← 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
Andrés Manuel del Ríonot measured- - 2
Jorge Juan y Santacilia22 decades - 3
Antonio José Cavanilles19 decades - 4
Fausto Elhuyar1 decades - 5Juan José Elhuyar0 decades
- 6
Hipólito Ruiz López0 decades - 7
José Antonio Pavón0 decades - 8
Dionisio Alcalá Galianonot measured- - 9
Juan de Lángaranot measured- - 10
José de Viera y Clavijonot measured- - 11
Pedro Vicente Maldonadonot measured- - 12Martín Sessé y Lacasta0 decades
- 13
Casimiro Gómez Ortega18 decades - 14
Marquis of Verboomnot measured- - 15
Ignacio Jordan de Asso del Rio14 decades - 16
José de Urrutianot measured- - 17
Vicente Tofiño de San Miguelnot measured- - 18Vicente Cervantes22 decades
- 19
Diego Marín Aguileranot measured- - 20José Manuel de Moraleda y Monteronot measured-
- 21
Manuel Olaguer Feliúnot measured- - 22
Francisco Noronhanot measured- - 23
Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedillanot measured- - 24
José Joaquín de Ferrernot measured- - 25Maria de Betancourt y Molinanot 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.