← 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
Luigi Vanvitelli22 decades - 2
Nicola Salvi18 decades - 3
Giuseppe Piermarini22 decades - 4
Alessandro Galilei21 decades - 5
Ferdinando Fuga22 decades - 6
Giovanni Battista Nolli2 decades - 7
Francesco Piranesi17 decades - 8
Francesco Milizia22 decades - 9
Giovanni Battista Vaccarini0 decades - 10
Rosario Gagliardinot measured- - 11
Ferdinando Sanfelicenot measured- - 12
Alessandro Specchinot measured- - 13Juan Bautista Sachettinot measured-
- 14
Luigi Cagnolanot measured- - 15
Gaetano Chiaverinot measured- - 16
Antonio Beduzzi0 decades - 17
Antonio Canevari0 decades - 18
Giuseppe Galli da Bibbienanot measured- - 19
Ignazio Bertolanot measured- - 20
Francesco Gallonot measured- - 21
Carlo Marchionninot measured- - 22
Carlo Vanvitellinot measured- - 23
Giovanni Barattanot measured- - 24
Joseph Bonomi the Eldernot measured- - 25Andrea Gigantinot measured-
- 26Donato Giuseppe Frisoninot measured-
- 27Filippo Barigioninot measured-
- 28Carlo Murenanot measured-
- 29
Filippo Raguzzininot measured- - 30
Paolo Posinot measured- - 31Donato Felice d'Allionot measured-
- 32Giovanni Battista Borranot measured-
- 33
Carlo Francesco Dottinot measured- - 34
Giovanni Carlo Galli da Bibbienanot measured- - 35
Antonio Aspruccinot measured- - 36
Gabriele Valvassorinot measured- - 37Ferdinando Bonsignorenot measured-
- 38Giuseppe Astaritanot measured-
- 39Giuseppe Sardinot measured-
- 40
Gaspare Paolettinot measured- - 41
Giovanni Biagio Amiconot measured- - 42Domenico Ceratonot measured-
- 43Pietro Camporese the Eldernot measured-
- 44Francesco Riccatinot 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.