← 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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Arthur Schnitzler14 decades - 2
Franz Grillparzer20 decades - 3
Božena Němcová0 decades - 4
István Széchenyi0 decades - 5
Peter Altenberg13 decades - 6
Hermann Bahr14 decades - 7
Ferdinand Raimund19 decades - 8
Hanns Hörbigernot measured- - 9
Michael Mayr12 decades - 10
Rosa Mayredernot measured- - 11Carl Grünbergnot measured-
- 12
Isidore Singernot measured- - 13
Marianne Hainisch5 decades - 14
Leo Steinnot measured- - 15
Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichsteinnot measured- - 16
Viktor Léonnot measured- - 17
Spiridon Gopčevićnot measured- - 18
Konstantin Dumbanot measured- - 19
Georg Marconot measured- - 20
Ottokar Kernstocknot measured- - 21
Karel Klostermannnot measured- - 22
Frederick Ecksteinnot measured- - 23
Aloisia Kirschnernot measured- - 24
Rudolf Eitelbergernot measured- - 25
Gotthard Deutschnot measured- - 26
Auguste Gronernot measured- - 27
Kajetan von Méreynot measured- - 28
Maria Janitscheknot measured- - 29
Michael Haberlandtnot measured- - 30
Marie zu Hohenlohe Waldenburg-Schillingsfurstnot measured- - 31
Marie Eugenie Delle Grazienot measured- - 32
Baron Karl von Macchionot measured- - 33
Moritz Thausingnot measured- - 34Simon Bernfeldnot measured-
- 35
Theodor Anton Ippennot measured- - 36
Helene Richternot measured- - 37
Alfred Halmnot measured- - 38
August Fourniernot measured- - 39
Karl Lindaunot measured- - 40Edmund Haulernot measured-
- 41
Ervin Rosznernot measured- - 42
Johann Loserthnot measured- - 43Anton Schlossarnot measured-
- 44Johannes Kaltenboecknot measured-
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Fran Detelanot measured- - 46
Marie von Frischnot measured- - 47Josef Allramnot measured-
- 48Ottilie Franzosnot 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.