← 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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Alexander Griboyedov13 decades - 2
Sergei Witte9 decades - 3
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia20 decades - 4
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia15 decades - 5
Nikolai Yudenich1 decades - 6
Pavel Milyukov7 decades - 7
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia19 decades - 8
Alexander Gorchakov11 decades - 9
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia17 decades - 10
Mikhail Alekseyev9 decades - 11
Alexei Kuropatkin3 decades - 12
Alexey Andreevich Arakcheyev6 decades - 13
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia16 decades - 14
Mikhail Speransky12 decades - 15
Alexander Guchkov8 decades - 16
Ismail Gaspıralı2 decades - 17
Ivan Paskevich0 decades - 18
Mikhail Loris-Melikov0 decades - 19
Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov17 decades - 20
Sergey Sazonov2 decades - 21
Nikolay Chkheidze0 decades - 22
Mikhail Vorontsov15 decades - 23
Alexander von Benckendorff4 decades - 24
Vyacheslav von Plehve2 decades - 25
Ivan Goremykin1 decades - 26
Nicholas Golitsyn1 decades - 27
Karl Nesselrode0 decades - 28
Nikolay Bobrikovnot measured- - 29
Mikhail Rodzianko4 decades - 30
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia14 decades - 31
Vladimir Kokovtsov1 decades - 32
Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich of Russia16 decades - 33
Alexey Kaledinnot measured- - 34
Hans Karl von Diebitschnot measured- - 35
Pyotr Durnovo4 decades - 36
Iosif Vladimirovich Gurkonot measured- - 37
Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyevnot measured- - 38
Konstantin von Kaufmannot measured- - 39
Romuald Trauguttnot measured- - 40
Kurmanjan Datkanot measured- - 41
Platon Zubovnot measured- - 42
Alexander Trepovnot measured- - 43
Mikhail Muravyov-Vilenskynot measured- - 44
Andrei Zhelyabovnot measured- - 45
Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenbergnot measured- - 46
Ignacy Hryniewieckinot measured- - 47
Sergei Vasilyevich Zubatovnot measured- - 48
Sergei Petrovich Troubetzkoynot measured- - 49
Vladimir Sukhomlinovnot measured- - 50
Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburgnot measured- - 51
Pavel Chichagovnot measured- - 52
Aleksandr Baryatinskynot measured- - 53
Samad bey Mehmandarovnot measured- - 54
Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinskynot measured- - 55
Sergey Muravyov-Apostolnot measured- - 56
Mikhail Dragomirovnot measured- - 57
Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkovnot measured- - 58
Dmitry Tolstoynot measured- - 59
Dmitry Sipyaginnot measured- - 60
Vladimir Burtsevnot measured- - 61
Pyotr Sviatopolk-Mirskynot measured- - 62
Lev Perovskinot measured- - 63
Mikhail Chernyayevnot measured- - 64
John Maurice Haukenot measured- - 65
Nikolay Milyutinnot measured- - 66
Stepan Khalturinnot measured- - 67
Pavel Plehvenot measured- - 68
Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganovnot measured- - 69
Christapor Mikaeliannot measured- - 70
Alexander Ivanovich Chernyshevnot measured- - 71
Dmitry Shuvayevnot measured- - 72
Alimardan bey Topchubashovnot measured- - 73
Vasiliy Williamsnot measured- - 74
Krišjānis Valdemārsnot measured- - 75
Lev Sternbergnot measured- - 76
Aleksandr Golitsynnot measured- - 77
Ivan Vyshnegradskynot measured- - 78
Ivan Obolenskynot measured- - 79
Fyodor Trepovnot measured- - 80
Dmitri Trepovnot measured- - 81
Tovmas Nazarbekiannot measured- - 82
Konstanty Adam Czartoryskinot measured- - 83
Alexander Ragozanot measured- - 84
Philip Osipovich Pauluccinot measured- - 85
Alfred Meyer-Waldecknot measured- - 86
Count Nikolay Adlerbergnot measured- - 87
Pyotr Vannovskiynot measured- - 88
Alexander Stroganovnot measured- - 89
Alexander Krivosheinnot measured- - 90
Nikolay Tuchkovnot measured- - 91
Arseny Zakrevskynot measured- - 92
Dmitry Bludovnot measured- - 93
Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonskynot measured- - 94
Ivan Durnovonot measured- - 95
Pyotr Rachkovskynot measured- - 96
Alexander Bulyginnot measured- - 97
Georg Andreas von Rosennot measured- - 98
Dmitry Golitsynnot measured- - 99
Alexander Abazanot measured- - 100
Mariia Fedosiivna Vetrovanot 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.