← 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
Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain17 decades - 2Antonio Solernot measured-
- 3
Vicente Martín y Soler1 decades - 4Santiago de Murcianot measured-
- 5José de Nebranot measured-
- 6
Gaetano Brunetti6 decades - 7Esteban Salas y Castronot measured-
- 8Mateo Albéniz0 decades
- 9
Domènec Terradellasnot measured- - 10Francisco Valls Galánnot measured-
- 11Teresa Herreranot measured-
- 12Manuel Blasco de Nebranot measured-
- 13José de Torresnot measured-
- 14Joan Baptista Planot measured-
- 15Antonio Rodríguez de Hitanot measured-
- 16Narciso Casanovasnot measured-
- 17Manuel Planot measured-
- 18Sebastián de Alberonot measured-
- 19Juan Francés de Iribarrennot measured-
- 20Faustino Arévalonot measured-
- 21Francisco Javier García Fajernot measured-
- 22Pablo Esteve y Grimaunot measured-
- 23Francisco José de Castronot measured-
- 24Anselm Viola i Valentínot measured-
- 25Josep Prades i Gallentnot 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.