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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. 1José María de Pereda1833-1906 · Spain · Journalists16 decades
  2. 2Luis González-Brabo y López de Arjona1811-1871 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  3. 3Sofia Casanova1861-1958 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  4. 4José Sánchez Guerra1859-1935 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  5. 5Modesto Lafuente1806-1866 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  6. 6Graciano López Jaena1856-1896 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  7. 7Manuel Bretón de los Herreros1796-1873 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  8. 8Ricardo Mella1861-1925 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  9. 9Joaquín Dicenta1862-1917 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  10. 10Luis José Sartorius, 1st Count of San Luis1815-1871 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  11. 11Vital Aza Álvarez-Buylla1851-1912 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  12. 12Wenceslao Retana1862-1924 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  13. 13Ramón Nocedal Romea1842-1907 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  14. 14Eusebio Blasco1844-1903 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  15. 15Patricio de la Escosura1807-1878 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  16. 16José Selgas1822-1882 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  17. 17Ramón Verea1833-1899 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  18. 18José Julián Acosta1825-1891 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  19. 19Serafin Baroja1840-1912 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  20. 20José Ortega Munilla1856-1922 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  21. 21Ángeles López de Ayala1856-1926 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  22. 22Ángel Fernández de los Ríos1821-1880 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  23. 23Valentín Lamas Carvajal1849-1906 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  24. 24Antonio Aparisi Guijarro1815-1872 · Spain · Journalistsnot measured-
  25. 25Manuel Cañete1822-1891 · Spain · 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.