← 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
Peter the Great21 decades - 2
Anna of Russia21 decades - 3
Peter II of Russia19 decades - 4
Mikhail Kutuzov8 decades - 5
Grigory Potemkin16 decades - 6
Ivan VI of Russia0 decades - 7
Stanisław August Poniatowski0 decades - 8
Alexander Menshikov19 decades - 9
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly0 decades - 10
Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov17 decades - 11
Nikita Panin19 decades - 12
Ernst Johann von Biron1 decades - 13
Feodor Rostopchin4 decades - 14
Kirill Razumovsky17 decades - 15
Sergei Saltykov4 decades - 16
Burkhard Christoph von Münnich0 decades - 17
Peter von Biron0 decades - 18
Pavel Tsitsianov0 decades - 19
Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov18 decades - 20
Pyotr Saltykov0 decades - 21
Andrii Rozumovskyinot measured- - 22
Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen0 decades - 23
Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryuminnot measured- - 24
William Fermor0 decades - 25
Andrey Osterman1 decades - 26
Ivan Gudovich0 decades - 27
Alexander Bezborodko0 decades - 28
Anna Mons2 decades - 29
Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg0 decades - 30
Ivan Neplyuyev4 decades - 31
Johann von Michelsohnen1 decades - 32
Nikolai Saltykov0 decades - 33
Anikita Repnin0 decades - 34
Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov0 decades - 35
Ivan Ostermannot measured- - 36
Vasily Dolgorukov-Krymsky0 decades - 37
Georg Magnus Sprengtportennot measured- - 38
Natalia Lopukhinanot measured- - 39
Jacob von Sievers0 decades - 40
Alexey Cherkasskynot measured- - 41
Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonovnot measured- - 42
Ivan Trubetskoynot measured- - 43
Carl Erik Mannerheimnot measured- - 44
Maksym Zalizniak0 decades - 45
Alexander Bibikov0 decades - 46
Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoynot measured- - 47
Zakhar Chernyshyovnot measured- - 48
Pyotr Zavadovskynot measured- - 49
Nikolai Sheremetevnot measured- - 50
Fabian Steinheilnot measured- - 51
Sergey Vyazmitinovnot measured- - 52
Nikita Trubetskoynot measured- - 53
Alexander Prozorovskynot measured- - 54
Ivan Rimsky-Korsakovnot measured- - 55
Ivan Chernyshyovnot measured- - 56
Alexander Shuvalovnot measured- - 57
Pyotr Lopukhinnot measured- - 58Mehdi Qoli Khan Javanshirnot measured-
- 59
Alexey Kurakinnot measured- - 60
Karl von Knorringnot measured- - 61
Boris Grigorievich Yusupovnot measured- - 62
Roman Vorontsovnot measured- - 63
Aleksandr Alekseevič Vjazemskijnot measured- - 64
Vasily Popovnot measured- - 65
Grigorij Semënovič Volkonskijnot measured- - 66
Ivan Vorontsovnot measured- - 67
Dmitry Lobanov-Rostovskynot measured- - 68Mir Mustafa Khannot measured-
- 69
Dmitry Guryevnot measured- - 70
Alexander Samoylovnot measured- - 71
Grigory Chernyshyovnot measured- - 72
Alexey Grigoryevich Dolgorukovnot measured- - 73
Vladimir Borisovich Golitsynnot measured- - 74
Karl von Sieversnot measured- - 75
Alexander Lvovich Naryshkinnot measured- - 76
Vasily Vasilyevich Engelhardtnot measured- - 77
Ivan Muravyov-Apostolnot measured- - 78
Mikhail Golovkinnot measured- - 79
Tomasz Adam Ostrowskinot measured- - 80
Pyotr Razumovskynot measured- - 81
Ilya Bezborodkonot measured- - 82
Sergey Rumyantsevnot measured- - 83
Yakov Lobanov-Rostovskynot measured- - 84Ivan Petrovitch Tolstoynot measured-
- 85
Aleksandr Zubovnot measured- - 86
Alexandre Andreïevitch Beklechovnot measured- - 87
Jean Charles François de Laval de la Loubrerienot measured- - 88
Yekaterina Rumyantsevanot measured- - 89
Alexander Fedoseevich Bestuzhevnot measured- - 90
Alexander Golovkinnot measured- - 91
Fiodor Goloubtsovnot measured- - 92
Sergey Golitsynnot measured- - 93
Theodor von Balknot measured- - 94Friedrich von Sieversnot measured-
- 95
Otto Wilhelm von Essennot measured- - 96
Ivan Vasilevich Paninnot measured- - 97Friedrich Wilhelm von Raisonnot measured-
- 98
Otto Hermann von Howennot measured- - 99Wilhelm von Nesselrodenot measured-
- 100Karl von Sieversnot 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.