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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Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain1711–1758 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musicians17 decades - 2ASAntonio Soler1729–1783 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
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Vicente Martín y Soler1754–1806 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musicians1 decades - 4SDSantiago de Murcia1673–1739 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
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Gaetano Brunetti1744–1798 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musicians6 decades - 6JDJosé de Nebra1702–1768 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 7MAMateo Albéniz1755–1831 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musicians0 decades
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Domènec Terradellas1713–1751 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured— - 9FVFrancisco Valls Galán1665–1747 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 10ESEsteban Salas y Castro1725–1803 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 11THTeresa Herrera1712–1791 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 12MBManuel Blasco de Nebra1750–1784 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 13JDJosé de Torres1670–1738 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 14JBJoan Baptista Pla1720–1773 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 15ARAntonio Rodríguez de Hita1722–1787 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 16NCNarciso Casanovas1747–1799 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 17MPManuel Pla1725–1766 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 18FAFaustino Arévalo1747–1824 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 19SDSebastián de Albero1722–1756 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 20JFJuan Francés de Iribarren1699–1767 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 21FJFrancisco Javier García Fajer1730–1809 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 22PEPablo Esteve y Grimau1730–1794 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 23FJFrancisco José de Castro1670–1730 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 24JPJosep Prades i Gallent1689–1757 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 25MDMiguel de Ambiela1666–1733 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 26JDJosep Duran i Pejoán1726–1802 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
- 27FQFrancesc Queralt1740–1825 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot measured—
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Tomàs Milans i Godayol1672–1742 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Musiciansnot 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.