← 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.
- 1
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
Giuseppe Peano14 decades - 2
Niccolò Tommaseo20 decades - 3
Vito Volterra14 decades - 4
Antonio Labriola15 decades - 5
Vincenzo Gioberti20 decades - 6
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro3 decades - 7
Paolo Mantegazza17 decades - 8
Giuseppe Mercalli8 decades - 9
Quintino Sellanot measured- - 10
Carlo Cattaneonot measured- - 11
Antonio Stoppaninot measured- - 12
Eugenio Beltrami15 decades - 13
Giuseppe Pitrè16 decades - 14
Paolo Orsinot measured- - 15
Ernesto Schiaparellinot measured- - 16
Teodolfo Mertelnot measured- - 17
Ulisse Dini15 decades - 18
Andrea Carlo Ferrarinot measured- - 19
Giuseppe Fiorellinot measured- - 20
Giovanni Battista Alberto Pirellinot measured- - 21
Luigi Taparellinot measured-
- 22
Maffeo Pantaleoninot measured- - 23
Enrico Betti16 decades - 24
Luigi Cremona17 decades - 25
Alfredo Panzininot measured- - 26
Luigi Bianchi17 decades - 27
Cesare Arzelànot measured- - 28
Giacomo Boninot measured- - 29
Ernesto Cesaro0 decades - 30
Giuseppe Ferrarinot measured- - 31
Giuseppe Peccinot measured- - 32
Serafino Vannutellinot measured- - 33
Bertrando Spaventanot measured- - 34
Francesco Brioschinot measured- - 35
Cesare Burali-Fortinot measured- - 36
Giuseppe Toniolonot measured- - 37
Elijah Benamozeghnot measured- - 38
Giovanni Battista De Rossinot measured- - 39
Lorenzo Respighinot measured- - 40
Giuseppe Serginot measured- - 41
Roberto Ardigònot measured- - 42
Corrado Segrenot measured- - 43
Terenzio, Count Mamiani della Roverenot measured- - 44
Rodolfo Lancianinot measured- - 45
Giuseppe Veronese13 decades - 46
Salvatore Pincherlenot measured- - 47
Ettore Paisnot measured- - 48
Francesco Ferraranot measured- - 49
Angelo Genocchinot measured- - 50
Domenico Comparettinot measured- - 51Giulio Ascolinot measured-
- 52
Enrico Hillyer Gigliolinot measured- - 53
Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossottinot measured- - 54
Felice Casoratinot measured- - 55
Luigi Caninanot measured- - 56
Federico Halbherrnot measured- - 57Alfredo Capellinot measured-
- 58
Achille Lorianot measured- - 59
Enrico Baronenot measured- - 60
Pio Rajnanot measured- - 61
Guido Boggianinot measured- - 62
Stefano Jacininot measured- - 63
Carlo Emerynot measured- - 64
Giacinto Moreranot measured- - 65
Giovanni Spanonot measured- - 66
Paolo Gorininot measured- - 67
Contardo Ferrininot measured- - 68
Augusto Veranot measured- - 69
Giovanni Vailatinot measured- - 70
Corrado Riccinot measured- - 71
Giusto Bellavitisnot measured- - 72
Enrico D'Ovidionot measured- - 73
Baldassarre Boncompagninot measured- - 74
Arturo Isselnot measured- - 75
Torquato Taramellinot measured- - 76
Augusto Murrinot measured- - 77
Luigi Pigorininot measured- - 78
Tommaso Martinellinot measured- - 79
Mario Pierinot measured- - 80
Celestino Schiaparellinot measured- - 81
Michele Stefano de Rossinot measured- - 82
Emerico Amarinot measured- - 83
Elio Modiglianinot measured- - 84
Quirico Filopantinot measured- - 85
Ersilia Caetani-Lovatellinot measured- - 86
Leonardo Bianchinot measured- - 87
Giovanni Perronenot measured- - 88
Emilio Cornalianot measured- - 89
Gioacchino Ventura di Raulicanot measured- - 90Beniamino Cavicchioninot measured-
- 91
Gino Lorianot measured- - 92
Francesco Fiorentinonot measured- - 93
Antonino Salinasnot measured- - 94
Pasquale del Pezzonot measured- - 95
Sante De Sanctisnot measured- - 96
Ernest Bozzanonot measured- - 97
Eugenio Bertininot measured- - 98
Enrico Sertolinot measured- - 99
Carlo Nocellanot measured- - 100Delfino Codazzinot 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.