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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. 1Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria1863-1914 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  2. 2Maximilian I of Mexico1832-1867 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  3. 3Ferdinand I of Austria1793-1875 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  4. 4Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria1858-1889 · Austria · Politicians0 decades
  5. 5Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria1833-1896 · Austria · Politicians16 decades
  6. 6Karl Lueger1844-1910 · Austria · Politicians13 decades
  7. 7Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein1853-1938 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  8. 8Georg Ritter von Schönerer1842-1921 · Austria · Politicians9 decades
  9. 9Oskar Potiorek1853-1933 · Austria · Politicians0 decades
  10. 10Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli1856-1941 · Austria · Politicians0 decades
  11. 11Michael Hainisch1858-1940 · Austria · Politicians11 decades
  12. 12Leopold Berchtold1863-1942 · Austria · Politicians4 decades
  13. 13Archduke Eugen of Austria1863-1954 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  14. 14Prince August, 3rd Prince of Koháry1818-1881 · Austria · Politicians7 decades
  15. 15Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria1860-1933 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  16. 16Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria1863-1931 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  17. 17Viktor Dankl von Krasnik1854-1941 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  18. 18Stjepan Sarkotić1858-1939 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  19. 19Ernest von Koerber1850-1919 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  20. 20Prince Alfred, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Grätz1851-1927 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  21. 21Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky1830-1920 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  22. 22Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten1861-1921 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  23. 23Heinrich Clam-Martinic1863-1932 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  24. 24Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo1854-1927 · Austria · Politiciansnot measured-
  25. 25Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst1863-1918 · Austria · Politiciansnot 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.