200 Most Common First Names Throughout History

I got a list of the 88,938 most well-known people throughout history from the Pantheon. These are the 200 first names that occur most often, at least 63 times. How many can you name? Exact spelling required.
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These are first names, not given names. That means for some east Asian countries, you need to enter the family name.

Names are exactly as the Pantheon lists them, excluding titles. This includes pseudonyms and stage names. Some foreign names have been anglicised and others have not.

All diacritics and apostrophes have been removed, but not hyphens. For multiple first names separated by a space, only the first counts.

Hint: The list is somewhat dominated by men and by English-speaking countries.

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1139	John
576	Robert
546	David
526	William
496	Michael
481	Charles
447	George
445	James
442	Paul
439	Peter
363	Richard
347	Alexander
332	Jose
320	Maria
314	Thomas
289	Henry
276	Louis
265	Joseph
260	Daniel
254	Juan
243	Jean
230	Johann
215	Jan
209	Carlos
202	Antonio
201	Ivan
200	Martin
192	Karl
192	Kim
189	Edward
188	Mark
188	Vladimir
187	Carl
185	Christian
184	Chris
183	Albert
182	Pierre
178	Anna
175	Frederick
173	Tom

169	Walter
165	Luis
163	Hans
159	Frank
158	Eric
157	Mary
156	Andre
156	Lee
156	Otto
155	Steve
153	Stephen
147	Kevin
145	Giovanni
143	Joe
140	Jack
140	Max
137	Friedrich
137	Victor
134	Mike
133	Arthur
129	Alex
129	Jacques
129	Manuel
128	Alfred
128	Henri
127	Marie
126	Adam
126	Roger
121	Francisco
121	Franz
120	Alan
119	Tony
118	Brian
116	Patrick
116	Simon
115	Mario
114	Bill
114	Margaret
113	Andrew
112	Andrea

112	Anne
112	Pedro
112	Wilhelm
111	Anthony
110	Bob
110	Roberto
109	Francesco
108	Francois
108	Marco
107	Bruno
107	Ernst
107	Mikhail
106	Ferdinand
104	Nicolas
104	Philip
103	Elizabeth
103	Jonathan
103	Michel
102	Jim
101	Francis
100	Miguel
100	Sergei
99	Fernando
99	Leo
98	Stefan
97	Samuel
97	Viktor
96	Bernard
96	Jorge
95	Ben
95	Georg
95	Sam
94	Marcus
94	Tim
93	Harry
93	Igor
92	Heinrich
92	Oscar
90	Barbara
90	Giuseppe

90	Maurice
89	Felix
89	Rudolf
88	Christopher
85	Diego
85	Jason
84	Louise
84	Matthew
84	Scott
83	Boris
83	Catherine
83	Jon
83	Laura
83	Marc
83	Rene
83	Ricardo
83	Ryan
82	Alberto
82	Gabriel
82	Georges
82	Johan
81	Ali
81	Anton
81	Ian
81	Joan
81	Ken
81	Philippe
79	Gary
79	Hermann
79	Sergio
79	Steven
79	Yuki
78	Andy
78	Matt
77	Andreas
77	Carlo
76	Claude
76	Jimmy
76	Nicholas
75	Lucius

75	Nikolai
74	Dan
74	Elisabeth
74	Ernest
73	Benjamin
73	Billy
73	Johannes
71	Eugene
71	Gregory
71	Pavel
70	Erik
70	J.
70	Johnny
70	Sebastian
69	Leon
69	Nick
69	Rafael
69	Roy
69	Sarah
68	Danny
68	Josef
68	Kurt
67	Aleksandr
67	Luigi
67	Oliver
67	Sergey
66	Julius
65	Andrei
65	Don
65	Hugo
65	Julia
65	Pablo
64	Leopold
64	Muhammad
63	Ahmed
63	Eddie
63	Jacob
63	Olga
63	Ramon

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