← 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
Francisco Goya18 decades - 2
Charles III of Spain21 decades - 3
Charles IV of Spain17 decades - 4
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla21 decades - 5
Louis I of Spain4 decades - 6
Ferdinand VI of Spain4 decades - 7
Francisco de Miranda22 decades - 8
Elisabeth Farnese22 decades - 9
Maria Luisa of Parma17 decades - 10
Maria Luisa of Savoy21 decades - 11
Mariana Victoria of Spainnot measured- - 12
Maria Amalia of Saxony20 decades - 13
Amaro Pargo0 decades - 14
Maria Luisa of Spainnot measured- - 15
Filippo I, Duke of Parmanot measured- - 16
Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain17 decades - 17
Junípero Serra18 decades - 18
Princess Isabella of Parmanot measured- - 19
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos22 decades - 20
Leandro Fernández de Moratín14 decades - 21
María Antonia of Spainnot measured- - 22
Bernardo de Gálvez14 decades - 23
Gaspar de Portolà8 decades - 24
Juan O'Donojú18 decades - 25
Benito Jerónimo Feijoo3 decades
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.