← 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
Carl Linnaeus7 decades - 2
Charles XII of Sweden22 decades - 3
Emanuel Swedenborg0 decades
- 4
Anders Celsius0 decades - 5
Frederick I of Swedennot measured- - 6
Carl Wilhelm Scheele8 decades - 7
Charles XIII of Sweden0 decades - 8
Gustav III of Sweden22 decades - 9
Charles Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorpnot measured- - 10
Axel von Fersen the Younger12 decades - 11
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia0 decades - 12
Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden22 decades - 13
Sophia Magdalena of Denmark0 decades
- 14
Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden0 decades - 15
Carl Michael Bellman0 decades - 16
Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorpnot measured- - 17
Carl Peter Thunberg0 decades - 18
Alexander Roslin0 decades - 19
Hedvig Sophia of Swedennot measured-
- 20
Johan Gadolinnot measured- - 21
Joseph Martin Kraus4 decades - 22
Stephen Hales22 decades - 23
Carl Linnaeus the Younger0 decades - 24
Daniel Solander0 decades - 25
William Chambers22 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.