← 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.
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Vladimir Vernadsky8 decades - 2
Georgi Plekhanov11 decades - 3
Nikolai Lobachevsky9 decades - 4
Vladimir Solovyov14 decades - 5
Vissarion Belinsky15 decades - 6
Vladimir Dal10 decades - 7
Andrey Markov6 decades - 8
Pafnuty Chebyshev4 decades - 9
Konstantin Pobedonostsev9 decades - 10
Nikolay Dobrolyubov14 decades - 11
Alexander Afanasyev5 decades - 12
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov12 decades - 13
Pyotr Chaadayev10 decades - 14
Aleksandr Lyapunov3 decades - 15
Shoqan Walikhanov7 decades - 16
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov10 decades - 17
Nikolai Marr0 decades - 18
Vasily Rozanov9 decades - 19
Alexei Khomyakov9 decades - 20
Nikolay Danilevsky4 decades - 21
Nicholas of Japan3 decades - 22
Konstantin Leontiev17 decades - 23
Mykhailo Drahomanov1 decades - 24
Boris Chicherinnot measured- - 25
Ivan Kireyevskynot measured- - 26
Sergey Oldenburgnot measured- - 27
A. D. Gordonnot measured- - 28
Alexander Karpinsky8 decades - 29
Maksim Kovalevsky15 decades - 30
Aleksey Shakhmatov6 decades - 31
Vladimir Kovalevskynot measured- - 32
Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim0 decades - 33
Dmytro Yavornytskynot measured- - 34
Viktor Bunyakovsky1 decades - 35
Ekvtime Takaishvilinot measured- - 36
Yakiv Holovatskynot measured- - 37
Sholom Dovber Schneersohnnot measured- - 38
Tadeusz Stefan Zielińskinot measured- - 39
Abraham Firkovichnot measured- - 40
Dmitry Gravenot measured- - 41
Vladimir Steklov6 decades - 42
African Spirnot measured- - 43
Ivan Zabelinnot measured- - 44
Andrzej Towiańskinot measured- - 45
Matthias Alexander Castrén0 decades - 46
Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohnnot measured- - 47
Yevgeny Trubetskoynot measured- - 48
Oswald Külpe13 decades - 49
Georg von Cancrinnot measured- - 50
Alexander Veselovskynot measured- - 51
Nikolai Bugaevnot measured- - 52
Odo Bujwidnot measured- - 53
Nikolai Stankevichnot measured- - 54
Serhii Vasylkivskynot measured- - 55
Vsevolod Millernot measured- - 56
Nikolay Bungenot measured- - 57
Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoynot measured- - 58
Alexander Kovalevsky7 decades - 59
Antanas Baranauskas0 decades - 60
Johann Eduard Erdmannnot measured- - 61
Georgi Iwanowitsch Tschelpanownot measured- - 62
Yevgraf Fyodorov5 decades - 63
Nikodim Kondakovnot measured- - 64
Aleksey Uvarovnot measured- - 65
Alexander Hilferdingnot measured- - 66
Yuri Samarinnot measured- - 67
Zorian Dołęga Chodakowskinot measured- - 68
Nikolay Umovnot measured- - 69
Petro Hulak-Artemovskynot measured- - 70
Vikentiy Khvoykanot measured- - 71
Carl Jaenischnot measured- - 72
Fyodor Uspenskynot measured- - 73
Friedrich von Adelungnot measured- - 74
Fyodor Buslaevnot measured- - 75
Konstantin Kavelinnot measured- - 76
Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubeckinot measured- - 77
Aleksandr Korkinnot measured- - 78
Aleksandr Roedigernot measured- - 79
Dmitry Ivanovich Zhuravskynot measured- - 80
Praskovya Uvarovanot measured- - 81
Filipp Fortunatovnot measured- - 82
Nikolai Brashmannot measured- - 83
Axel Harnacknot measured- - 84
Johann Christian Martin Bartelsnot measured- - 85
Hermann von Abichnot measured- - 86
Bogdan Ivanovich Khanenkonot measured- - 87
Mykola Markevychnot measured- - 88
Yuriy Venelinnot measured- - 89
Mikhail Luninnot measured- - 90
Ferdinand Johann Wiedemannnot measured- - 91
Mikhail Menzbiernot measured- - 92
Hayyim Selig Słonimskinot measured- - 93
Hermann Schapiranot measured- - 94
Alexandr Aksakovnot measured- - 95
Fedor Solntsevnot measured- - 96
Fryderyk Skarbeknot measured- - 97
Nikolay Veselovskynot measured- - 98
Nikolai Nadezhdinnot measured- - 99
Vasily Vasilievskynot measured- - 100
Raphael von Koebernot 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.