← 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
Gavrila Derzhavin17 decades - 2
Denis Fonvizin9 decades - 3
Alexander Radishchev16 decades - 4
Yekaterina Dashkova1 decades - 5
Alexander Sumarokov19 decades - 6
Jan Potocki4 decades - 7
Salawat Yulayevnot measured- - 8
Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov19 decades - 9
Nikolay Rumyantsev14 decades - 10
Vasily Trediakovsky9 decades - 11
Izabela Czartoryska0 decades - 12
Nicholas Repnin11 decades - 13
Mikhail Kheraskov1 decades - 14
Alexander Shishkov18 decades - 15
Ivan Dmitriev19 decades - 16
Aleksei Musin-Pushkin3 decades - 17
Vakhushti of Kartli7 decades - 18
Mikhail Shcherbatov3 decades - 19
Peter Shafirov14 decades - 20
Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn the Eldernot measured- - 21
Boris Kurakin6 decades - 22
Nikolay Novikovnot measured- - 23
Stanisław Kostka Potocki0 decades - 24
Vasily Kapnist5 decades - 25
Wojciech Bogusławski0 decades - 26
Vasili Bazhenov0 decades - 27
Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev0 decades - 28
Andrey Bolotov11 decades - 29
Yakov Knyazhnin1 decades - 30
Sava Vladislavich0 decades - 31
Ivan Khemnitser1 decades - 32
Ippolit Bogdanovich4 decades - 33
Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov12 decades - 34
Otto Heinrich von Igelströmnot measured- - 35
Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksinnot measured- - 36
Natalia Sheremeteva0 decades - 37
Elisa von der Recke21 decades - 38
Franciszek Ksawery Branicki0 decades - 39
Artemy Volynsky0 decades - 40
Alexander Vorontsov0 decades - 41
Alexander Rumyantsev0 decades - 42
Ivan Barkovnot measured- - 43
Herman Karl von Keyserlingnot measured- - 44
Semyon Vorontsovnot measured- - 45
Franciszek Zabłocki0 decades - 46
Vasily Lukich Dolgorukovnot measured- - 47
Alexander Kurakinnot measured- - 48
Ivan Yelaginnot measured- - 49
Dmitri Alekseyevich Gallitzinnot measured- - 50
Gerasim Lebedev1 decades - 51
Jan Paweł Woronicznot measured- - 52
Christoph Cölestin Mrongoviusnot measured- - 53
Nikolay Yusupovnot measured- - 54
Pavel Yaguzhinskynot measured- - 55
Alexander Ablesimov0 decades - 56
Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolainot measured- - 57
Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsynnot measured- - 58
Gotthard Friedrich Stender0 decades - 59
Johann Albrecht Korffnot measured- - 60
Stanisław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicznot measured- - 61
Mikhail Golitsynnot measured- - 62
Benigna Gottlieb von Trotha gt Treydennot measured- - 63
Otto Magnus von Stackelbergnot measured- - 64
Semen Klymovskyinot measured- - 65
Mikhail Chulkovnot measured- - 66
Yury Golovkinnot measured- - 67
Józef Boruwłaskinot measured- - 68
Michel-Jean Borchnot measured- - 69
Andreas Eberhard von Budbergnot measured- - 70
August Wilhelm Hupel3 decades - 71
Pyotr Chernyshyovnot measured- - 72Fyodor Eminnot measured-
- 73
Aleksandr Kurakinnot measured- - 74
Vasily Mirovichnot measured- - 75Alekseĭ Ivanovich Tevkelevnot measured-
- 76
Yakov Bulgakovnot measured- - 77
Arkady Morkovnot measured- - 78
David Alopaeusnot measured- - 79
Vasyl Hryhorovych-Barskyinot measured- - 80
Ermil Kostrovnot measured- - 81
Christoph Johann von Medemnot measured- - 82
Vasily Maykovnot measured- - 83
Aleksandr Beloselsky-Belozerskynot measured- - 84
Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgorukovnot measured- - 85
Mikhail Dashkovnot measured- - 86Semyon Bronevskynot measured-
- 87
Jan Andrzej Borchnot measured- - 88
Maximilian von Alopaeusnot measured- - 89
Johann Georg Schwarznot measured- - 90
Lev Razumovskynot measured- - 91Pavel Fonvizinnot measured-
- 92
Paul Martinovich Skavronskynot measured- - 93
Dmitry Gorchakovnot measured- - 94Vasily Baranshchikovnot measured-
- 95
Johann Friedrich von Reckenot measured- - 96
Karl Hermann von Brevernnot measured- - 97
Aleksey Rzhevskynot measured- - 98Ekaterina Kniazhninanot measured-
- 99Anna Zhukovanot measured-
- 100
Michał Hieronim Brzostowskinot 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.