← 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
José Celestino Mutis y Bosionot measured- - 2
Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanesnot measured- - 3Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre0 decades
- 4
Juan Andrés22 decades - 5
María Andresa Casamayornot measured- - 6
Gerónimo Uztáriznot measured- - 7
Gaspar de Molina y Oviedo6 decades - 8Valentin de Forondanot measured-
- 9
Mateo Aimerichnot measured- - 10
Josef de Mendoza y Ríosnot measured- - 11
Antonio Ludeñanot measured- - 12Vicente Requenonot measured-
- 13
Juan Francisco de Castro Fernándeznot 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.