← 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
Dmytro Bortnianskyi3 decades - 2
Alexey Razumovsky0 decades - 3
Maksym Berezovskynot measured- - 4
Wojciech Żywnynot measured- - 5
Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev10 decades - 6
Feliks Janiewicznot measured- - 7Vasily Pashkevich0 decades
- 8
Ekaterina Senyavinanot measured- - 9
Yevstigney Fominnot measured- - 10Ivan Khandoshkinnot measured-
- 11Kirsha Danilovnot measured-
- 12
Grigory Teplovnot measured- - 13
Antin Holovatynot measured- - 14Timofiy Bilohradskynot measured-
- 15Ivan Pračnot measured-
- 16
Giorgio Giovanni Zuccatonot measured- - 17Mikhail Sokolovskynot measured-
- 18
Mariya Zubovanot measured- - 19Jan Dawid Hollandnot measured-
- 20Vasily Fyodorovich Trutovskynot measured-
- 21Dietrich Ewald von Grotthußnot 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.