← 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
Pavel Tretyakov9 decades - 2
Savva Mamontovnot measured- - 3
Sergei Shchukinnot measured- - 4
Haji Zeynal Abdin Taghiyevnot measured- - 5
Savva Timofeyevich Morozovnot measured- - 6
Alexander Mantashevnot measured- - 7
Michael Marksnot measured- - 8
Nikola Tereshchenkonot measured- - 9
Pavel Nikolaievich Demidovnot measured- - 10
Ivan Sytinnot measured- - 11
David Wolffsohnnot measured- - 12
David Sarajishvilinot measured- - 13
Musa Naghiyevnot measured- - 14
Nikolay Putilovnot measured- - 15
Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donatonot measured- - 16
Karl Otto Georg von Mecknot measured- - 17
Franz San Gallinot measured- - 18
Murtuza Mukhtarovnot measured- - 19
Samuel Polyakovnot measured- - 20
Mikael Aramyantsnot measured- - 21
Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnovnot measured- - 22
Aleksey Abrikosovnot measured- - 23
Grigorios Maraslisnot measured- - 24
Hipolit Wawelbergnot measured- - 25
Isa bey Hajinskinot measured- - 26
Varvara Alekseevna Morozovanot measured- - 27
Timofey Savvich Morozovnot measured- - 28
Ivan Tereshchenkonot measured- - 29
Sergey Mikhailovich Tretyakovnot measured- - 30
Nikolay Vereshchaginnot measured- - 31
Shamsi Asadullayevnot measured- - 32
Savva Vasilyevich Morozovnot measured- - 33
Wincenty Koziełł-Poklewskinot measured- - 34
Pyotr Shchukinnot measured- - 35
Kozma Soldatenkovnot measured- - 36
Ivan Mamontovnot measured- - 37Dmitry Zinovyevnot measured-
- 38
Alexander Franz Fabian Cancrinnot measured- - 39
Aleksandro Silberniknot 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.