← 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
Jean-Martin Charcot4 decades - 2
René Laennec0 decades - 3
Alexandre Yersin5 decades - 4
Paul Broca15 decades - 5
Charles Richet15 decades - 6
Xavier Bichat15 decades - 7
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran4 decades - 8
Dominique Jean Larrey0 decades - 9
Joseph Babinski0 decades - 10
Waldemar Haffkine0 decades - 11
Georges Gilles de la Tourette0 decades - 12
Paul Gachet5 decades - 13
Aimé Bonpland13 decades - 14
Albert Calmette11 decades - 15
Jean Marc Gaspard Itard7 decades - 16
Guillaume Dupuytren1 decades - 17
Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol0 decades - 18
Adrien Proustnot measured- - 19
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuillenot measured- - 20
René Lesson0 decades - 21
Madeleine Brèsnot measured- - 22
Édouard Séguinnot measured-
- 23
André Marie Constant Duméril0 decades - 24
Pierre Marienot measured- - 25
Alexandre Lacassagnenot measured- - 26
Bénédict Morelnot measured- - 27
Prosper Menièrenot measured- - 28
Augusta Déjerine-Klumpkenot measured- - 29
Pierre Charles Alexandre Louisnot measured- - 30
Antoine Marfannot measured- - 31
Anselme Gaëtan Desmarestnot measured- - 32
Maurice Raynaudnot measured- - 33
Charles Lasèguenot measured- - 34
François Antommarchinot measured- - 35
Jean Alfred Fourniernot measured- - 36
Hippolyte Bernheimnot measured- - 37
Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugolnot measured- - 38
Jules Cotardnot measured- - 39
Joseph Paul Gaimardnot measured- - 40
Émile Duclauxnot measured- - 41
Charles Frédéric Girardnot measured- - 42
Jean Cruveilhiernot measured- - 43
Mélanie Hahnemannnot measured- - 44
Valentin Magnannot measured- - 45
François-Joseph-Victor Broussaisnot measured- - 46
Alfred Vulpiannot measured- - 47
Paul Topinardnot measured- - 48
Ambroise Auguste Tardieunot measured- - 49
Marie-Louise Lachapellenot measured- - 50
Joseph Jules Dejerinenot measured- - 51
Jean Baptiste Boisduvalnot measured- - 52
Charles Pravaznot measured- - 53
Jules-Émile Péannot measured- - 54
Fernand Widalnot measured- - 55
Ambroise-Auguste Liébeaultnot measured- - 56
Paul Richernot measured- - 57
Antoine Clotnot measured- - 58
Pierre Bretonneaunot measured- - 59
Arthur Fallotnot measured- - 60
Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeaunot measured- - 61
Charles-Joseph Bouchardnot measured- - 62
Marie Boivinnot measured- - 63
Leo Testutnot measured- - 64
Jean-Louis Alibertnot measured- - 65
Théodore Maunoirnot measured- - 66
Augustin Nicolas Gilbertnot measured- - 67
Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martinnot measured- - 68
Henri Albert Hartmannnot measured- - 69
Antoine Béclèrenot measured- - 70
Jean-Pierre Falretnot measured- - 71
Paul Brouardelnot measured- - 72
Cornelius Herznot measured- - 73
Paul Georges Dieulafoynot measured- - 74
Jean Civialenot measured- - 75
Jean Alexandre LeMatnot measured- - 76
Jean-Baptiste Marc Bourgerynot measured- - 77
Édouard Brissaudnot measured- - 78
Jules Guyotnot measured- - 79
Philippe Ricordnot measured- - 80
Casimir Davainenot measured- - 81
Pierre Ramburnot measured- - 82
Louis Joubinnot measured- - 83
Henri Filholnot measured- - 84
Édouard Bureaunot measured- - 85
Philippe Gauchernot measured- - 86
Jean-Baptiste Bouillaudnot measured- - 87
Louis Hubert Farabeufnot measured- - 88
Gabriel Andralnot measured- - 89
Jean Casimir Félix Guyonnot measured- - 90
Étienne Stéphane Tarniernot measured- - 91
Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palapratnot measured- - 92
Jean Bergoniénot measured- - 93Jacques Pucherannot measured-
- 94
Pierre Adolphe Piorrynot measured- - 95
Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidynot measured- - 96
Pierre François Olive Rayernot measured- - 97
Paul Henri Fischernot measured- - 98
Ernest Besniernot measured- - 99
Louis-Charles Malasseznot measured- - 100
Ferdinand-Jean Dariernot 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.