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← 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. 1Anders Chydenius1729-1803 · Sweden · Religious Figures0 decades
  2. 2Henric Schartau1757-1825 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  3. 3Erik Benzelius the Younger1675-1743 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  4. 4Uno von Troil1746-1803 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  5. 5Henric Benzelius1689-1758 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  6. 6Jacob Benzelius1683-1747 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  7. 7Magnus Beronius1692-1775 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  8. 8Israel Acrelius1714-1800 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  9. 9Samuel Linnaeus1718-1797 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  10. 10Jöran Nordberg1677-1744 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  11. 11Clas Bjerkander1735-1795 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  12. 12Johan Wingård1738-1818 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  13. 13Magnus Stagnelius1746-1829 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  14. 14Lars Tammelin1669-1733 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  15. 15Erik Biörck1668-1740 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  16. 16Nils Samuel Swederus1751-1833 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  17. 17Johannes Forsskål1691-1762 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  18. 18Erik Dahl1749-1809 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  19. 19Andreas Matthias Ling1762-1837 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  20. 20Arvid Afzelius1714-1789 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  21. 21Theodor Fries1762-1839 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  22. 22Gabriel Atterbom1750-1807 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot measured-
  23. 23Erik Sparrman1706-1765 · Sweden · Religious Figuresnot 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.