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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. 1Santiago Ramón y Cajal1852-1934 · Spain · Scientists13 decades
  2. 2Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol1819-1885 · Spain · Scientists8 decades
  3. 3Leonardo Torres Quevedo1852-1936 · Spain · Scientists11 decades
  4. 4Isaac Peral1851-1895 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  5. 5Manuel Blanco Ramos1778-1845 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  6. 6Rafael Guastavino1842-1908 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  7. 7Faustino Míguez González1831-1925 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  8. 8Manuel Iradier y Bulfy1854-1911 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  9. 9Jaume Ferran i Clua1851-1929 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  10. 10Ramón de la Sagra1798-1871 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  11. 11Carlos Ibáñez de Ibero1825-1891 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  12. 12Philip Barker Webb1793-1854 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  13. 13Mariano Lagasca1776-1839 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  14. 14Julio Cervera Baviera1854-1927 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  15. 15Odón de Buen1863-1945 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  16. 16Longinos Navás1858-1938 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  17. 17Mariano de la Paz Graells y de la Agüera1809-1898 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  18. 18Simon de Roxas Clemente y Rubio1777-1827 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  19. 19Francisco de Paula Marín1774-1837 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  20. 20José Arechavaleta1838-1912 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  21. 21José María Algué1856-1930 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  22. 22Blanca Catalán de Ocón y Gayolá1860-1904 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  23. 23Miguel Colmeiro1816-1901 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  24. 24Carlos Pau y Español1857-1937 · Spain · Scientistsnot measured-
  25. 25Casiano de Prado1797-1866 · Spain · Scientistsnot 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.