← 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
Dmitry Pisarev10 decades - 2
Anton Delvig6 decades - 3
Vladimir Gilyarovsky5 decades - 4
Mikhail Katkov4 decades - 5
Aleksey Suvorinnot measured- - 6
Abderrashid Ibrahimnot measured- - 7
Leo Deutschnot measured- - 8
Nicolas Notovitchnot measured- - 9
Pyotr Boborykinnot measured- - 10
Vladimir Meshcherskynot measured- - 11
Ivan Panaevnot measured- - 12
Fyodor Glinkanot measured- - 13
Carl Robert Jakobson0 decades - 14
Johann Voldemar Jannsen0 decades - 15
Pavel Krushevannot measured- - 16
Valerian Zubovnot measured- - 17
Lev Tikhomirovnot measured- - 18
Iakob Gogebashvilinot measured- - 19
Alexander Pypinnot measured- - 20
Hasan bey Zardabinot measured- - 21
Peretz Smolenskinnot measured- - 22
Julius Krohnnot measured- - 23
Zohra Akchurinanot measured- - 24
Garlieb Merkelnot measured- - 25
Nikolai Shelgunovnot measured- - 26
Pyotr Yakubovichnot measured- - 27
Andrey Krayevskynot measured- - 28
Aleksandr Nikitenkonot measured- - 29
Adam Honory Kirkornot measured- - 30
Aleksander Zederbaumnot measured- - 31
Vasily Velichkonot measured- - 32
Khachatur Malumiannot measured- - 33
Solomon Dodashvilinot measured- - 34
Lev Naryshkinnot measured- - 35
Karl August Hermannnot measured- - 36
Vasyl Bilozerskynot measured- - 37Yisrael Baknot measured-
- 38
Mykola Hulaknot measured- - 39
Varlam Cherkezishvilinot measured- - 40Alexander Ulybyshevnot measured-
- 41
Ado Grenzsteinnot measured- - 42
Maksim Antonovichnot measured- - 43
Georgy Butmi de Katzmannot measured- - 44
Aleksandra Nikolajewna Jakobinot measured- - 45
Varfolomeï Zaïtsevnot measured- - 46
Isaac Yakovlevich Pavlovskynot measured- - 47
Hermann Eduard von Holstnot measured- - 48
Fyodor Koninot measured- - 49
Nikolay Tolstoynot measured- - 50
Abraham Moses Luncznot measured- - 51
Nestor Kotlyarevskynot measured- - 52Pavał Špileŭskinot measured-
- 53
Grigory Eliseevnot measured- - 54
Vladimir Gringmutnot measured- - 55
Ivan Manz︠h︡uranot measured- - 56
Mikhail Stasyulevichnot measured- - 57
Rostislav Fadeyevnot measured- - 58
Maria Bezobrazovanot measured- - 59
Alexander Kugelnot measured- - 60
Jadwiga Szczawińska-Dawidowanot measured- - 61
Ksenofont Polevoynot measured- - 62Oleksandr Tarkovksynot measured-
- 63
Peter Shalikovnot measured- - 64
Alexander Braudonot measured- - 65
Pyotr Yefremovnot measured- - 66
Grigory Gradovskynot measured- - 67
Grigory Blagosvetlovnot measured- - 68
Raphael Falknot measured- - 69
Ludwig Slonimskynot measured- - 70
Vasily Timiryazevnot measured- - 71
Yevgeny Utinnot measured- - 72
Wincenty Korotyńskinot measured- - 73
Jozafat Ohryzkonot measured- - 74
Aleksey Gattsuknot measured- - 75
Teymur bäy Bayramälibäyovnot measured- - 76
Vasily Modestovnot measured- - 77Sergey Nurenbergnot measured-
- 78
Georgy Zdanovichnot measured- - 79
Natalie Herzennot measured- - 80
Nikolay Shubinskiynot measured- - 81Hermann Clemenznot measured-
- 82
Lavrenti Ardazianinot measured- - 83
Sergei Shevitchnot measured- - 84Eugène Kraïevskynot measured-
- 85
Anna Alekseyevna Butkevichnot measured- - 86
Anatoly Faresovnot measured- - 87Harry Jannsennot measured-
- 88Lazar Behrmannnot 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.