← 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
Vladimir Borovikovsky4 decades - 2
Dmitry Levitzky4 decades - 3
Marcello Bacciarelli3 decades - 4
Fyodor Rokotov3 decades - 5
Ivan Argunov3 decades - 6
Fyodor Alekseyev9 decades - 7
Dorothea von Medem12 decades - 8
Aleksey Antropov0 decades - 9
Zygmunt Vogel0 decades - 10Anton Losenko0 decades
- 11Ivan Nikitich Nikitinnot measured-
- 12
Fedot Ivanovich Shubinnot measured- - 13
Ivan Akimovnot measured- - 14
Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky3 decades - 15
Semyon Shchedrinnot measured- - 16
Grigory Ugryumovnot measured- - 17
Alexander Cozensnot measured- - 18Ivan Vishnyakovnot measured-
- 19
Pietro Gonzaganot measured- - 20
Anna Vorontsovanot measured- - 21
Andrey Matveyevnot measured- - 22
Catherine Saltykovanot measured- - 23
Natalia Zagryazhskayanot measured- - 24Fyodor Matveyevnot measured-
- 25
Alexey Zubovnot 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.