← 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
Franz Schubert22 decades - 2
Franz Liszt19 decades - 3
Johann Strauss II16 decades - 4
Anton Bruckner14 decades - 5
Johann Strauss Inot measured- - 6
Carl Czerny15 decades - 7
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart2 decades - 8
Josef Strauss0 decades - 9
Franz Xaver Gruber5 decades - 10Franz Xaver Süssmayr3 decades
- 11
Felix Weingartner14 decades - 12
Joseph Lanner5 decades - 13
Robert Fuchs13 decades - 14
Ludwig von Köchel0 decades - 15
Guido Adler14 decades - 16
Carl Michael Ziehrernot measured- - 17
Carl Zeller3 decades - 18
Emil von Rezniceknot measured- - 19
Wilhelm Kienzl12 decades - 20
Franz Schalk12 decades - 21
Helene von Vetseranot measured- - 22
Josef Labornot measured- - 23
Hugo Gerard Ströhlnot measured- - 24
Mathilde Kraliknot measured- - 25Natalie Bauer-Lechnernot measured-
- 26
Maria Waldmannnot measured- - 27
Heinrich Grünfeldnot measured- - 28
Anton Doornot measured- - 29
Wilhelm Gerickenot measured- - 30Karl Pohlignot measured-
- 31Theodor von Frimmelnot measured-
- 32
Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheimnot measured- - 33
Adelina Stehlenot measured- - 34
Marie Soldat-Roegernot measured- - 35Richard Robertnot measured-
- 36Ferdinand Hellmesbergernot measured-
- 37Marie Fillungernot measured-
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Rosa Papiernot measured- - 39Elkan Bauernot measured-
- 40
Gustav Picknot measured- - 41
Rudolf Dittrichnot measured- - 42
Marie Renardnot measured- - 43
Laura Rappoldinot measured- - 44
Irene von Chavannenot measured- - 45
Lola Beethnot measured- - 46
Josip Kašmannot measured- - 47
Eduard Wagnesnot measured- - 48Hugo Reinholdnot measured-
- 49
August Göllerichnot measured- - 50
Josef V. von Wössnot measured- - 51
Adolf Robinsonnot measured- - 52
Marianne Edelmannnot measured- - 53
Richard Sahlanot measured- - 54
Charles Weinbergernot measured- - 55
Alfred Zamaranot measured- - 56Sofie von Suppènot measured-
- 57Pauline Kienzlnot measured-
- 58Sophie Wohlmuthnot measured-
- 59Alexandrine Esterházy-Rossinot 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.