← 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
Zhu Xi870 - 2
Li Hongzhang149 - 3
Zhang Zhidong86 - 4
Zuo Zongtang43 - 5
Ban Gu40 - 6
Ge Hong40 - 7Chen Shou14
- 8
Mao Zedong12 - 9
Lu Xun11
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 19th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
L. L. Zamenhofnot measured- - 2
Vladimir Bekhterev5 decades - 3
Nikolay Gamaleya2 decades - 4
Anna Kuliscioff12 decades - 5
Sergey Petrovich Botkinnot measured- - 6
Nikolay Sklifosovskynot measured- - 7
Ernst von Bergmannnot measured- - 8
Nadezhda Suslova0 decades - 9
Benedykt Dybowskinot measured- - 10
Peter Lesgaftnot measured- - 11
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann0 decades - 12
Elias von Cyonnot measured- - 13
Tytus Chałubińskinot measured- - 14
Nil Filatovnot measured- - 15
Maria Manaseinanot measured- - 16
Sir James Wylienot measured- - 17
Karl Wilhelm von Kupffernot measured- - 18
Valentin Lvovich Bianchinot measured- - 19
Varvara Rudnevanot measured- - 20
Karl Eduard von Liphartnot measured- - 21
Nikolay Kulchitskynot measured- - 22
Volodymyr Karavayevnot measured- - 23
Pyotr Kashchenkonot measured- - 24
Anna Shabanovanot measured- - 25
Paul Näckenot measured-
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.