Claim profile
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.

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FieldAllPoliticiansHistorical FiguresWritersScientistsMusiciansArtistsAcademicsArchitectsDoctorsReligious Figures
  1. 1Andrés Manuel del RíoAndrés Manuel del Río1764–1849 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  2. 2Jorge Juan y SantaciliaJorge Juan y Santacilia1713–1773 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientists22 decades
  3. 3Antonio José CavanillesAntonio José Cavanilles1745–1804 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientists19 decades
  4. 4Fausto ElhuyarFausto Elhuyar1755–1833 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientists1 decades
  5. 5JJJuan José Elhuyar1754–1796 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientists0 decades
  6. 6Hipólito Ruiz LópezHipólito Ruiz López1754–1816 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientists0 decades
  7. 7José de Viera y ClavijoJosé de Viera y Clavijo1731–1813 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  8. 8Juan de LángaraJuan de Lángara1736–1806 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  9. 9Dionisio Alcalá GalianoDionisio Alcalá Galiano1760–1805 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  10. 10MSMartín Sessé y Lacasta1751–1808 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientists0 decades
  11. 11Ignacio Jordan de Asso del RioIgnacio Jordan de Asso del Rio1742–1814 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientists14 decades
  12. 12José Antonio PavónJosé Antonio Pavón1754–1840 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientists0 decades
  13. 13Pedro Vicente MaldonadoPedro Vicente Maldonado1704–1748 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  14. 14Casimiro Gómez OrtegaCasimiro Gómez Ortega1741–1818 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientists18 decades
  15. 15Marquis of VerboomMarquis of Verboom1665–1744 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  16. 16VCVicente Cervantes1758–1829 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientists22 decades
  17. 17Vicente Tofiño de San MiguelVicente Tofiño de San Miguel1732–1795 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  18. 18José de UrrutiaJosé de Urrutia1739–1803 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  19. 19Diego Marín AguileraDiego Marín Aguilera1757–1800 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  20. 20Francisco NoronhaFrancisco Noronha1748–1788 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  21. 21Manuel Olaguer FeliúManuel Olaguer Feliú1759–1824 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  22. 22MDMaria de Betancourt y Molina1758–1824 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  23. 23GXGaspard Xuarez1731–1804 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot measured—
  24. 24Juan Antonio Hernández Pérez de LarreaJuan Antonio Hernández Pérez de Larrea1731–1803 · 🇪🇸 Spain · Scientistsnot 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.