← 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
Sophia Dorothea of Cellenot measured- - 2
Johann Friedrich Struensee5 decades - 3
Maria Anna of Neuburg0 decades - 4
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttelnot measured- - 5
Maurice de Saxenot measured- - 6
Natalia Alexeievna of Russianot measured- - 7
Levin August von Bennigsennot measured- - 8
John William Friso, Prince of Orange4 decades - 9
Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausennot measured- - 10
Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburgnot measured- - 11
Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswicknot measured- - 12
Heinrich von Brühl4 decades - 13
Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburgnot measured- - 14
Charles Christian of Nassau-Weilburgnot measured- - 15
Violante Beatrice of Bavaria0 decades - 16
Auguste of Baden-Badennot measured- - 17
Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland10 decades - 18
Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württembergnot measured- - 19
Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxisnot measured- - 20
Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff0 decades - 21
Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningennot measured- - 22
Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburgnot measured- - 23
Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadtnot measured- - 24
Louis Günther II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt0 decades - 25
Georg Friedrich von Martens1 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.