Claim profile
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.

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FieldAllPoliticiansHistorical FiguresWritersScientistsMusiciansArtistsAcademicsArchitectsDoctorsReligious Figures
  1. 1Angelica KauffmanAngelica Kauffman1741–1807 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists18 decades
  2. 2Henry FuseliHenry Fuseli1741–1825 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists10 decades
  3. 3Jean-Étienne LiotardJean-Étienne Liotard1702–1789 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists0 decades
  4. 4Anton GraffAnton Graff1736–1813 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists17 decades
  5. 5Mary MoserMary Moser1744–1819 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists1 decades
  6. 6Johann Caspar FüssliJohann Caspar Füssli1706–1782 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists2 decades
  7. 7Caspar WolfCaspar Wolf1735–1783 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  8. 8Johann Heinrich MeyerJohann Heinrich Meyer1760–1832 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  9. 9Johann Kaspar FüssliJohann Kaspar Füssli1743–1786 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  10. 10Anna WaserAnna Waser1678–1714 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists0 decades
  11. 11Jakob Emanuel HandmannJakob Emanuel Handmann1718–1781 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  12. 12Franz Anton BustelliFranz Anton Bustelli1723–1763 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  13. 13Johann Ludwig AberliJohann Ludwig Aberli1723–1786 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists0 decades
  14. 14Johann Rudolf HuberJohann Rudolf Huber1668–1748 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists0 decades
  15. 15Adrian ZinggAdrian Zingg1734–1816 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  16. 16Jean-Pierre Saint-OursJean-Pierre Saint-Ours1752–1809 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  17. 17GGGeorg Gsell1673–1740 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  18. 18Sigmund FreudenbergerSigmund Freudenberger1745–1801 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  19. 19Lorenz SpenglerLorenz Spengler1720–1807 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists0 decades
  20. 20Johann Rudolph SchellenbergJohann Rudolph Schellenberg1740–1806 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artists4 decades
  21. 21Marie Marguerite Carraux de RosemondMarie Marguerite Carraux de Rosemond1765–1788 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  22. 22Benjamin Samuel BolomeyBenjamin Samuel Bolomey1739–1819 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  23. 23David MorierDavid Morier1705–1770 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  24. 24Giuseppe Antonio PetriniGiuseppe Antonio Petrini1677–1759 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  25. 25Jean-Pierre DrozJean-Pierre Droz1746–1823 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  26. 26Peter BirmannPeter Birmann1758–1844 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  27. 27ADAbraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros1748–1810 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  28. 28EBEmanuel Büchel1705–1775 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  29. 29AMAnna Maria Barbara Abesch1706–1773 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  30. 30Johann Jakob BiedermannJohann Jakob Biedermann1763–1830 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  31. 31George Michael MoserGeorge Michael Moser1706–1783 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  32. 32ABAntonio Bruni de Baroffi1762–1825 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  33. 33Rosalie de ConstantRosalie de Constant1758–1834 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  34. 34Gabriel Ludwig LoryGabriel Ludwig Lory1763–1840 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  35. 35Julien de ParmeJulien de Parme1736–1799 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  36. 36Johann Rudolf FüssliJohann Rudolf Füssli1709–1793 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  37. 37Davide Antonio FossatiDavide Antonio Fossati1708–1795 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  38. 38Anna FüssliAnna Füssli1749–1772 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  39. 39Ludwig HessLudwig Hess1760–1800 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot measured—
  40. 40HRHans Rudolf Füssli1737–1806 · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Artistsnot 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.