← 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- - 26
Eric Ruuthnot measured- - 27
Johan Adam Cronstedtnot measured- - 28
Samuel Troiliusnot measured- - 29
Rutger Fuchsnot measured- - 30
Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternbergnot measured- - 31
Jacob Magnus Sprengtportennot measured- - 32
Axel Löwennot measured- - 33
Magnus Fredrik Brahenot measured-
- 34
Erik Tulindbergnot measured- - 35
Carl Fredrik Scheffernot measured- - 36
Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holsteinnot measured- - 37
Carl Gustaf Bielkenot measured- - 38Fabian Reinhold von Fersennot measured-
- 39
Carl Gustaf Nordinnot measured- - 40
Ture Gabriel Bielkenot measured- - 41
Carl Fredrik Pipernot measured- - 42
Charles de Suremainnot measured- - 43Sten Carl Bielkenot measured-
- 44
Nils Philip Gyldenstolpenot measured- - 45
Claes Ekeblad the Youngernot measured- - 46
Gudmund Jöran Adlerbethnot measured- - 47
Heinrich von Ficknot measured- - 48
Mathias Rosenbladnot measured- - 49
Patrick Alströmernot measured- - 50Sven Ingemar Ljunghnot measured-
- 51Otto Reinhold Strömfeltnot measured-
- 52
Edvard Didrik Taubenot measured- - 53
Herman Cedercreutznot measured-
- 54
Claes Julius Ekebladnot measured- - 55Ulrik Gustaf De la Gardienot measured-
- 56Benjamin Sandelsnot measured-
- 57Carl de Brennernot 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.