← 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
Alexander I of Russia21 decades - 2
Alexander II of Russia17 decades - 3
Alexander III of Russia16 decades - 4
Pyotr Bagration7 decades - 5
Olga Constantinovna of Russia16 decades - 6
Nikolay Przhevalsky9 decades - 7
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay5 decades - 8
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen2 decades - 9
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russianot measured- - 10
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia5 decades - 11
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia20 decades - 12
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia15 decades - 13
Mikhail Lazarev12 decades - 14
Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia19 decades - 15
Ferdinand von Wrangel1 decades - 16
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia21 decades - 17
Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russianot measured- - 18
Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmarknot measured- - 19
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia15 decades - 20
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russianot measured- - 21
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia11 decades - 22
Adam Johann von Krusenstern0 decades - 23
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russianot measured- - 24
Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia19 decades - 25
Princess Cecilie of Badennot measured- - 26
Olga Nikolaevna of Russianot measured- - 27
Hyacinth16 decades - 28
Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia16 decades - 29
Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russianot measured- - 30
Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russianot measured- - 31
Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke0 decades - 32
Yuri Lisyansky3 decades - 33
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky1 decades - 34
Vasily Golovnin6 decades - 35
Vasily Radlov0 decades - 36
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russianot measured- - 37
Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russianot measured- - 38
Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich of Russianot measured- - 39
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russianot measured- - 40
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russianot measured- - 41
Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russianot measured- - 42
Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenbergnot measured- - 43
Pyotr Kozlov0 decades - 44
Elisa Radziwillnot measured- - 45
Gennady Nevelskoynot measured- - 46
Grand Duke Vyacheslav Constantinovich of Russianot measured- - 47
Yevfimiy Vasilyevich Putyatinnot measured- - 48
Adam Laxmannot measured- - 49
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoynot measured- - 50
Pyotr Anjounot measured- - 51
Nikolai Yadrintsevnot measured- - 52
Vasily Zavoykonot measured- - 53
Dmitry Anuchin5 decades - 54
Wilhelm Junkernot measured- - 55
Oskar Victorovich Starknot measured- - 56
Alexandra Feodorovnanot measured- - 57Ivan Lyakhovnot measured-
- 58
Alexander Sibiryakovnot measured- - 59
Aleksei Butakovnot measured- - 60
Fyodor Matyushkinnot measured- - 61
Aleksandra Potaninanot measured- - 62
Dmitry Petrovich Maksutovnot measured- - 63
Ludwig von Hagemeisternot measured- - 64
Maria Elimovna Meshcherskayanot measured- - 65
Voin Rimsky-Korsakovnot measured- - 66
Johan Hampus Furuhjelmnot measured- - 67
Prince Sergei of Leuchtenbergnot measured- - 68
Nikolai Zarudnynot measured- - 69
Mikhail Tebenkovnot measured- - 70
August Cywolkanot measured- - 71
Aleksandr Bungenot measured- - 72
Mikhail Reynekenot measured- - 73
Pavel Lebedev-Lastochkinnot measured- - 74
Ekaterina Trubetskayanot measured- - 75
Nikolay Shkotnot measured- - 76
Nikolay Leontievnot measured- - 77Georg von Meyendorffnot measured-
- 78
Nikolay Gondattinot measured- - 79
Reinhold von Anrep-Elmptnot measured- - 80
Gleb Shishmaryovnot measured- - 81
Ivan Unkovskynot measured- - 82
Carl Gustav von Sieversnot measured- - 83
Ivan Kupreyanovnot measured- - 84
Fridolf Hööknot measured- - 85
Nikolay Rudanovskynot measured- - 86
Aleksei Tillonot measured- - 87
Dmitry Putyatanot measured- - 88
Mikhail Alexandrovich Pyltsovnot measured- - 89
Mikhail Vasilyevnot measured- - 90
Sofia Dmitrievna Bibikovanot measured- - 91
Mikhail Lavrovnot measured- - 92
Stepan Rastorguyevnot measured- - 93
Gerhard von Maydellnot measured- - 94Joseph Judah Chornynot measured-
- 95
Theodore K. Lorenznot measured- - 96Vasily Kallaurnot measured-
- 97
Sofia Dmitrievna Tolstayanot 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.