← 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
Francisco Goya18 decades - 2
Charles III of Spain21 decades - 3
Charles IV of Spain17 decades - 4
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla21 decades - 5
Louis I of Spain4 decades - 6
Ferdinand VI of Spain4 decades - 7
Francisco de Miranda22 decades - 8
Elisabeth Farnese22 decades - 9
Maria Luisa of Parma17 decades - 10
Maria Luisa of Savoy21 decades - 11
Mariana Victoria of Spainnot measured- - 12
Maria Amalia of Saxony20 decades - 13
Amaro Pargo0 decades - 14
Maria Luisa of Spainnot measured- - 15
Filippo I, Duke of Parmanot measured- - 16
Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain17 decades - 17
Junípero Serra18 decades - 18
Princess Isabella of Parmanot measured- - 19
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos22 decades - 20
Leandro Fernández de Moratín14 decades - 21
María Antonia of Spainnot measured- - 22
Bernardo de Gálvez14 decades - 23
Gaspar de Portolà8 decades - 24
Juan O'Donojú18 decades - 25
Benito Jerónimo Feijoo3 decades - 26
Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón0 decades - 27
Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spainnot measured- - 28
José Celestino Mutis y Bosionot measured- - 29
Blas de Lezo22 decades - 30
Infante Gabriel of Spain12 decades - 31
Félix de Azara20 decades - 32
Félix María de Samaniego13 decades - 33
Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros22 decades - 34
José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca2 decades - 35
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén21 decades - 36Antonio Solernot measured-
- 37
José Cadalso21 decades - 38
Juan Bautista de Anza12 decades - 39
Andrés Manuel del Ríonot measured- - 40
Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Arandanot measured- - 41
Federico Gravina19 decades - 42
Infanta Maria Josefa of Spainnot measured- - 43
Ventura Rodríguez22 decades
- 44
Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain0 decades - 45
José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa18 decades - 46
María Teresa de Silva, 13th Duchess of Albanot measured- - 47
Jorge Juan y Santacilia22 decades - 48
Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanesnot measured- - 49
Juan de Villanueva22 decades - 50
José Benito de Churriguera9 decades - 51
James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwicknot measured- - 52
Antonio José Cavanilles19 decades - 53
Agustín de Betancourt11 decades - 54
Infanta María Amalia of Spain0 decades - 55
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venaditonot measured- - 56
Juan Meléndez Valdés16 decades - 57
Fausto Elhuyar1 decades - 58
Vicente Martín y Soler1 decades - 59
Zenón de Somodevilla, 1st Marqués de la Ensenada0 decades - 60
Tomás de Iriarte22 decades - 61
Pedro de Cevallos19 decades - 62
Francisco Bayeu22 decades - 63
Pedro Romero Martíneznot measured- - 64
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas16 decades - 65
Diego de Torres Villarroel20 decades - 66Juan José Elhuyar0 decades
- 67
Luis Egidio Meléndez0 decades - 68
Joaquín Blake y Joyes22 decades - 69
Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadranot measured- - 70
Bruno Mauricio de Zabalanot measured- - 71
Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedonot measured- - 72
Hipólito Ruiz López0 decades - 73
Ramón de la Cruz21 decades - 74
María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas3 decades - 75
Félix María Calleja del Rey, 1st Count of Calderón14 decades - 76
José Manso de Velasco, 1st Count of Superunda11 decades - 77
Juan Antonio Llorente22 decades - 78
Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana22 decades - 79
Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana7 decades - 80
Gregorio García de la Cuesta4 decades - 81
Martin Sarmiento16 decades - 82
Nicolás Fernández de Moratín14 decades - 83
Alejandro O'Reilly12 decades - 84
María Josefa Pimentel, Duchess of Osunanot measured- - 85
Francisco Javier Venegas16 decades - 86
Rafael de Sobremonte, 3rd Marquis of Sobremonte12 decades - 87
José Francisco de Isla21 decades - 88
Lorenzo Hervás y Panduro20 decades - 89
José Nicolás de Azara21 decades - 90
Manuel Tolsá12 decades - 91
Antonio González Velázquez10 decades - 92
Joseph Pignatelli12 decades - 93
Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedonot measured- - 94
Juan de Ayala22 decades - 95
José Patiñonot measured- - 96
Francisco Ximénez16 decades - 97
José de Carvajal y Lancáster15 decades - 98
Félix Berenguer de Marquina17 decades - 99
Jerónimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi3 decades - 100
Luis Paret y Alcázar14 decades
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.