← 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
Charles IV of Spain17 decades - 2
Elisabeth Farnese22 decades - 3
Maria Luisa of Parma17 decades - 4
Mariana Victoria of Spainnot measured- - 5
Filippo I, Duke of Parmanot measured- - 6
Gaspar de Portolà8 decades - 7
Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón0 decades - 8
Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spainnot measured- - 9
Juan Bautista de Anza12 decades - 10
Infanta Maria Josefa of Spainnot measured- - 11
Infanta María Amalia of Spain0 decades - 12
Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadranot measured- - 13
Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedonot measured- - 14
María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas3 decades - 15
Juan de Ayala22 decades - 16
Felipe de Nevenot measured- - 17
Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúanot measured- - 18Juan José Pérez Hernándeznot measured-
- 19
Francisco Antonio Mourelle1 decades - 20
Bruno de Hecetanot measured- - 21
Infante Felipe Pedro of Spainnot measured- - 22Pedro Fagesnot measured-
- 23
Joan Crespínot measured- - 24
Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 4th Duke of Liria and Jéricanot measured- - 25
James Fitz-James Stuart, 3rd Duke of Berwicknot 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.