← 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
Hiroshigenot measured- - 2
Tokugawa Yoshinobu0 decades - 3
Utagawa Kuniyoshi0 decades - 4
Yoshitoshinot measured- - 5
Utagawa Kunisada0 decades - 6
Keisai Eisennot measured- - 7
Katsushika Ōinot measured- - 8
Kawanabe Kyōsainot measured- - 9
Toyohara Chikanobunot measured- - 10
Utagawa Toyokuni Inot measured- - 11
Kobayashi Kiyochikanot measured- - 12
Kikuchi Yōsainot measured- - 13
Hashimoto Gahōnot measured- - 14
Kusakabe Kimbeinot measured- - 15
Kanō Hōgainot measured- - 16
Tomioka Tessainot measured- - 17
Watanabe Kazannot measured- - 18
Takeuchi Seihōnot measured- - 19
Utagawa Hiroshige IInot measured- - 20
Ōtagaki Rengetsunot measured- - 21
Utagawa Yoshiikunot measured- - 22
Matsuura Takeshirōnot measured- - 23
Asai Chūnot measured- - 24
Kiyohara Tamanot measured- - 25
Toyohara Kunichikanot measured- - 26
Ogata Gekkōnot measured- - 27
Ueno Hikomanot measured- - 28
Kobayashi Eitakunot measured- - 29
Tanomura Chikudennot measured- - 30Suzuki Kiitsunot measured-
- 31
Uchida Kuichinot measured- - 32
Utagawa Yoshitoranot measured- - 33
Rin Yamashitanot measured- - 34
Matsumoto Junnot measured- - 35
Yanagawa Shigenobunot measured- - 36
Kōno Baireinot measured- - 37
Shibata Zeshinnot measured- - 38
Hokkeinot measured- - 39
Ogawa Kazumasanot measured- - 40
Utagawa Toyohironot measured- - 41
Utagawa Yoshitsuyanot measured- - 42Hiroshige IIInot measured-
- 43
Kikukawa Eizannot measured- - 44
Yashima Gakuteinot measured- - 45
Shimooka Renjōnot measured- - 46
Kawahara Keiganot measured- - 47
Hōsui Yamamotonot measured- - 48
Koyama Shōtarōnot measured- - 49
Utagawa Kunisada IInot measured- - 50
Ichiki Shirōnot measured- - 51
Harada Naojirōnot measured- - 52
Kawamura Kiyoonot measured- - 53
Utagawa Kunimasanot measured- - 54
Aoki Mokubeinot measured- - 55
Adachi Ginkōnot measured- - 56
Utagawa Sadahidenot measured- - 57
Ema Saikōnot measured- - 58
Matsusaburō Yokoyamanot measured- - 59
Suzuki Shin'ichi Inot measured- - 60
Toshihide Migitanot measured- - 61
Shima Ryūnot measured- - 62
Kuniyasunot measured- - 63
Watanabe Shōteinot measured- - 64
Tamoto Kenzōnot measured- - 65
Ōno Benkichinot measured- - 66Esaki Reijinot measured-
- 67
Tsubaki Chinzannot measured- - 68
Shima Kakokunot measured- - 69
Tomishige Riheinot measured- - 70
Chikutō Nakabayashinot measured- - 71
Ukai Gyokusennot measured- - 72Yamamoto Baiitsunot measured-
- 73
Juan José de Jesús Yasnot measured- - 74
Utagawa Kunisada IIInot measured- - 75
Utagawa Toyokuni IInot measured- - 76
Konishi Hirosadanot measured- - 77Okada Hankonot measured-
- 78
Utagawa Yoshitakinot measured- - 79
T. Enaminot measured- - 80
Tamamura Kōzaburōnot measured- - 81Kokusai Ozakinot measured-
- 82
Shōkanot measured- - 83
Torii Kiyoshigenot measured- - 84
Horie Kuwajirōnot measured- - 85Kawanabe Kyōunnot measured-
- 86
Nakajima Matsuchinot measured- - 87Utagawa Kunikamenot measured-
- 88Tani Shuneinot measured-
- 89Tani Kōrannot 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.