← 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
Frederick the Great22 decades - 2
George II of Great Britainnot measured- - 3
Peter III of Russia21 decades - 4
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitznot measured- - 5
Augustus II the Strong19 decades - 6
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher3 decades - 7
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria8 decades - 8
Frederick, Prince of Wales0 decades - 9
Augustus III of Poland22 decades - 10
Caroline of Ansbach0 decades - 11
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gothanot measured- - 12
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover0 decades - 13
Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeldnot measured- - 14
Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France0 decades - 15
Maria Josepha of Bavaria0 decades - 16
Karl Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden0 decades - 17
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orangenot measured- - 18
Marie Clotilde of France13 decades - 19
Anna Leopoldovna0 decades - 20
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadtnot measured- - 21
William I, Elector of Hessenot measured- - 22
Louis I, Grand Duke of Hessenot measured- - 23
Princess Amelia of Great Britainnot measured- - 24
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuthnot measured- - 25
Friedrich II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel17 decades
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.