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← 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. 1Clemens August of Bavaria1700-1761 · Germany · Religious Figures5 decades
  2. 2Joseph Clemens of Bavaria1671-1723 · Germany · Religious Figures1 decades
  3. 3Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany1674-1728 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  4. 4Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony1739-1812 · Germany · Religious Figures5 decades
  5. 5Charles Joseph of Lorraine1680-1715 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  6. 6Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn1676-1743 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  7. 7Frederick Charles of Schönborn1674-1746 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  8. 8Johann Ernst Hanxleden1681-1732 · Germany · Religious Figures0 decades
  9. 9Maximilian Frederick of Königsegg-Rothenfels1708-1784 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  10. 10Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz1666-1725 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  11. 11Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal1719-1802 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  12. 12François-Charles de Velbrück1719-1784 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Christian David1692-1751 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  14. 14Joannes-Henricus de Franckenberg1726-1804 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  15. 15Franz Georg von Schönborn1682-1756 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  16. 16Franz Ludwig von Erthal1730-1795 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein1689-1763 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Adam Frederick of Seinsheim1708-1779 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Georg Karl Ignaz von Fechenbach zu Laudenbach1749-1808 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Karl Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths1690-1754 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt1699-1768 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Leopold Leonhard von Thun und Hohenstein1748-1826 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23August Philip of Limburg Stirum1721-1797 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  24. 24Johann Philipp von Walderdorf1701-1768 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  25. 25Philipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich1665-1743 · Germany · Religious Figuresnot measured-
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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.