← 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
Samuel Hahnemann20 decades - 2
Franz Mesmer9 decades - 3
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach11 decades - 4
Dorothea Christiane Erxleben1 decades - 5
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers0 decades - 6
Marcus Elieser Blochnot measured- - 7Johann Beringer0 decades
- 8
Justus Christian Loder6 decades - 9
Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn0 decades - 10
Philippe Curtiusnot measured- - 11
Franz Leopold Lafontainenot measured- - 12
Karl Kaspar von Sieboldnot measured- - 13
Melchior Adam Weikardnot measured- - 14
August Gottlieb Richternot measured- - 15
Johann Adam Kulmusnot measured- - 16
Johann Ernst Hebenstreitnot measured- - 17
Johan Jacob Döbeliusnot measured- - 18
Paul Gottlieb Werlhofnot measured- - 19
Johann Adam Schmidtnot measured- - 20Wilhelm Heinrich Kramernot measured-
- 21
Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermannnot measured- - 22
Ernst Anton Nicolainot measured- - 23
Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martininot measured- - 24
Maximilian Stollnot measured- - 25
Ferdinand Christoph Oetingernot measured- - 26
Johann Lucas Boërnot measured- - 27
Johann Carl Gehlernot measured- - 28
Joachim Dietrich Brandisnot measured- - 29Georg Christian Füchselnot measured-
- 30
Michael Albertinot measured- - 31
Franz Ernst Brückmannnot measured- - 32
Johann Christian Anton Thedennot measured- - 33Andreas von Gundelsheimernot measured-
- 34Johann Bernhard Fischernot measured-
- 35Christian Friedrich Michaelisnot measured-
- 36
Joachim Friedrich Henckelnot measured- - 37Daniel Georg Balknot measured-
- 38
Alexander Kölpinnot measured- - 39
Christian Maximilian Spenernot measured- - 40
Elias Rudolph Camerarius, Jr.not 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.