← Fame through time1700-1799
The 18th century
Whose working lives fell in the 18th century. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 18th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Marie Antoinette22 decades - 2
Louis XVI of France22 decades - 3
Louis XV of France22 decades - 4
Charlotte Corday22 decades - 5
Charles XIV John of Swedennot measured- - 6
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérousenot measured- - 7
Louis Joseph, Dauphin of Francenot measured- - 8
Józef Poniatowski0 decades - 9
Letizia Ramolino3 decades - 10
Jeanne Baret0 decades - 11
Anne Marie d'Orléans0 decades - 12
Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans0 decades - 13
Françoise Marie de Bourbon0 decades - 14
Charles of France, Duke of Berry22 decades - 15
Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine13 decades - 16
Marie Adélaïde of France12 decades - 17
Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon0 decades - 18
Henriette of France22 decades - 19
Princess Victoire of France13 decades - 20
Louise Françoise de Bourbon0 decades - 21
Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléansnot measured- - 22
Louise Henriette de Bourbon0 decades - 23
Marie Anne de Bourbon0 decades - 24
Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans0 decades - 25
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresnenot 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.