← 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
Ventura Rodríguez22 decades
- 2
Juan de Villanueva22 decades - 3
José Benito de Churriguera9 decades - 4
Agustín de Betancourt11 decades - 5
Manuel Tolsá12 decades - 6
Pedro de Ribera22 decades - 7
Fernando de Casas Novoanot measured- - 8
Narciso Tomé17 decades - 9
Alberto de Churrigueranot measured- - 10
Martín de Aldehuelanot measured- - 11
Francisco Hurtado Izquierdonot measured- - 12Santiago Bonavíanot measured-
- 13Alejandro González Velázqueznot measured-
- 14José de Hermosillanot measured-
- 15
Justo Antonio de Olaguibelnot measured- - 16Isidro Huartenot measured-
- 17
Juan Martín Cermeñonot measured- - 18
José Joaquín de Churrigueranot measured- - 19
Antonio López Aguadonot measured- - 20
Torcuato Benjumedanot measured- - 21Andrés García de Quiñonesnot measured-
- 22
Diego de Villanuevanot measured- - 23Nicolás Churrigueranot 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.