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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. 1Simón Bolívar1783-1830 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  2. 2Bernardo O'Higgins1778-1842 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  3. 3Agustín I of Mexico1783-1824 · Spain · Politicians0 decades
  4. 4Maria Christina of Austria1858-1929 · Spain · Politiciansnot measured-
  5. 5Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos1814-1870 · Spain · Politicians18 decades
  6. 6Manuel Godoy1767-1851 · Spain · Politicians22 decades
  7. 7José Antonio Páez1790-1873 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  8. 8Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies1810-1859 · Spain · Politiciansnot measured-
  9. 9Antonio Cánovas del Castillo1828-1897 · Spain · Politicians17 decades
  10. 10Carlos de Borbón y Borbón-Parma1788-1855 · Spain · Politicians14 decades
  11. 11Francisco Morazán1792-1842 · Spain · Politicians14 decades
  12. 12Rafael del Riego1784-1823 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  13. 13Juan José Flores1800-1864 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  14. 14Louis Blanc1811-1882 · Spain · Politicians20 decades
  15. 15Francesc Macià i Llussà1859-1933 · Spain · Politiciansnot measured-
  16. 16Práxedes Mateo Sagasta1825-1903 · Spain · Politicians16 decades
  17. 17Francisco Pi y Margall1824-1901 · Spain · Politicians17 decades
  18. 18Valentín Gómez Farías1781-1858 · Spain · Politicians15 decades
  19. 19Emilio Castelar1832-1899 · Spain · Politicians17 decades
  20. 20Eduardo Dato1856-1921 · Spain · Politicians14 decades
  21. 21Alejandro Lerroux1864-1949 · Spain · Politicians13 decades
  22. 22Antonio Maura1853-1925 · Spain · Politicians16 decades
  23. 23Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre1810-1885 · Spain · Politicians12 decades
  24. 24Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan1809-1867 · Spain · Politicians18 decades
  25. 25Pablo Iglesias Posse1850-1925 · Spain · Politicians2 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.