← 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
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff5 decades - 2Dominikus Zimmermann9 decades
- 3
George Bähr4 decades - 4
Cosmas Damian Asam10 decades - 5
Johann Michael Fischer9 decades - 6
Johann Conrad Schlaun7 decades - 7
Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach5 decades - 8
Szymon Bogumił Zug0 decades - 9
Carl von Gontardnot measured- - 10
Richard Casselsnot measured- - 11
João Frederico Ludovicenot measured- - 12
Joseph Effner6 decades - 13
Gottfried Schädelnot measured- - 14Maximilian von Welschnot measured-
- 15
Simon Louis du Rynot measured- - 16
Johann Joseph Couvennot measured- - 17Johann Gottfried Büringnot measured-
- 18
Friedrich Joachim Stengelnot measured- - 19
Lambert Krahenot measured- - 20
Johann Friedrich Armand von Uffenbachnot measured- - 21
Joachim Daniel von Jauchnot measured- - 22
François de Cuvilliés the Youngernot measured- - 23Carl Friedrich Meerweinnot measured-
- 24Michael Philipp Daniel Boumannnot measured-
- 25Elias David Häussernot measured-
- 26
Johann Caspar Bagnatonot measured- - 27Laurenz Mefferdatisnot measured-
- 28Johann Friedrich Knöbelnot measured-
- 29
Leopold Rettinot measured- - 30Carl Frederick Pöppelmannnot measured-
- 31Franz Wilhelm Rabaliattinot measured-
- 32
Peter Joseph Krahenot measured- - 33
Johann Christian Wentzingernot measured- - 34
Carl Theodor Severinnot measured- - 35
Joseph Christian Lillienot measured- - 36
Alessandro Galli da Bibbienanot measured- - 37Friedrich Wilhelm Dietrichsnot measured-
- 38Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteynnot measured-
- 39Johann George Schmidtnot measured-
- 40Gottfried Heinrich Krohnenot measured-
- 41Maurizio Pedettinot measured-
- 42
Girolamo Sartorionot measured- - 43
Franz Anton Bagnatonot measured- - 44Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedtnot measured-
- 45Johann August Arensnot measured-
- 46
Reinhard Fischernot measured- - 47
Georg David Anthonnot measured- - 48Johann Friedrich Nettenot measured-
- 49Johann Georg Maximilian Fürstenhoffnot measured-
- 50
Johann Georg Spechtnot measured- - 51Johann Gottfried Rosenbergnot measured-
- 52Andreas Gärtnernot 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.