← 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 English books during the 19th century, whenever they lived.
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Jesus94 - 2
Homer15 - 3
Cicero13 - 4
Augustus13 - 5
Plato10 - 6
Virgil9.6 - 7
Aristotle9.4 - 8
Socrates6.4 - 9
Herodotus6.2 - 10
Plutarch5.6 - 11
Ovid4.2 - 12
Strabo4.1 - 13
Charlemagne3.9 - 14
Demosthenes3.8 - 15
Lord Byron3.6 - 16
Livy3.4 - 17
Origen3.1 - 18
Cleopatra3.0 - 19
Xenophon3.0 - 20
Walter Scott3.0 - 21
Tertullian2.7 - 22
James II, Count of Urgell2.6 - 23
Robert Peel2.6 - 24
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor2.6 - 25
Pericles2.5
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 19th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Gustav Klimt12 decades - 2
Peter Fendi7 decades - 3
Pauline von Metternichnot measured- - 4
Paja Jovanovićnot measured- - 5
Franz Defregger6 decades - 6
Carl Mollnot measured- - 7
Adolf Hirémy-Hirschlnot measured- - 8
Olga Wisinger-Floriannot measured- - 9
Alfred Rollernot measured- - 10
Broncia Koller-Pinellnot measured- - 11
Isidor Kaufmannnot measured- - 12
Ludwig Deutschnot measured- - 13
Marie Langnot measured- - 14
Marie Egnernot measured- - 15Hans Zatzkanot measured-
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Maximilian Lenznot measured- - 17
Johann Endernot measured- - 18
Franz von Matschnot measured- - 19
Josefine Swobodanot measured- - 20
Carl Kundmannnot measured- - 21
Julius von Blaasnot measured- - 22
Edmund von Hellmernot measured- - 23
Marie Müllernot measured- - 24
Felician Myrbachnot measured- - 25
Ludwig Passininot measured- - 26
Bertha Müllernot measured- - 27
Alois Delugnot measured- - 28
Hugo Charlemontnot measured- - 29
Oscar Rexnot measured- - 30
Josef Moroder-Lusenbergnot measured- - 31
Rudolf Bachernot measured- - 32
Wilhelm J. Burgernot measured- - 33
Franz Rumplernot measured- - 34
Johann Dominik Bossinot measured- - 35
Julius Schmidnot measured- - 36
Matthias Schmidnot measured- - 37
Johann Victor Krämernot measured- - 38
Josef Engelhartnot measured- - 39
Robert Pötzelbergernot measured- - 40
Moritz Nährnot measured- - 41
Bertha von Tarnóczynot measured- - 42
Eduard Veithnot measured- - 43
Hugo Darnautnot measured- - 44
Camilla Friedländernot measured- - 45
Adolf Michael Boehmnot measured- - 46
Johann Nepomuk Hoechlenot measured- - 47
Ludwig Michaleknot measured- - 48
Hans Watzeknot measured- - 49
Arthur Strassernot measured- - 50
Alphons Leopold Mielichnot measured- - 51
Gabriele Maria Deininger-Arnhardnot measured- - 52
Alexander Demetrius Goltznot measured- - 53
Stefan Schwartznot measured- - 54Marianne von Eschenburgnot measured-
- 55
Eduard Valentanot measured- - 56
Irma Komlosynot measured- - 57Andreas Kompatschernot measured-
- 58Jakob Trenkernot 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.