · Spain · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Emilio Bonelli1854-1926 · Spain · 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.