← 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
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky10 decades - 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov9 decades - 3
Modest Mussorgsky11 decades - 4
Alexander Borodin8 decades - 5
Mikhail Glinka12 decades - 6
Anton Rubinstein15 decades - 7
Mily Balakirev9 decades - 8
César Cui9 decades - 9
Nikolai Rubinstein10 decades - 10
Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev9 decades - 11
Alexander Dargomyzhsky5 decades - 12
Henryk Wieniawski0 decades - 13
Anatoly Lyadov1 decades - 14
Anton Arensky0 decades - 15
Stanisław Moniuszko0 decades - 16
Mykola Lysenko0 decades - 17
Alexander Alyabyev0 decades - 18
Michał Kleofas Ogińskinot measured- - 19
Rbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohnnot measured- - 20
Sergei Lyapunovnot measured- - 21
Vasily Safonovnot measured- - 22
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov0 decades - 23
Nadezhda Stasovanot measured- - 24
Kurmangazy Sagyrbaevnot measured- - 25
Felix Blumenfeldnot measured- - 26
Eduard Nápravníknot measured- - 27
Alexander Serov10 decades - 28
Alexei Lvov3 decades - 29
Lionel Kieseritzky0 decades - 30
Fyodor Stravinskynot measured- - 31
Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitznot measured- - 32
Nikolai Zverevnot measured- - 33
Semen Hulak-Artemovskynot measured- - 34
Karl Davydovnot measured- - 35Dovber Schneurinot measured-
- 36
Julian Fontananot measured- - 37
Anna Filosofovanot measured- - 38
Zygmunt Noskowskinot measured- - 39
Mikhail Matyushinnot measured- - 40
Artemy Vedelnot measured- - 41
Anna Yesipovanot measured- - 42
Vasily Andreyevnot measured- - 43
Shakarim Kudaiberdievnot measured- - 44Georgy Catoirenot measured-
- 45
Nikolai Dahlnot measured- - 46
Maria Sadovska-Barilottinot measured- - 47
Adolph Brodskynot measured- - 48
Seraphim Chichagovnot measured- - 49
Józef Wieniawskinot measured- - 50
Nikolai Zarembanot measured- - 51
Catterino Cavosnot measured- - 52
Alexander Taneyevnot measured- - 53
Aleksandr Kastalskynot measured- - 54
Jānis Cimzenot measured- - 55
Alexander Arkhangelskynot measured- - 56
Mitrofan Belyayevnot measured- - 57
Alexey Verstovskynot measured- - 58
Kārlis Baumanisnot measured- - 59
Alexander Egorovich Varlamovnot measured- - 60
Nikolay Galitzinnot measured- - 61
Iwan Müllernot measured- - 62
Ella Adayevskayanot measured- - 63
Jan Hřímalýnot measured- - 64
Martin Wegeliusnot measured-
- 65
Ivan Vsevolozhskynot measured- - 66
Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakovanot measured- - 67
Mykola Arkasnot measured- - 68
Antonina Miliukovanot measured- - 69
Herman Larochenot measured- - 70
Horace Günzburgnot measured- - 71
Mikhail Vielgorskynot measured- - 72
Makar Yekmalyannot measured- - 73
Pavel Pabstnot measured- - 74
Iosif Koteknot measured- - 75
Alexander Ritternot measured- - 76
Aleksander Gurilyovnot measured- - 77
Sadigjannot measured- - 78
Jabbar Garyaghdioglunot measured- - 79
Achilles Alferakinot measured- - 80
Yevgeniya Mravinanot measured- - 81
Gavriil Musicescunot measured- - 82
Josephine de Reszkenot measured- - 83
Kalonimus Wolf Wissotzkynot measured- - 84Victor Ewaldnot measured-
- 85
Yelizaveta Lavrovskayanot measured- - 86
Osip Petrovnot measured- - 87
Stepan Degtyarevnot measured- - 88
Anatole Vakhnianynnot measured- - 89
Aleksandr Sheremetevnot measured- - 90Joseph Rubinsteinnot measured-
- 91
Nikolai Nikolaevich Fignernot measured- - 92
Andrei Sychranot measured- - 93
Dina Nurpeisovanot measured- - 94
Josef Gusikovnot measured- - 95
Georgi Conusnot measured- - 96
Aleksandr S. Famincynnot measured- - 97
Anatoliy Brandukovnot measured- - 98
Petro Nishchynskynot measured- - 99
Vera Timanovanot measured- - 100
Yuri Karlovich Arnoldnot 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.