← 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
Amedeo Avogadro19 decades - 2
Giovanni Schiaparelli15 decades - 3
Stanislao Cannizzaro16 decades - 4
Ascanio Sobrero17 decades - 5
Angelo Secchi17 decades - 6
Annibale de Gasparis4 decades - 7
Galileo Ferraris15 decades - 8
Archduke Karl Salvator of Austrianot measured- - 9
Antonio Pacinotti13 decades - 10
Angelo Moriondonot measured- - 11
Carlo Matteucci20 decades - 12
Antonio Raimondinot measured- - 13
Giovanni Battista Grassinot measured- - 14
Enrico Forlanininot measured- - 15
Odoardo Beccari15 decades - 16
Eugenio Barsantinot measured- - 17
Augusto Righinot measured- - 18
Pier Andrea Saccardo7 decades - 19
Teoberto Malernot measured- - 20
Macedonio Melloni19 decades - 21
Raffaele Pirianot measured- - 22
Benedetto Brinnot measured- - 23
Giovanni Plana20 decades - 24
Giacomo Luigi Ciamiciannot measured- - 25
Giacomo Bresadolanot measured- - 26
Hugo Schiffnot measured- - 27
Carlo Alberto Castiglianonot measured- - 28
Giovanni Casellinot measured- - 29
Paolo Savinot measured- - 30
Pietro Maffinot measured- - 31
Antonio Abetti8 decades - 32
Luigi D'Albertisnot measured- - 33
Felice Matteuccinot measured-
- 34
Luigi Palmierinot measured- - 35
Vittorio Cunibertinot measured- - 36
Giovanni Battista Donati0 decades - 37
Innocenzo Manzettinot measured- - 38
Orazio Antinorinot measured- - 39
Roberto de Visianinot measured- - 40
Antonio Bertoloninot measured- - 41
Francesco Zantedeschinot measured- - 42Pellegrino Turrinot measured-
- 43
Elia Millosevich7 decades - 44
Filippo Parlatorenot measured- - 45
Vincenzo Cerullinot measured- - 46
Giuseppe De Notarisnot measured- - 47
Ignazio Porronot measured- - 48
Federico Delpinonot measured- - 49
Antonio Berlesenot measured- - 50
Olinto De Prettonot measured- - 51
Michele Tenorenot measured- - 52
Mutius von Tommasininot measured- - 53Annibale Riccònot measured-
- 54
Giovanni Capellininot measured- - 55
Giovanni Cavallinot measured- - 56
Emanuele Paternònot measured- - 57
Giacomo Dorianot measured- - 58Carlo Marangoninot measured-
- 59
Francesco Selminot measured- - 60
Domingo Ghirardellinot measured- - 61
Carlo Vittadininot measured- - 62
Giorgio Jannot measured- - 63
Francesco Carlininot measured- - 64
Giuseppe Giacinto Morisnot measured- - 65
Giuseppe Gabriel Balsamo-Crivellinot measured- - 66
Emilio Villarinot measured- - 67
Giovanni Gussonenot measured- - 68
Pietro Tacchininot measured- - 69
Salvatore Carcanonot measured- - 70
Caterina Scarpellini2 decades - 71Giuseppe Domenico Bottonot measured-
- 72
Pierre Chanouxnot measured- - 73
Aristide Facciolinot measured- - 74
Temistocle Calzecchi-Onestinot measured- - 75
Francesco Denzanot measured- - 76
Angelo Battellinot measured- - 77
Giovan Domenico Nardonot measured- - 78
Elisabetha Fiorini-Mazzantinot measured- - 79
Giovanni Arcangelinot measured- - 80
Giovanni Sante Gaspero Santininot measured- - 81Angelo Angelinot measured-
- 82
Agostino Todaronot measured- - 83
Giovanni Antonellinot measured- - 84
Giuseppe Giovanni Antonio Meneghininot measured- - 85
Adolfo Targioni Tozzettinot measured- - 86
Giovanni Battista de Toninot measured- - 87
Alessandro Cialdinot measured- - 88
Alessandro Crutonot measured- - 89
Théodore Caruelnot measured- - 90Felice Giordanonot measured-
- 91
Vincenzo de Cesatinot measured- - 92
Giovanni Passerininot measured- - 93
Lorenzo Allievinot measured- - 94
Giovanni Zanardininot measured- - 95
Guglielmo Gasparrininot measured- - 96Adolfo Bartolinot measured-
- 97
Oreste Mattirolonot measured- - 98Pietro Biginellinot measured-
- 99
Luigi Robecchi Bricchettinot measured- - 100
Antonino Borzìnot 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.