← 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
Emanuel Swedenborg0 decades
- 3
Anders Celsius0 decades - 4
Carl Wilhelm Scheele8 decades - 5
Carl Peter Thunberg0 decades - 6
Johan Gadolinnot measured- - 7
Stephen Hales22 decades - 8
Carl Linnaeus the Younger0 decades - 9
Daniel Solander0 decades - 10
Torbern Bergman1 decades - 11
Philip Johan von Strahlenbergnot measured- - 12
Peter Forsskål0 decades - 13
Axel Fredrik Cronstedtnot measured- - 14
Anders Johan Lexellnot measured- - 15
Pehr Kalm0 decades - 16Georg Brandt0 decades
- 17
Johann Gottlieb Georgi0 decades - 18
Erik Acharius0 decades - 19
Peter Artedi0 decades - 20
Johan Gottlieb Gahn0 decades - 21Anders Dahl0 decades
- 22
Anders Sparrman0 decades - 23
Olof Swartz1 decades - 24
Adam Afzelius0 decades - 25
Olof Celsius0 decades - 26
Peter Osbeck0 decades - 27
Elisabeth Christina von Linnénot measured- - 28Pedro Loefling0 decades
- 29Johan Peter Falknot measured-
- 30
Nils Rosén von Rosenstein0 decades - 31
Johan Gustaf Renat0 decades - 32
Carl Axel Arrhenius0 decades - 33
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius0 decades - 34Fredrik Hasselquist0 decades
- 35
Clas Alströmer0 decades - 36
Johan Andreas Murraynot measured- - 37
Anders Jahan Retzius0 decades - 38
Johan Wilcke0 decades - 39
Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin0 decades - 40
Peter Jacob Hjelm0 decades - 41
Peter Jonas Bergius0 decades - 42Andreas Berlinnot measured-
- 43
Carl Fredrik Fallénnot measured- - 44Daniel Rolandernot measured-
- 45
Johannes Browalliusnot measured- - 46Christopher Tärnströmnot measured-
- 47
Jonas Carlsson Dryander0 decades - 48
Johan Afzelius0 decades - 49
Sven Rinmannot measured- - 50Göran Rothmannot measured-
- 51Maria Christina Bruhnnot measured-
- 52Elsa Beata Bungenot measured-
- 53
Samuel Gustaf Hermelinnot measured- - 54
Anton Rolandsson Martinnot measured- - 55Daniel Erik Naezénnot measured-
- 56
Carl Fredrik Mennandernot measured- - 57
Johann Jacob Ferbernot measured- - 58Bengt Anders Euphrasénnot measured-
- 59
Carl Gustaf Ekebergnot measured- - 60Olof Torénnot measured-
- 61
Jacob Johan Anckarström the Eldernot measured- - 62Erik Prosperinnot measured-
- 63Carl Fredric Adlernot measured-
- 64Johan Stensson Rothmannot measured-
- 65
Reinhold Angersteinnot measured- - 66Olof Hiorternot measured-
- 67
Samuel Liljebladnot measured- - 68Johan Olof Rudbecknot 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.