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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 Martí1853-1895 · Spain · Writers16 decades
  2. 2Miguel de Unamuno1864-1936 · Spain · Writers14 decades
  3. 3Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer1836-1870 · Spain · Writers13 decades
  4. 4Benito Pérez Galdós1843-1920 · Spain · Writers14 decades
  5. 5Rosalía de Castro1837-1885 · Spain · Writers13 decades
  6. 6José Echegaray1832-1916 · Spain · Writers19 decades
  7. 7Emilia Pardo Bazán1851-1921 · Spain · Writers14 decades
  8. 8José de Espronceda1808-1842 · Spain · Writers19 decades
  9. 9Mariano José de Larra1809-1837 · Spain · Writers19 decades
  10. 10Leopoldo Alas1852-1901 · Spain · Writers4 decades
  11. 11José Zorrilla1817-1893 · Spain · Writers21 decades
  12. 12Santiago Rusiñol i Prats1861-1931 · Spain · Writers13 decades
  13. 13Jacint Verdaguer1845-1902 · Spain · Writers15 decades
  14. 14Pedro Antonio de Alarcón1833-1891 · Spain · Writers14 decades
  15. 15Concepción Arenal Ponte1820-1893 · Spain · Writers16 decades
  16. 16Fernán Caballero1796-1877 · Spain · Writers18 decades
  17. 17Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones1863-1950 · Spain · Writers0 decades
  18. 18Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo1787-1862 · Spain · Writers21 decades
  19. 19Juan Donoso Cortés1809-1853 · Spain · Writers19 decades
  20. 20Juan Valera1824-1905 · Spain · Writers1 decades
  21. 21Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas1791-1865 · Spain · Writers22 decades
  22. 22Infanta Eulalia, Duchess of Galliera1864-1958 · Spain · Writers9 decades
  23. 23José Joaquín de Olmedo1780-1847 · Spain · Writers17 decades
  24. 24Ramón de Campoamor1817-1901 · Spain · Writers17 decades
  25. 25Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia1800-1868 · Spain · Writers14 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.