← 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
Antoine Lavoisier2 decades - 2
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck2 decades - 3
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb0 decades - 4
Nicolas Appert6 decades - 5
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot0 decades - 6
Charles Messier1 decades - 7
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier0 decades - 8
Jean Sylvain Bailly0 decades - 9
Joseph Marie Jacquard0 decades
- 10
Mary-Anne Paulzzze Lavoisiernot measured- - 11
Jean-François Pilatre de Roziernot measured- - 12
Joseph Black22 decades - 13
Jacques Charles13 decades - 14
Claude Chappe17 decades - 15
Jérôme Lalande4 decades - 16
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbesnot measured- - 17
Abraham-Louis Breguet0 decades - 18
Horace Bénédict de Saussure2 decades - 19
Pierre-Joseph Redouté2 decades - 20
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu20 decades - 21
Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille0 decades - 22
Jean-Antoine Chaptal4 decades - 23Guillaume Le Gentil0 decades
- 24
Jean-Pierre Blanchard0 decades - 25
Pierre Méchain0 decades - 26
Joseph Proust0 decades - 27
Michel Adanson9 decades - 28
John Theophilus Desaguliers0 decades - 29
Nicole-Reine Lepaute0 decades - 30
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre0 decades - 31
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin0 decades - 32
Mathurin Jacques Brisson0 decades - 33
René Just Haüy0 decades - 34
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu0 decades - 35
Jacques Cassini19 decades - 36
Philibert Commerson6 decades - 37
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon0 decades - 38
Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassininot measured- - 39
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anvillenot measured- - 40
François Isaac de Rivaznot measured- - 41
André Michaux16 decades - 42
Nicolas Leblanc11 decades - 43
Charles François de Cisternay du Faynot measured- - 44
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau0 decades - 45Pierre Joseph Bonnaterrenot measured-
- 46
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle4 decades - 47
Jacques Labillardièrenot measured- - 48
Louis-Sébastien Lenormand0 decades - 49Antoine de Jussieu22 decades
- 50
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveaunot measured- - 51
Bernard de Jussieu22 decades - 52
Jean Baptiste Eblé0 decades - 53
Jean-André Deluc2 decades - 54
René Louiche Desfontaines0 decades - 55
Guillaume Delisle19 decades - 56
Ferdinand Berthoud20 decades - 57
Pierre Sonnerat0 decades - 58
Guillaume-Antoine Olivier0 decades - 59
Jean-Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard0 decades - 60
Antoine Baumé0 decades - 61
Pierre Charles Le Monnier0 decades - 62
Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc0 decades - 63
Louis Jean Pierre Vieillotnot measured- - 64
Jean Jacques Dortous de Mayrannot measured- - 65
Louis Ramond de Carbonnières0 decades - 66Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutellenot measured-
- 67
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin0 decades - 68
Sébastien Vaillant7 decades - 69
Antoine Nicolas Duchesne0 decades - 70
Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouarsnot measured- - 71
Guillaume-François Rouelle0 decades - 72
Jean Louis Marie Poiretnot measured- - 73
Joseph-Michel Montgolfier0 decades - 74
Louis Godin1 decades - 75
Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert0 decades - 76
Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche0 decades - 77
Jean de Noaillesnot measured- - 78
Étienne François Geoffroy0 decades - 79
Étienne Pierre Ventenatnot measured- - 80
Jean-François Séguier2 decades - 81
Jean-Étienne Guettard0 decades - 82
Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconvillenot measured- - 83
Jean-Pierre Christinnot measured- - 84
Joseph Dombeynot measured- - 85
Louise du Pierrynot measured- - 86Louis Claude Richard0 decades
- 87
André Thouin20 decades - 88Honoré Blanc0 decades
- 89
Rigobert Bonnenot measured- - 90
Basile Bouchonnot measured- - 91
Antoine Gaubil0 decades - 92
François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroixnot measured- - 93
Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieunot measured- - 94
Alexandre Guy Pingré0 decades - 95
Palisot de Beauvoisnot measured- - 96
Dominique Villars2 decades - 97
Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt0 decades
- 98
Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonetnot measured- - 99
Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fondnot measured- - 100
Claudine Picardetnot 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.