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.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
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Francisco Goya1746–1828 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists18 decades - 2
María Teresa de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba1762–1802 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 3
Francisco Bayeu1734–1795 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists22 decades - 4
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Luis Egidio Meléndez1716–1780 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists0 decades - 5
María Josefa Pimentel, Duchess of Osuna1752–1834 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 6
Francisco Salzillo1707–1783 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 7
Luis Paret y Alcázar1746–1799 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists14 decades - 8
Antonio González Velázquez1723–1793 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists10 decades - 9
Mariano Salvador Maella1739–1819 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists9 decades - 10JLJosé Luzan1710–1785 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists1 decades
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Ramón Bayeu1744–1793 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artists11 decades - 12
Zacarías González Velázquez1763–1834 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 13
Antonio Ponz1725–1792 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 14
Agustín Esteve1753–1830 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 15
José Delgado Guerra1754–1801 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 16
Asensio Juliá1760–1832 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 17
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Manuel Bayeu1740–1809 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 18GFGregorio Ferro1742–1812 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured—
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Antonio Carnicero1748–1814 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 20RXRafael Ximeno y Planes1759–1825 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured—
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Felipe de Castro1711–1775 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 22
Cristóbal de Villalpando1669–1714 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 23
Miguel Jacinto Meléndez1679–1734 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 24
José Camarón y Bonanat1731–1803 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 25
José Rodríguez de la Oliva1695–1777 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 26
Francisco Preciado de la Vega1713–1789 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 27
Ignacio Vergara1715–1776 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 28
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Manuel Álvarez1727–1797 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 29
Marie-Josèphe Carón1725–1824 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 30
Bernardo Polo1686–1700 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 31
Ginés Andrés de Aguirre1727–1800 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 32
Antonio González Ruiz1711–1788 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 33
Cosme de Acuña1758–1814 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 34
Francisco Agustín y Grande1753–1801 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot measured— - 35
Pere-Pasqual Moles1741–1797 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Artistsnot 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.