← 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
Leandro Fernández de Moratín14 decades - 2
Benito Jerónimo Feijoo3 decades - 3
Félix de Azara20 decades - 4
José Cadalso21 decades - 5
Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Arandanot measured- - 6
James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwicknot measured- - 7
Juan Meléndez Valdés16 decades - 8
Tomás de Iriarte22 decades - 9
Diego de Torres Villarroel20 decades - 10
Ramón de la Cruz21 decades - 11
Juan Antonio Llorente22 decades - 12
Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana22 decades - 13
Martin Sarmiento16 decades - 14
Nicolás Fernández de Moratín14 decades - 15
Lorenzo Hervás y Panduro20 decades - 16
José Nicolás de Azara21 decades - 17
Francisco Ximénez16 decades - 18
Jerónimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi3 decades - 19
Francesco Saverio de Zelada3 decades - 20Francisco Palóunot measured-
- 21
Enrique Flórez de Setién0 decades - 22
Gregorio Mayansnot measured- - 23
Josefa Amar y Borbónnot measured- - 24
Jean François de Bette, Marquis of Lede0 decades - 25
Manuel de Larramendinot 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.