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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. 1Queen Victoria1819-1901 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  2. 2Edward VII1841-1910 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures13 decades
  3. 3David Livingstone1813-1873 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures17 decades
  4. 4Alfred Russel Wallace1823-1913 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures15 decades
  5. 5Richard Francis Burton1821-1890 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures2 decades
  6. 6William IV of the United Kingdom1765-1837 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  7. 7Princess Alice of the United Kingdom1843-1878 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  8. 8George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston1859-1925 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  9. 9Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn1767-1820 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  10. 10John Franklin1786-1847 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures22 decades
  11. 11Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha1844-1900 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  12. 12Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom1857-1944 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale1864-1892 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  14. 14George Everest1790-1866 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures2 decades
  15. 15Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn1850-1942 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  16. 16Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll1848-1939 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures0 decades
  17. 17Princess Helena of the United Kingdom1846-1923 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Matthew Flinders1774-1814 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures15 decades
  19. 19Edward Smith1850-1912 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Robert Fitzroy1805-1865 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures1 decades
  21. 21Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex1773-1843 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Princess Charlotte of Wales1796-1817 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures1 decades
  23. 23Charlotte, Princess Royal1766-1828 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Princess Mary of the United Kingdom1776-1857 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom1783-1810 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot 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.