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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 · Historical Figures1.3
  4. 4Boris Godunov1552-1605 · 16th century · Politicians0.99
  5. 5Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia1859-1919 · 19th century · Historical Figures0.94
  6. 6Patriarch Joachim1621-1690 · 17th century0.86
  7. 7Vasili IV of Russia1552-1612 · 16th century · Historical Figures0.86
  8. 8Nikolay Karamzin1766-1826 · 19th century · Writers0.85
  9. 9Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia1843-1865 · 19th century · Historical Figures0.83
  10. 10Anna of Russia1693-1740 · 18th century · Politicians0.82
  11. 11Nikolay Semyonov1896-1986 · 20th century · Scientists0.75
  12. 12Ivan I of Tver1357-1425 · 14th century · Historical Figures0.66
  13. 13Avraamy Palitsyn1550-1626 · 16th century · Writers0.64
  14. 14Ivan I Aleksandrovich, Prince of Smolenskdied 1359 · 14th century0.62
  15. 15Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia1779-1831 · 19th century · Politicians0.62
  16. 16Elizabeth of Russia1709-1761 · 18th century · Historical Figures0.58
  17. 17Alexandra Velyaminova1301-1364 · 14th century0.57
  18. 18Peter the Great1672-1725 · 18th century · Politicians0.53
  19. 19Maximus the Greek1475-1556 · 16th century · Writers0.53
  20. 20Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia1783-1801 · 19th century · Historical Figures0.43
  21. 21Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia1864-1931 · 19th century · Historical Figures0.42
  22. 22Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia1832-1909 · 19th century · Politicians0.42
  23. 23Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia1895-1918 · 20th century · Historical Figures0.39
  24. 24Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia1827-1892 · 19th century · Historical Figures0.39
  25. 25Grigory Orlov1734-1783 · 18th century · Historical Figures0.38
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 19th century, ranked where Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Robert Nobel1829-1896 · Sweden · Foundersnot measured-
  2. 2Carl Richard Nyberg1858-1939 · Sweden · Foundersnot measured-
  3. 3Rudolf Fredrik Berg1846-1907 · Sweden · Foundersnot measured-
  4. 4Max Sievert1849-1913 · Sweden · Foundersnot measured-

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active, around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world's Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person's own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person's own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.