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1700–1799

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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.

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FieldAllPoliticiansHistorical FiguresWritersScientistsMusiciansArtistsAcademicsArchitectsDoctorsReligious Figures
  1. 1Agustín de BetancourtAgustín de Betancourt1758–1824 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architects11 decades
  2. 2Ventura RodríguezVentura Rodríguez1717–1785 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architects22 decades
  3. 3José Benito de ChurrigueraJosé Benito de Churriguera1665–1725 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architects9 decades
  4. 4Juan de VillanuevaJuan de Villanueva1739–1811 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architects22 decades
  5. 5Manuel TolsáManuel Tolsá1757–1816 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architects12 decades
  6. 6Pedro de RiberaPedro de Ribera1681–1742 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architects22 decades
  7. 7Fernando de Casas NovoaFernando de Casas Novoa1670–1749 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  8. 8Narciso ToméNarciso Tomé1690–1742 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architects17 decades
  9. 9Alberto de ChurrigueraAlberto de Churriguera1676–1750 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  10. 10Martín de AldehuelaMartín de Aldehuela1729–1802 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  11. 11SBSantiago Bonavía1695–1759 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  12. 12JDJosé de Hermosilla1715–1776 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  13. 13AGAlejandro González Velázquez1719–1772 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  14. 14Antonio López AguadoAntonio López Aguado1764–1831 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  15. 15José Joaquín de ChurrigueraJosé Joaquín de Churriguera1674–1724 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  16. 16Francisco Hurtado IzquierdoFrancisco Hurtado Izquierdo1669–1725 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  17. 17Justo Antonio de OlaguibelJusto Antonio de Olaguibel1752–1818 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  18. 18Torcuato BenjumedaTorcuato Benjumeda1757–1836 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—
  19. 19Juan Martín CermeñoJuan Martín Cermeño1700–1773 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Architectsnot measured—

How this is measured

  • Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
  • Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
  • Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
  • What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.