← 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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José María de Pereda16 decades - 2
Luis González-Brabo y López de Arjonanot measured- - 3
Sofia Casanovanot measured- - 4
José Sánchez Guerranot measured- - 5
Modesto Lafuentenot measured- - 6
Graciano López Jaenanot measured- - 7
Manuel Bretón de los Herrerosnot measured- - 8
Ricardo Mellanot measured- - 9
Joaquín Dicentanot measured- - 10
Luis José Sartorius, 1st Count of San Luisnot measured- - 11
Vital Aza Álvarez-Buyllanot measured- - 12
Wenceslao Retananot measured- - 13
Ramón Nocedal Romeanot measured- - 14
Eusebio Blasconot measured- - 15
Patricio de la Escosuranot measured- - 16
José Selgasnot measured- - 17
Ramón Vereanot measured- - 18
José Julián Acostanot measured- - 19
Serafin Barojanot measured- - 20
José Ortega Munillanot measured- - 21
Ángeles López de Ayalanot measured- - 22
Ángel Fernández de los Ríosnot measured- - 23
Valentín Lamas Carvajalnot measured- - 24
Antonio Aparisi Guijarronot measured- - 25
Manuel Cañetenot measured- - 26
José María Orensenot measured- - 27
Francisco Peris Menchetanot measured- - 28
Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Ariasnot measured- - 29
Josep Feliu i Codinanot measured- - 30
José Millán Astraynot measured- - 31
José Francos Rodrígueznot measured- - 32
Miguel Ramos Carriónnot measured- - 33
José Luis Albareda y Sezdenot measured- - 34
Rafael Farga i Pellicernot measured- - 35
Pompeu Gener i Babotnot measured- - 36
Nilo Fabranot measured- - 37
Manuel Ossorio y Bernardnot measured- - 38
Eugenio Sellésnot measured- - 39
José María Díaznot measured- - 40
Alfredo Escobar y Ramíreznot measured- - 41
Jacinto Octavio Picónnot measured- - 42
José María Posadanot measured- - 43
Roberto Castrovido Sanznot measured- - 44
Ramón del Vallenot measured- - 45Ramón López Solernot measured-
- 46Genaro García-Alas y Ureñanot measured-
- 47
Enrique Jardiel Agustínnot measured- - 48
Teodosio Vesteiro Torresnot measured- - 49
Jerónimo Béckernot measured- - 50Eduardo Asquerinonot measured-
- 51
Robert Robert i Casacubertanot measured- - 52
Pablo de Jéricanot measured- - 53
Teodoro Barónot measured- - 54
Pere Antoni Torres i Jordinot 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.