← 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.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austrianot measured- - 2
Maximilian I of Mexiconot measured- - 3
Ferdinand I of Austrianot measured- - 4
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria0 decades - 5
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria16 decades - 6
Karl Lueger13 decades - 7
Franz I, Prince of Liechtensteinnot measured- - 8
Georg Ritter von Schönerer9 decades - 9
Oskar Potiorek0 decades - 10
Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli0 decades - 11
Michael Hainisch11 decades - 12
Leopold Berchtold4 decades - 13
Archduke Eugen of Austrianot measured- - 14
Prince August, 3rd Prince of Koháry7 decades - 15
Archduke Charles Stephen of Austrianot measured- - 16
Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austrianot measured- - 17
Viktor Dankl von Krasniknot measured- - 18
Stjepan Sarkotićnot measured- - 19
Ernest von Koerbernot measured- - 20
Prince Alfred, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Grätznot measured- - 21
Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowskynot measured- - 22
Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstättennot measured- - 23
Heinrich Clam-Martinicnot measured- - 24
Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovonot measured- - 25
Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürstnot measured- - 26
Prince Aloys Franz de Paula Marianot measured- - 27
Galeas von Thun und Hohensteinnot measured- - 28
Alfred Kraussnot measured- - 29
Ernst Seidler von Feuchteneggnot measured- - 30
Maximilian Egon II, Prince of Fürstenbergnot measured- - 31
Jodok Finknot measured- - 32
Baron Wladimir Giesl von Gieslingennot measured- - 33
Baron Max Wladimir von Becknot measured- - 34
Alois, Prince of Schönburg-Hartensteinnot measured- - 35
Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringennot measured- - 36
Hermann von Spaunnot measured- - 37
Joseph Samuel Blochnot measured- - 38
Count Erich Kielmanseggnot measured- - 39
Jakob Reumannnot measured- - 40
Adam Müller-Guttenbrunnnot measured- - 41
Karl Hermann Wolfnot measured- - 42
Therese Schlesinger-Ecksteinnot measured- - 43
Heinrich Ritter von Witteknot measured- - 44
Gustav Großnot measured- - 45
Friedrich von Georginot measured- - 46
Benno Strauchernot measured- - 47
Franz Kleinnot measured- - 48
Franz Morodernot measured- - 49
Wilhelm Ellenbogennot measured- - 50
Prince Karl, 9th Prince of Auerspergnot measured- - 51
Melanie Metternich-Zichynot measured- - 52
Alexander Spitzmüllernot measured- - 53
Richard Weiskirchnernot measured- - 54
Ernst Rüdiger von Starhembergnot measured- - 55
Otto Steinwendernot measured- - 56
Viktor Tietznot measured- - 57
Zeno Graf Welser von Welsersheimbnot measured- - 58
Anton Pacenot measured- - 59Bernhard Ehrenfelsnot 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.