← 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- - 26
Yves Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarecnot measured- - 27
Louise Élisabeth de Bourbonnot measured- - 28
Nicolas Baudin3 decades - 29
Bathilde d'Orléans0 decades - 30
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienvillenot measured- - 31
Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléansnot measured- - 32
Adrienne de Noailles, Mademoiselle d'Ayen0 decades - 33
Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteauxnot measured- - 34
Maria Caterina Brignolenot measured- - 35
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendryenot measured- - 36
Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine2 decades - 37
Marie of Lorraine22 decades - 38
Louis Charles, Count of Eu0 decades - 39
Princess Thérèse of France13 decades - 40
Cathérine Hübscher13 decades - 41
François Levaillant1 decades - 42
Charlotte de Rohan16 decades - 43
Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrinnot measured- - 44
Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan, Baron de Lahontannot measured- - 45
Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadecnot measured- - 46
Suzanne Henriette of Lorrainenot measured- - 47
Charles Henry of Nassau-Siegennot measured- - 48
Charles, Count of Charolaisnot measured- - 49
Princess Anne Thérèse of Savoynot measured- - 50
Marie Louise de Rohannot measured- - 51
Jean Philippe d'Orléansnot measured- - 52
Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergnenot measured- - 53
Élisabeth Charlotte of Lorrainenot measured- - 54
Jean-François de Survillenot measured- - 55
Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergnenot measured- - 56
Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouarsnot measured- - 57Emmanuel Maurice of Lorraine, Duke of Elbeufnot measured-
- 58
Louis Charles of Lorraine, Prince of Lambescnot measured- - 59
Hercule Mériadec, Duke of Rohan-Rohannot measured- - 60
Xaviernot measured- - 61Bernard de la Harpenot measured-
- 62Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 5th Duke of Liria and Jéricanot measured-
- 63
Françoise Charlotte d'Aubignénot measured- - 64Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Guéménénot measured-
- 65
Louis de l'Islenot measured- - 66
Angélique de Froissynot measured- - 67
Anne Geneviève de Lévisnot measured- - 68
Louis of Lorraine, Prince of Lambescnot measured- - 69
Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumeznot measured- - 70Charles Louis of Lorraine, Count of Marsannot measured-
- 71
Louise Henriette Gabrielle of Lorrainenot measured- - 72Jules, Prince of Soubisenot measured-
- 73Louis Juchereau de St. Denisnot measured-
- 74Joseph of Lorraine, Count of Harcourtnot measured-
- 75
Marie Armande de La Trémoillenot measured- - 76
Amélie de Boufflersnot measured- - 77Louise Henriette Françoise of Lorrainenot measured-
- 78Pierre-Joseph Céloron de Blainvillenot measured-
- 79
Paul Antoine Fleuriot de Langlenot measured- - 80Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmontnot measured-
- 81Jean L'Archevêquenot measured-
- 82Pedro Vialnot measured-
- 83Jean Bernard Bossunot measured-
- 84
Louis Aleno de St Aloüarnnot measured- - 85Élisabeth Sophie of Lorrainenot measured-
- 86Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau, princesse de Poixnot measured-
- 87Lazare Picaultnot measured-
- 88Louise Seguinnot measured-
- 89
Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Cornenot measured- - 90
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Jean-Baptiste de Durfortnot measured- - 91Sauvolle de La Villantrynot measured-
- 92
Joseph Bonnier de la Mossonnot measured- - 93Marie-Anne Barbénot measured-
- 94
Félicité-Sophie de Lannionnot measured- - 95Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennesnot measured-
- 96
Savalette de Langesnot measured- - 97Jean-André Mongeznot measured-
- 98Pierre Talonnot measured-
- 99Claude Richenot measured-
- 100Jacques Marguerite Pilotte de La Barollièrenot 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.