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← Fame through time1800-1899

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 Chinese books during the 19th century, whenever they lived.

  1. 1Zhu Xi1130-1200 · 12th century · China · Writers870
  2. 2Li Hongzhang1823-1901 · 19th century · China · Politicians149
  3. 3Zhang Zhidong1837-1909 · 19th century · Politicians86
  4. 4Zuo Zongtang1812-1885 · 19th century · China · Politicians43
  5. 5Ban Gu32-92 · 1st century · Writers40
  6. 6Ge Hong284-364 · 4th century · Academics40
  7. 7Chen Shou233-297 · 3rd century · Writers14
  8. 8Mao Zedong1893-1976 · 20th century · China · Politicians12
  9. 9Lu Xun1881-1936 · 20th century · China · Writers11

Lived then

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

  1. 1Gustav Klimt1862-1918 · Austria · Artists12 decades
  2. 2Peter Fendi1796-1842 · Austria · Artists7 decades
  3. 3Pauline von Metternich1836-1921 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  4. 4Paja Jovanović1859-1957 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  5. 5Franz Defregger1835-1921 · Austria · Artists6 decades
  6. 6Carl Moll1861-1945 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  7. 7Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl1860-1933 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  8. 8Olga Wisinger-Florian1844-1926 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  9. 9Alfred Roller1864-1935 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  10. 10Broncia Koller-Pinell1863-1934 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  11. 11Isidor Kaufmann1853-1921 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  12. 12Ludwig Deutsch1855-1935 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  13. 13Marie Lang1858-1934 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  14. 14Marie Egner1850-1940 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  15. 15Hans Zatzka1859-1945 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  16. 16Maximilian Lenz1860-1948 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  17. 17Johann Ender1793-1854 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  18. 18Franz von Matsch1861-1942 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  19. 19Josefine Swoboda1861-1924 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  20. 20Carl Kundmann1838-1919 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  21. 21Julius von Blaas1845-1922 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  22. 22Edmund von Hellmer1850-1935 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  23. 23Marie Müller1847-1935 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  24. 24Felician Myrbach1853-1940 · Austria · Artistsnot measured-
  25. 25Ludwig Passini1832-1903 · Austria · Artistsnot 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.