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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. 1George Armstrong Custer1839-1876 · United States · Historical Figures7 decades
  2. 2Liliʻuokalani1838-1917 · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  3. 3Sacagawea1788-1812 · United States · Historical Figures9 decades
  4. 4Kamehameha I1800-1819 · United States · Historical Figures13 decades
  5. 5Robert Peary1856-1920 · United States · Historical Figures3 decades
  6. 6Meriwether Lewis1774-1809 · United States · Historical Figures19 decades
  7. 7Kit Carson1809-1868 · United States · Historical Figures18 decades
  8. 8Kalākaua1836-1891 · United States · Historical Figures1 decades
  9. 9William Clark1770-1838 · United States · Historical Figures22 decades
  10. 10Hugh Glass1783-1833 · United States · Historical Figures5 decades
  11. 11John Sutter1803-1880 · United States · Historical Figures9 decades
  12. 12Zebulon Pike1779-1813 · United States · Historical Figures12 decades
  13. 13George W. De Long1844-1881 · United States · Historical Figures1 decades
  14. 14Jedediah Smith1799-1831 · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  15. 15Thomas Moran1837-1926 · United States · Historical Figures15 decades
  16. 16Jim Bridger1804-1881 · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17John Colter1774-1812 · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18John Lloyd Stephens1805-1852 · United States · Historical Figures4 decades
  19. 19Josephine Diebitsch Peary1863-1955 · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20James W. Marshall1810-1885 · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21James Beckwourth1798-1866 · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Adolphus Greely1844-1935 · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Liver-Eating Johnson1824-1900 · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Ezra Meeker1830-1928 · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Nathaniel Palmer1799-1877 · United States · Historical Figures2 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.