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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. 1Napoleon1769-1821 · France · Historical Figures22 decades
  2. 2Queen Victoria1819-1901 · United Kingdom · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  3. 3Edward VII1841-1910 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures13 decades
  4. 4Alexander I of Russia1777-1825 · Russia · Historical Figures21 decades
  5. 5Wilhelm II, German Emperor1859-1941 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  6. 6Alexander II of Russia1818-1881 · Russia · Historical Figures17 decades
  7. 7Franz Joseph I of Austria1830-1916 · Austria · Historical Figures18 decades
  8. 8Alexander III of Russia1845-1894 · Russia · Historical Figures16 decades
  9. 9Leopold II of Belgium1835-1909 · Belgium · Historical Figures9 decades
  10. 10Empress Elisabeth of Austria1837-1898 · Germany · Historical Figures0 decades
  11. 11Empress Dowager Cixi1835-1908 · China · Historical Figures5 decades
  12. 12Emperor Meiji1852-1912 · Japan · Historical Figures11 decades
  13. 13Abdul Hamid II1842-1918 · Turkey · Historical Figures13 decades
  14. 14William I, German Emperor1797-1888 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  15. 15David Livingstone1813-1873 · United Kingdom · Historical Figures17 decades
  16. 16Shaka1787-1828 · Historical Figures22 decades
  17. 17Alexander von Humboldt1769-1859 · Historical Figures8 decades
  18. 18Ludwig II of Bavaria1845-1886 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Mehmed VI1861-1926 · Turkey · Historical Figures0 decades
  20. 20Umberto I of Italy1844-1900 · Italy · Historical Figures14 decades
  21. 21Leopold I of Belgium1790-1865 · Germany · Historical Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Ferdinand Foch1851-1929 · France · Historical Figures7 decades
  23. 23Pedro II of Brazil1825-1891 · Brazil · Historical Figures0 decades
  24. 24Pedro I of Brazil1798-1834 · Portugal · Historical Figures0 decades
  25. 25Alexandra of Denmark1844-1925 · Denmark · 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.