← 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 - 26
Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthennot measured- - 27
Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow0 decades - 28
Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthalnot measured- - 29
Marie Elisabeth, Abbess of Quedlinburgnot measured- - 30
Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxisnot measured- - 31
Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken5 decades - 32
Johann Jakob Moser11 decades - 33
Sophia von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlingtonnot measured- - 34
Augusta Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttelnot measured- - 35
Johann Christoph von Wöllnernot measured- - 36
Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckensteinnot measured- - 37
Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxenot measured- - 38
Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerodenot measured- - 39
Carl Heinrich von Wedelnot measured- - 40
Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfelsnot measured- - 41
Gisela Agnes of Rathnot measured- - 42
Friedrich Karl von Moser14 decades - 43
Friedrich Wilhelm von Redennot measured- - 44
Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenbergnot measured- - 45
Gustav Adolf von Gotternot measured- - 46
Wolfgang Heribert von Dalbergnot measured- - 47
Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbièrenot measured- - 48
Camillo Marcolininot measured- - 49
Johann Friedrich Alexander, Prince of Wiednot measured- - 50
Carl Schack Rantzau-Aschebergnot measured- - 51
Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen-Hornbergnot measured- - 52
Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbachnot measured- - 53
Wiguläus Xaver Aloys von Kreittmayrnot measured- - 54
Heinrich VI. Reuss, Count of Köstritznot measured- - 55
Johann Georg von Langennot measured- - 56
Karl Adolf von Plessennot measured- - 57
Georg Heinrich Sievekingnot measured- - 58
Jakob Friedrich von Bielfeldnot measured- - 59
Carl von Ahlefeldtnot measured- - 60
Heinrich von Podewilsnot measured- - 61
Johann Nepomuk von Trivanot measured- - 62Ernst Wilhelm von Schlabrendorffnot measured-
- 63
Friedrich Karl zu Wied-Neuwiednot measured- - 64
Luise Eleonore Wreechnot measured- - 65
Johann Heinrich Bartelsnot measured- - 66
Stephan von Stengelnot measured- - 67
Erhard Ernst von Rödernot measured- - 68
Dietrich Heinrich Ludwig von Omptedanot measured- - 69
Ferdinand Adolf von Endenot measured-
- 70
Heinrich Wilhelm von Huthnot measured- - 71Hans Moritz von Brühlnot measured-
- 72
Christian August von Eybennot measured- - 73Anton von Branconinot measured-
- 74Hans Statius von Hagedornnot 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.