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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. 1Isaac Albéniz1860-1909 · Spain · Musicians12 decades
  2. 2Francisco Tárrega1852-1909 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  3. 3Pablo de Sarasate1844-1908 · Spain · Musicians11 decades
  4. 4Adelina Patti1843-1919 · Spain · Musicians16 decades
  5. 5Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo1819-1874 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  6. 6Fernando Sor1778-1839 · Spain · Musicians11 decades
  7. 7Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga1806-1826 · Spain · Musicians1 decades
  8. 8Antonio de Torres Jurado1817-1892 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  9. 9Ruperto Chapí1851-1909 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  10. 10Isabella Colbran1784-1845 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  11. 11Sebastián Iradier1809-1865 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  12. 12Tomás Bretón1850-1923 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  13. 13Manuel García1775-1832 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  14. 14Felip Pedrell1841-1922 · Spain · Musicians15 decades
  15. 15Dionisio Aguado y García1784-1849 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  16. 16Manuel García1805-1906 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  17. 17Federico Chueca1846-1908 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  18. 18Francisco Asenjo Barbieri1823-1894 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  19. 19Julián Gayarre1844-1890 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  20. 20Emilio Arrieta1821-1894 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  21. 21Julián Arcas1832-1882 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  22. 22Jaume Nunó1824-1908 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  23. 23Ramón Carnicer1789-1855 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  24. 24Enrique Fernández Arbós1863-1939 · Spain · Musiciansnot measured-
  25. 25José María Ventura Casas1817-1875 · Spain · Musiciansnot 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.