← 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
Gustav III of Sweden22 decades - 2
Axel von Fersen the Younger12 decades - 3
Hedvig Sophia of Swedennot measured-
- 4
Sophia Albertina of Sweden0 decades - 5
Johan August Sandelsnot measured- - 6
Augustin Ehrensvärd0 decades - 7
Carl Gustaf Tessin0 decades
- 8
Carl Johan Adlercreutz0 decades - 9
Frederick William von Hessensteinnot measured- - 10
Hans Henric von Essen0 decades - 11
Axel von Fersen the Eldernot measured- - 12
Georg Adlersparre0 decades
- 13
Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspornot measured- - 14
Magnus Julius De la Gardienot measured- - 15
Johan Christopher Tollnot measured-
- 16
Carl Gyllenborg0 decades - 17
Gustaf Adolf Reuterholmnot measured- - 18
Lars von Engeströmnot measured- - 19
Jacob Faggotnot measured- - 20
Johan Albrecht Ehrenströmnot measured- - 21
Anders Johan von Höpken0 decades - 22Lorenz Langenot measured-
- 23
Hans von Fersennot measured- - 24
Gustaf Fredrik von Rosennot measured- - 25
Carl Carlsson Mörnernot 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.