1700–1799
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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
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Anton Raphael Mengs1728–1779 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists18 decades - 2
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Johann Zoffany1733–1810 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists0 decades - 3
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt1736–1783 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists5 decades - 4
Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt1723–1783 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 5
Jacob Philipp Hackert1737–1807 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists4 decades - 6
Johann Baptist Zimmermann1680–1758 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists7 decades - 7
Franz Anton Maulbertsch1724–1796 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists6 decades - 8
Anna Dorothea Therbusch1721–1782 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists3 decades - 9
Egid Quirin Asam1692–1750 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists7 decades - 10
Ignaz Günther1725–1775 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists10 decades - 11
Georg Dionysius Ehret1708–1770 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists0 decades - 12
Johann Heinrich Tischbein1722–1789 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists0 decades - 13
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Matthias Braun1684–1738 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists0 decades - 14
Johann Joachim Kändler1706–1775 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists0 decades - 15
Balthasar Denner1685–1749 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists8 decades - 16
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Anna Rosina de Gasc1713–1783 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists0 decades - 17
Georg Rafael Donner1693–1741 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists8 decades - 18
Elias Gottlob Haussmann1695–1774 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists0 decades - 19
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein1750–1812 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists3 decades - 20
Asmus Jacob Carstens1754–1798 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists13 decades - 21
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Petr Brandl1668–1735 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists0 decades - 22
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich1712–1774 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists3 decades - 23
Johann Elias Ridinger1698–1767 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists6 decades - 24
David Roentgen1743–1807 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 25
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Adam Friedrich Oeser1717–1799 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists13 decades - 26
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Martin Johann Schmidt1718–1801 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists6 decades - 27
Januarius Zick1730–1797 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artists10 decades - 28
Luigi Mayer1755–1803 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 29
Georg Friedrich Schmidt1712–1775 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 30
Christian Seybold1695–1768 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 31
Theresa Concordia Mengs1725–1806 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 32
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August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof1705–1759 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 33
Matthäus Günther1705–1788 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 34
Johann Georg Platzer1704–1761 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 35
Jacob Christoph Le Blon1667–1741 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 36
Johann Heinrich Wedekind1674–1736 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 37AHAnton Hickel1745–1798 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured—
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Johann Georg Bergmüller1688–1762 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 39
Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer1696–1770 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 40
Aaron Isaac1730–1816 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 41
Johann Peter Alexander Wagner1730–1809 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 42
Hubert Maurer1738–1818 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 43
Johann Valentin Tischbein1715–1768 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 44
Johann Gregorius Höroldt1696–1775 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 45
Christoph Bernhard Francke1665–1729 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 46
Georg Melchior Kraus1737–1806 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 47
Johann Gottfried Auerbach1697–1753 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 48
Christoph Thomas Scheffler1699–1756 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 49
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Ignatius Sichelbart1708–1780 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 50
Maria Katharina Prestel1747–1794 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 51
Johann Eleazar Zeissig1737–1806 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 52
Johann Alexander Thiele1685–1752 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 53
Georg David Matthieu1737–1778 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 54
Lorenzo Mattielli1687–1748 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 55
Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder1666–1742 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 56
Johann August Nahl1710–1781 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 57
Balthasar Anton Dunker1746–1807 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 58
Johann Gottfried Tannauer1680–1733 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 59
Johann Jakob Haid1704–1767 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 60AAAnton Anreith1754–1822 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured—
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Franz Joseph Spiegler1691–1757 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 62
Carl Marcus Tuscher1705–1751 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 63
Ferdinand Kobell1740–1799 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 64
Elisabeth von Staegemann1761–1835 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 65
Johann Heinrich Baumann1753–1832 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 66
Franz Georg Hermann1692–1768 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 67
Johann Christian Fiedler1697–1765 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 68
Johannes Zick1702–1762 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 69
Johann Joseph Christian1706–1777 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 70
Amalia Pachelbel1688–1723 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 71
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Christoph Friedrich Reinhold Lisiewski1725–1794 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 72
Ignazio Stern1679–1748 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 73
Johann Baptist Straub1704–1784 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 74
Friedrich August Brand1735–1806 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 75
Johann Philipp Bach1752–1846 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 76
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Johann Wilhelm Beyer1725–1796 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 77
August Querfurt1696–1761 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 78HAHeinrich Andreas Contius1708–1795 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured—
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Johann Michael Feuchtmayer1709–1772 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 80
Carl Gustav Jablonsky1756–1787 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 81
Anton Sturm1690–1757 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 82
Johann Salomon Wahl1689–1765 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 83
Lorenz Natter1705–1763 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 84
Johann Ernst Heinsius1731–1794 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 85
Moritz Kellerhoven1758–1830 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 86LVLorenz von Sandrart1682–1753 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured—
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Carl Ernst Christoph Hess1755–1828 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 88FDFerdinand Dietz1708–1777 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured—
- 89JAJohann Adalbert Angermayer1674–1740 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured—
- 90BCBenjamin Calau1724–1785 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured—
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Abraham Abramson1752–1811 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 92
Johann Heinrich Müntz1727–1798 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 93
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Adolf Friedrich Harper1725–1806 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 94
Felix Anton Scheffler1701–1760 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 95
Anton Wilhelm Tischbein1730–1804 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 96
Dominik Auliczek1734–1804 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 97
Philipp Jakob Straub1706–1774 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 98
Egid Verhelst1733–1804 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 99
Louise von Panhuys1763–1844 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured— - 100
Balthasar Augustin Albrecht1687–1765 · 🇩🇪 Germany · Artistsnot measured—
How this is measured
- Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
- Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
- Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
- What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.