1700–1799
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 Wikipedia coverage and readership agree.
#PersonIn print, 1800–2019Echoed
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Carl Michael Bellman1740–1795 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 2
Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp1759–1818 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 3
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt1757–1814 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 4
Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht1718–1763 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 5
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Anna Maria Lenngren1754–1817 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 6
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Thomas Thorild1759–1808 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 7
Olof von Dalin1708–1763 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades
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Johan Henric Kellgren1751–1795 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 9
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Carl Gustaf af Leopold1756–1829 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 10
Olof Celsius1670–1756 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 11
Charles Emil Lewenhaupt the Elder1691–1743 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 12
Johan David Åkerblad1763–1819 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 13
Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein1749–1802 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 14
Curt von Stedingk1746–1837 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 15
Brigitta Scherzenfeldt1684–1736 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 16
Henrik Gabriel Porthan1739–1804 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 17
Nils von Rosenstein1752–1824 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 18
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Bengt Lidner1757–1793 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 19
Märta Helena Reenstierna1753–1841 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 20
Gustaf Philip Creutz1731–1785 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 21
Sven Lagerbring1707–1787 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 22
Lovisa von Burghausen1698–1733 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 23
Ignatius Mouradgea d’Ohsson1740–1807 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 24
Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz1754–1821 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 25
Gustaf von Paykull1757–1826 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 26JEJohann Erich Thunmann1746–1778 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades
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Anders Ljungstedt1759–1835 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 28
Johan Ihre1707–1780 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 29
Kilian Stobæus1690–1742 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 30
Daniel Juslenius1676–1752 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 31
Anna Maria Rückerschöld1725–1805 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 32
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Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg1731–1808 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 33
Dorothea Maria Lösch1730–1799 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 34
Cristfried Ganander1741–1790 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 35GAGustaf Adlerfelt1671–1709 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured—
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Carl Christoffer Gjörwell Sr.1731–1811 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 37
Carl Gustaf von Brinkman1764–1847 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writers0 decades - 38CFCharlotta Frölich1698–1770 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured—
- 39MMMargareta Momma1702–1772 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured—
- 40ATAnton thor Helle1683–1748 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured—
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Nils Lorens Sjöberg1754–1822 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 42
Erik Mattias von Nolcken1694–1755 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 43
Anders Anton von Stiernman1695–1765 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 44JFJacob Frese1690–1729 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured—
- 45EPEmerentia Polhem1703–1760 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured—
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Bengt Bergius1723–1784 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured— - 47EFErland Fredrik Hjärne1706–1773 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured—
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Karl Urban Hjärne1703–1786 · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Writersnot measured—
How this is measured
- Placing people in time. Each person belongs to the century in which they were most active — around age 35, and never after their death.
- Who ranks highest. Within a century, people are ranked where two independent signals agree: how many of the world’s Wikipedia language editions cover them, and how many people actually read about them. Article counts alone can be lifted by a person’s own circle; readers cannot.
- Fame in print. The curves count how often a name appears in Google Books from 1800 to 2019, as a share of all the words printed each year, in the person’s own language wherever that corpus exists. Those decades are over, so each measurement is made once and kept.
- What is left out. A lifetime is measured only from 1820, when there is enough print to judge; the five years after a death are skipped as obituaries; and a name shared with someone equally notable is credited to neither.