← Fame through time1560-1569
The 1560s
Whose working lives fell in the 1560s. 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 1560s, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Ivan the Terrible19 decades - 2
Philip II of Spain22 decades - 3
Elizabeth I of England6 decades - 4
Michel de Montaigne22 decades - 5
Oda Nobunaga8 decades - 6
Pieter Bruegel the Elder0 decades - 7
Francis II of France22 decades - 8
William the Silentnot measured- - 9
Tulsidas11 decades - 10
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor22 decades - 11
John Dee22 decades - 12
Étienne de La Boétie3 decades - 13
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina16 decades - 14
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley0 decades - 15
Giuseppe Arcimboldo4 decades - 16
Elisabeth of Valois22 decades - 17
Nurbanu Sultan0 decades - 18
Paolo Veronese22 decades - 19
Carlos, Prince of Asturias22 decades - 20
Sofonisba Anguissola19 decades - 21
Jeanne d'Albret22 decades - 22
Stephen Báthory0 decades - 23
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicesternot measured- - 24
Frederick II of Denmark0 decades - 25
Jean Bodin22 decades - 26
Uesugi Kenshin0 decades - 27
Şehzade Bayezidnot measured- - 28
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwellnot measured- - 29
Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empressnot measured- - 30
Francis Walsingham22 decades - 31
Abraham Ortelius4 decades - 32
Anastasia Romanovna0 decades - 33
Guru Ram Das4 decades - 34
Luis de León22 decades - 35
Ismail II0 decades - 36
Mohammad Khodabandanot measured- - 37
Emanuele Filiberto I, Duke of Savoy17 decades - 38
Hamida Banu Begum0 decades - 39
Isaac Luria6 decades - 40
Ruy López de Segura0 decades - 41
Qi Jiguang5 decades - 42
Louis, Prince of Condénot measured- - 43
Giambologna19 decades - 44
António, Prior of Cratonot measured- - 45
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austrianot measured- - 46
Joseph of Anchieta13 decades - 47
Raja Birbal0 decades - 48
Zhang Juzheng7 decades - 49
Catherine Jagiellon0 decades - 50
Eric XIV of Sweden0 decades - 51Myeongjong of Joseonnot measured-
- 52
Albert V, Duke of Bavarianot measured- - 53
Lucrezia de' Medicinot measured- - 54
Felipe Huaman Puma de Ayala8 decades - 55
Juan de Herrera22 decades - 56
Archduchess Anna of Austria0 decades - 57
Katherine Grey0 decades - 58
Andrey Kurbsky0 decades - 59
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz15 decades - 60
Jan Kochanowski0 decades - 61
Jean Nicot22 decades - 62
Augustus, Elector of Saxonynot measured- - 63
John George, Elector of Brandenburgnot measured- - 64
Stanislaus Kostka18 decades - 65
Alonso de Ercilla22 decades - 66
Abbakka Chowtanot measured- - 67
Alfonso II d'Este0 decades - 68
Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'rufnot measured- - 69
Juan de Garay22 decades - 70
Li Zhinot measured- - 71
Eknathnot measured- - 72
Orlande de Lassus3 decades - 73
Giacomo della Porta20 decades - 74
Hans Staden13 decades - 75
Archduchess Maria of Austria0 decades - 76
Giovanni Battista Moroni4 decades - 77
John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimarnot measured- - 78
David Rizzio11 decades - 79
Luís Fróis0 decades - 80
Adolf I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorpnot measured-
- 81
Theodor de Bry21 decades - 82
Queen Amina0 decades - 83
Ashikaga Yoshiteru0 decades - 84
Antonio Péreznot measured- - 85
Maria Temryukovna0 decades - 86
Catherine of Austrianot measured- - 87
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa21 decades - 88
Amy Robsart17 decades - 89
Peter Stumpp0 decades - 90
Müezzinzade Ali Paşanot measured- - 91
Benedict the Moor0 decades - 92
Anna of Este0 decades - 93
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrückennot measured- - 94Menocchio22 decades
- 95
Barbara Blomberg13 decades - 96
Philippine Welser22 decades - 97
John Hawkins22 decades - 98
Carolus Clusius0 decades - 99
Titu Cusi Yupanqui0 decades - 100
Bernardo Buontalenti22 decades
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.