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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. 1Simón Bolívar1783-1830 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  2. 2Bernardo O'Higgins1778-1842 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  3. 3Agustín I of Mexico1783-1824 · Spain · Politicians0 decades
  4. 4Maria Christina of Austria1858-1929 · Spain · Politiciansnot measured-
  5. 5Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos1814-1870 · Spain · Politicians18 decades
  6. 6Manuel Godoy1767-1851 · Spain · Politicians22 decades
  7. 7José Antonio Páez1790-1873 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  8. 8Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies1810-1859 · Spain · Politiciansnot measured-
  9. 9Antonio Cánovas del Castillo1828-1897 · Spain · Politicians17 decades
  10. 10Carlos de Borbón y Borbón-Parma1788-1855 · Spain · Politicians14 decades
  11. 11Francisco Morazán1792-1842 · Spain · Politicians14 decades
  12. 12Rafael del Riego1784-1823 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  13. 13Juan José Flores1800-1864 · Spain · Politicians21 decades
  14. 14Louis Blanc1811-1882 · Spain · Politicians20 decades
  15. 15Francesc Macià i Llussà1859-1933 · Spain · Politiciansnot measured-
  16. 16Práxedes Mateo Sagasta1825-1903 · Spain · Politicians16 decades
  17. 17Francisco Pi y Margall1824-1901 · Spain · Politicians17 decades
  18. 18Valentín Gómez Farías1781-1858 · Spain · Politicians15 decades
  19. 19Emilio Castelar1832-1899 · Spain · Politicians17 decades
  20. 20Eduardo Dato1856-1921 · Spain · Politicians14 decades
  21. 21Alejandro Lerroux1864-1949 · Spain · Politicians13 decades
  22. 22Antonio Maura1853-1925 · Spain · Politicians16 decades
  23. 23Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre1810-1885 · Spain · Politicians12 decades
  24. 24Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan1809-1867 · Spain · Politicians18 decades
  25. 25Pablo Iglesias Posse1850-1925 · Spain · Politicians2 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.