← 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
Robert Koch14 decades - 2
Paul Ehrlich13 decades - 3
Alois Alzheimer3 decades - 4
Theodor Schwann16 decades - 5
Richard von Krafft-Ebing4 decades - 6
Franz Oppenheimer13 decades - 7
Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria3 decades - 8
Ernst Heinrich Weber15 decades - 9
Wilhelm Fliessnot measured- - 10
Friedrich Joseph Haassnot measured- - 11
Abraham Jacobinot measured- - 12
August Biernot measured- - 13
Jan Mikulicz-Radeckinot measured- - 14
Emanuel Felkenot measured- - 15
Albert von Schrenck-Notzingnot measured- - 16
Oskar Minkowskinot measured- - 17
Friedrich Trendelenburgnot measured- - 18
Theodor Bilharznot measured- - 19Wilhelm Weinbergnot measured-
- 20
Wilhelm Heinrich Erbnot measured- - 21
Wilhelm Hisnot measured- - 22
Franz Gerhard Wegelernot measured- - 23
Hermann von Iheringnot measured- - 24
Hermann Oppenheimnot measured- - 25
Georg Theodor August Gaffkynot measured- - 26
Vincenz Czernynot measured- - 27
Eduard Arnold Martinnot measured- - 28
Julius Friedrich Cohnheimnot measured- - 29
Elisabeth Winterhalternot measured- - 30
Ernst Ludwig Alfred Hegarnot measured- - 31
Charlotte von Sieboldnot measured- - 32
Eduard Heinrich Henochnot measured- - 33
Gustav Killiannot measured- - 34
Wilhelm Heinrich Friedrich Mollynot measured- - 35
Max Nonnenot measured- - 36
Karl Ewald Hassenot measured- - 37
Adolf Justnot measured- - 38
Georg Anton Schäffernot measured- - 39
Franziska Tiburtiusnot measured- - 40
Julius Rogernot measured- - 41
Ludwig Rehnnot measured- - 42
Hermann Brehmernot measured- - 43
Gustav Fritschnot measured- - 44
Emil Pfeiffernot measured- - 45
Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßlernot measured- - 46
Justus Friedrich Carl Heckernot measured- - 47
Christian Georg Schmorlnot measured- - 48
Carl Siegmund Franz Credénot measured- - 49
Erich Paulunnot measured- - 50Curt Schimmelbuschnot measured-
- 51
Ernst Schweningernot measured- - 52
Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegertnot measured- - 53Carl Friedländernot measured-
- 54
Otto Funkenot measured- - 55
Friedrich Julius Rosenbachnot measured- - 56
Karl Thierschnot measured- - 57
Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfelsnot measured- - 58Hermann Krukenbergnot measured-
- 59
Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichumnot measured- - 60
Hugo Liepmannnot measured- - 61
Wilhelm Baumnot measured- - 62
Friedrich August von Geblernot measured- - 63
James Israelnot measured- - 64
Robert Christian Avé-Lallemantnot measured- - 65
Georg Klossnot measured- - 66
Otto Bollingernot measured- - 67Johannes von Kriesnot measured-
- 68
Otto Wilhelm Madelungnot measured- - 69Karl Friedrich Canstattnot measured-
- 70
Paul Grawitznot measured- - 71
Bernhard Moritz Carl Ludwig Riedelnot measured- - 72
Heinrich Braunnot measured- - 73
Antoni Jurasznot measured- - 74
Max Lindenot measured- - 75
Heinrich Adolf Rinnenot measured- - 76
Victor von Brunsnot measured- - 77
Heinrich Lahmannnot measured- - 78
Friedrich Bezoldnot measured- - 79
Hans Kehrnot measured- - 80
Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssennot measured- - 81Georg Ledderhosenot measured-
- 82
Paul von Brunsnot measured- - 83
Carl Langenbuchnot measured- - 84
Carl Anton Ewaldnot measured- - 85
Johannes Fabrynot measured- - 86
Sigbert Josef Maria Gansernot measured- - 87
Dietrich Georg von Kiesernot measured- - 88
Ludwig Friedrich von Froriepnot measured- - 89
Otto Gottlieb Mohnikenot measured- - 90Friedrich August Carusnot measured-
- 91
Paul Froschnot measured- - 92
Karl Heinrich August Burownot measured- - 93
Wilhelm Olivier Leubenot measured- - 94
Carl Wigand Maximilian Jacobinot measured- - 95Adolf Wallenbergnot measured-
- 96
Philipp Bozzininot measured- - 97
Hermann David Webernot measured- - 98Karl Theodor Menkenot measured-
- 99
Eduard Arningnot measured- - 100
Alexander Tietzenot 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.