← 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
Selim III18 decades - 2
Ahmed III3 decades - 3
Abdul Hamid I0 decades - 4
Mahmud I0 decades - 5
Mustafa III0 decades - 6
Osman III0 decades - 7
Ali Pasha of Ioannina0 decades - 8
Rigas Velestinlis19 decades - 9
Nakşidil Sultannot measured- - 10
Şahin Giray0 decades - 11
Patriarch Grigorios V of Constantinoplenot measured- - 12
Paisius of Hilendarnot measured- - 13
Jezzar Pasha0 decades - 14
Murad Bey11 decades - 15
Bulutkapan Ali Beynot measured- - 16
Osman Pazvantoğlu0 decades - 17
Konstantinos Ypsilantisnot measured- - 18
Saliha Sultan0 decades - 19
İbrahim Müteferrika0 decades - 20Mihrişah Sultan0 decades
- 21
Zaro Ağanot measured- - 22
Ibrahim Bey10 decades - 23Ayşe Sineperver Sultannot measured-
- 24
Patrona Halil0 decades - 25
Alemdar Mustafa Paşa0 decades - 26Şehsuvar Sultannot measured-
- 27
Cosmas of Aetolia0 decades - 28
Eve Frank0 decades - 29
Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşanot measured- - 30
Koca Yusuf Pasha0 decades - 31Silahdar Damat Ali Pashanot measured-
- 32
Rabia Sultan0 decades - 33
Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pashanot measured- - 34
Rabia Şermi Kadinnot measured- - 35
Mihrişah Emine Kadınnot measured- - 36
Maria Aurora von Spiegelnot measured- - 37
Chaim Joseph David Azulai22 decades - 38
Daskalogiannis0 decades - 39
Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Paşanot measured- - 40
Giuseppe Simone Assemani6 decades - 41Hekimoğlu Ali Pashanot measured-
- 42Abdullah I Al-Sabahnot measured-
- 43
Nedîmnot measured- - 44Salomée Halpirnot measured-
- 45
İbrahim Hakkı Erzuruminot measured- - 46
Koca Ragıp Paşanot measured- - 47
Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pashanot measured- - 48
Nicholas Mavrocordatos4 decades - 49
Muhammad Bey Abu al-Dhahabnot measured- - 50Köprülü Numan Paşanot measured-
- 51
Nasuhzade Ali Pashanot measured- - 52Ahmed Karamanli0 decades
- 53
John the Russiannot measured- - 54
Kara Mahmud Bushatinot measured- - 55
Ahmed Resmi Efendi0 decades - 56
Constantine Mavrocordatos0 decades - 57
Halil Hamid Paşanot measured- - 58
Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi0 decades - 59
Sheikh Ghalib0 decades - 60Afife Kadınnot measured-
- 61İvaz Mehmet Paşanot measured-
- 62
Çorlulu Ali Paşa0 decades - 63Muhammad Hayat al-Sindi0 decades
- 64Enderûnlu Fâzılnot measured-
- 65
Küçük Hüseyin Pashanot measured- - 66Devlet IV Giraynot measured-
- 67Selim III Giraynot measured-
- 68
Jan Rustem0 decades - 69
Shalom Sharabinot measured- - 70
Alexandros Soutzos0 decades - 71Arslan Giraynot measured-
- 72
Grigore III Ghica0 decades - 73Emetullah Sultannot measured-
- 74Zeynep Asima Sultannot measured-
- 75
Umar Makramnot measured- - 76Ümmügülsüm Sultannot measured-
- 77Seyyid Hasan Paşanot measured-
- 78Nafisa al-Baydanot measured-
- 79Ivazzade Halil Paşanot measured-
- 80
Halet Efendinot measured- - 81Köse Mustafa Paşanot measured-
- 82
Kyprianosnot measured- - 83
Petar Ičkonot measured- - 84Murtaḍá al-Zabīdīnot measured-
- 85Mehmed Said Galib Pashanot measured-
- 86Seyyid Abdullah Pashanot measured-
- 87
Michael Drakos Soutzosnot measured- - 88Selim II Giraynot measured-
- 89
Anthimus III, Patriarch of Constantinoplenot measured- - 90Ad-Dardirnot measured-
- 91
Seffarininot measured- - 92Osman Aga of Temesvarnot measured-
- 93Ayşe Adilşah Kadınnot measured-
- 94Fetih II Giraynot measured-
- 95
Nişancı Ahmed Paşanot measured- - 96John Mavrocordatosnot measured-
- 97Zübeyde Sultannot measured-
- 98Köprülü Abdullah Pashanot measured-
- 99
Stanoje Glavašnot measured- - 100Ahmet Kurt Pashanot 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.